Wednesday, August 17

Pictures.

http://www.helamangallery.com
I'm not a hugely artistic person when it comes to the visual arts. I have a hard time drawing stick figures. I'm aware, though, that pictures have a huge impact, especially with blogs, and I think it's ironic that I never use pictures...

I got an email the other day, letting me know about a site called the Helaman Gallery. The creator focuses on photography of LDS temples and makes the electronic proofs available for free on his website - http://helamangallery.com/

Pictures are amazing, and uber-commonplace. Most blogs written in the gay world, and most blogs in the Mormon world, and most blogs in the gay Mormon world where they overlap, use pictures. But I don't feel like I can use the same types of pictures. Mormon blogs post pictures of their kids and their craft stuff (usually done by women). Gay blogs... um... they often post blatant pornography. And many gay Mormon blogs post pictures that are on the edge - way too provocative to be benign. Then there's the issue of copyright and giving credit and everything else.

So I'll try this. Awesome temple pictures to remind me and everyone else what our ultimate goal is - and the reason that (Gay) Mormon Guy exists in the first place. Here's the first one. Enjoy. Art by Helamangallery.com
Posted by David at 7:35 PM
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4 comments:

  1. somecookIsewAugust 17, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Where's the Like button?

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  2. DavidAugust 17, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    OJT:

    There's one on the sidebar, but I'm not really very facebook savvy... so I'm not sure if that fits what you were looking for.

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  3. AbeAugust 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Awesome pictures! :D

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  4. AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 6:06 AM

    hola me llamo jorge soy de limaperu soy miembro del la iglesia sud y soy gay i me gustaria saber mas de esta pagina o como es este portal esa agradesco la imformacin

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