Historic Rockport Harbor - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

This is one of my favorite harbors in the whole world - Rockport Harbor, located in Massachusetts. It's situated on Cape Anne, about 20 minutes north of Glouchester. I've heard that the red lobster shack in this photo is the most painted building in America. It's called "Motif No. 1" and artists from all over come to paint it surrounded by this quaint and scenic harbor. The amazing thing to me is that God so blessed me for two years by letting me live about 7 minutes from here. What an adventurous place to live for a photographer and explorer like me who just loves the rocky coastline around Cape Anne.

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Children's Passion for Life - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

Here are two of my kids running around the wood pile enjoying being outdoors. This was going to just be a nice family photograph, but when I got it into the computer, I saw much more than what I expected. When I look at this photograph, I see the passion for life and fun that children are so full of and that I'd like to recapture some of myself.

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All Tied Up - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

A Shields tied up at the dock in Newport Beach, California.

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Spirit-Led Compass - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

God is Love and Omniscient; therefore, let His Spirit be your compass to guide you through this earthly voyage we call "life".

I've always had a fascination with compasses. I learned how to use them in the boy scouts and when I first learned how to sail and navigate the Maine coast. This photograph speaks to me of keeping my eyes focused on the compass when out sailing, which is another way of saying, "Fixing my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of my faith..." Jesus guides me in this life by His Spirit that He has put inside of me. I seek not to be led by my own understanding, but rather, to be led by the Spirit of God, for this is how the sons of God are led in this life.

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Unfolding Simplicity - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

It's amazing what you find when you start looking more closely at nature. I found this on a college campus. Most people just walked right past without even noticing it. As the famous poem states, "Take time to smell the roses."

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Resurrection - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER)!

Here in the tall mast of a Shields sailboat, is the symbol of the cross of Jesus.

Here's a sailor's and a photographer's creative contribution to the memory and celebration of all that the Lord Jesus accomplished through His death on the cross, His burial, and His glorious resurrection.

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Cherished Son - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"I have loved you with an everlasting love and drawn you with lovingkindness."

Photograph of my precious son who is a gift from the Lord. Here he is being held tightly in his mother's loving arms, and in this position, has seemingly fallen asleep. This is a warm picture of "storge love" in action.

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The Humble Inherit the Land - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"The humble will inherit the land, and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity." - Psalm 37:11

I was so blessed by my Father recently to discover just the right lighting, shadows, and smoky fog in this incredible landscape. I'm always on the look out to capture the layered smoky fog of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This nature landscape was taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway looking east into the morning sun towards Wilkes County and the Brushy Mountains.

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Gift Child - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography & Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward." Ps 127:3

Photograph of my precious son who truly is a gift from the Lord and a very great reward to me. The blurred movement conveys to me the spirit of the child that is pleasing to God, as well as symbolic of a boy who's constantly on the move enjoying life, discovery, and adventure.

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The Breath of God - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography & Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"From the breath of God ice is made, and the expanse of the waters is frozen." - Job 37:10

Last week here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we had our first ice storm this year. The night before was a long cold night of freezing rain, followed by the build up of ice on everything! Every tree, branch, twig, and blade of grass was covered with ice by morning. Weak trees and limbs were down everywhere. I had to go to work three hours later than normal because of the dangerous presence of "black ice" everywhere. Nevertheless, I took my camera with me and stopped all along the way photographing the beauty of the ice.

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Bridge to Morning - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography & Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
that shines brighter and brighter until the full day." - Prov. 4:18

This was such a beautiful morning that I just had to park my car, endure the bitter cold, and capture the dawn as it began shining brighter and brighter like the path of the righteous. May the Son of Righteousness rise before you and give you His healing light...

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Frosty Creation - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography and Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."
- Albert Einstein

My precious kids watching their "Frosty" creation from the warmth of the living room sofa after a long day in the snow in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

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First Snow Wonder - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography and Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

This was my son's first real experience with snow. He just stood there and stared in wonder and awe at the white stuff everywhere on the ground. This prophetic image can remind us all of the innocence of childhood fun and wonder in the face of winter snow.

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Mother's Storge Love - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography and Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Christian Friberg

"Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me..." - Jesus

I'm focusing a bit more these past few weeks on portraits. I like this one because it visually displays the tender storge love of a mother for and towards her son.

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Ponytail Toddler - Fine Art Nature & Landscape Photography and Inspirational Prophetic Images by Josiah Friberg of Moravian Falls

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." - Jesus

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JOYFUL CHRISTMAS - Fine Art Inspirational Nature & Landscape Photography by Josiah Friberg

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO YOU TODAY
ON THIS SPECIAL HOLIDAY
WHEN WE REMEMBER
THE BIRTH OF
THE LORD JESES,
THE MESSIAH AND SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

I took this "fogscape" up on the top of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, about 15 minutes from Blowing Rock and Boone. It was such a beautiful foggy morning that I just had to grab my camera, get out, walk around, and start shooting in the fog. It was freezing cold, but it was worth it to get so many fog shots.

Inspirational photography and fine art landscapes by Josiah Christian Friberg. Also, nature and landscape photography by photographer Josiah Friberg of the Blue Ridge Photographic Society of North Carolina.

Smoky Mountains - Fine Art Inspirational Nature & Landscape Photography by Josiah Friberg

"May the glory of the Lord endure forever; He who touches the mountains, and they smoke." - Psalm 104:32

I've been driving past this look out point for over a year waiting for just the right lighting and shadows and smoky fog. I knew that if I were patient, the day would come that I would be able to capture the layered smoky fog of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I took this from the Blue Ridge Parkway looking east into the morning sun towards Wilkes County and the Brushy Mountains.

Fine Art Inspirational Photography, Nature Photography, and Landscape Photography by Josiah Friberg of Moravian Falls, North Carolina

Mysterious Fog - Fine Art Inspirational Nature & Landscape Photography by Josiah Friberg

Fog is not so easy to photograph. The light that comes through fog enters the camera's lens and fools the camera's light meter, making it think that it is too bright. This results in the camera automatically compensating by trying to make everything 18% gray, which means that fog will normally get underexposed and the final result will be an image that is just too dark and not really representative of what the fog actually looked like. In this image, I reworked it in Photoshop to make the white fog look more truly white.

As I've mentioned previously, I've always had a love for being in fog in the mountains and by the seashore. When I saw how foggy it was a few weeks ago on my way to work, I decided to drive along the beautiful and densely wooded Blue Ridge Parkway to see what I could find. I came upon this mysterious scene, grabbed my camera, and started shooting. I hope that you enjoy it and are inspired by it.

Inspirational photography and fine art landscapes by Josiah Christian Friberg. Also, nature and landscape photography by photographer Josiah Friberg of the Blue Ridge Photographic Society of North Carolina.

Chanukah Wonder - Fine Art Inspirational Nature & Landscape Photography by Josiah Friberg

During this holiday season, I'd like to wish all Jewish people a Happy Chanukah.

HAPPY CHANUKAH

I just celebrated my first Chanukah with some dear friends here in Moravian Falls, North Carolina. I enjoyed learning the history behind the holiday celebration. Even more so, I enjoyed participating in all of the traditions such as the lighting of the menorah candles, the eating of the latkes (potato pancakes) with apple sauce and sour cream, the eating of the Challah bread and drinking of the wine, praying and thanking God for His goodness, singing together as a group, and worshiping the LORD God with other believers.

Chanukah celebrates the day the temple was rededicated to God and the miracle of the oil that God made to last for eight days. The miracles, of course, are the small jar of oil that burned for so long and the small group of Maccabees who fought a mighty king and won. Ever since that first Chanukah, Jews just like the Maccabees have fought for the right to pray to God and live as Jews.

Once again, HAPPY CHANUKAH to all the children of Abraham and Israel.

Inspirational Photography and Fine Art Photography by Josiah Christian Friberg of Moravian Falls, North Carolina. Gallery of Nature Photography and Landscape Photography

Happy Chanukah - Inspirational Photography & Fine Art Landscapes by Josiah Friberg

During this special holiday season of the year, I'd like to wish all the sons and daughters of Abraham a Happy Chanukah.

HAPPY CHANUKAH

For those of you who may not know, Chanukah celebrates the miracle God did when He caused a one day supply of holy oil in the temple to last for eight consecutive days. The name "Chanukah" or "Hanukkah" means "dedication." It was during the time of Judah and his father Mattathias that the holy temple had been desecrated, and the Jews were able to reclaim their temple and rededicate it to God as the "house of God" on earth. In summary, Chanukah celebrates the day the temple was rededicated to God and the miracle of the oil that God did during those eight days. The miracles, of course, are the small jar of oil that burned for so long and the small group of Maccabees who fought a mighty king and won. Ever since that first Chanukah, Jews just like the Maccabees have fought for the right to pray to God and live as Jews.

Once again, HAPPY CHANUKAH to all the children of Abraham and Israel.

Inspirational Photography and Fine Art Photography by Josiah Christian Friberg of Moravian Falls, North Carolina. Gallery of Nature Photography and Landscape Photography