Friday Photo: Meth Lab

by Joe Thorn on January 4, 2008

meth lab

About Joe Thorn

I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Saint Charles, IL, and author of Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself. Jen is my wife, and Katherine, Elias, Madeline and Kilian are my kids.

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  • http://sbtsstudent.blogspot.com Terry Delaney

    Um…I don’t think I understand the title. OK, I know I don’t understand the title. Where I come from a meth lab is an extremely bad thing. Because I am ignorant, could you please explain why this title with this picture? Thanks!

  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    I am just playing with the word. A “meth lab” typically refers to a “methamphetamine laboratory” – a place where the drug is cooked up. I am thinking of this meeting house as a “methodist laboratory,” where (at least historically) a disciplined life of following Jesus was developed. No offense intended.

  • http://sbtsstudent.blogspot.com Terry Delaney

    No offense taken. I was just curious as to what you meant. I had figured it was a play on words, but had never thought of Methodist. The more I think about it, the more I like the graphic illustration implied. We should want to get “high” on Christ so often that we will do whatever it takes to get closer to Him. It is sort of a backhanded way of saying it, but I like it. Thanks for the clarification!

  • http://kyledonovanpellet.blogspot.com kyle.

    great photo. the composition is great and i laughed out loud as soon as i read the caption.

  • Papias

    Nice B+W shot Joe.

    Looks like you have some vignetting at the corners – perhaps an ultra wide angle lens was used? A 20mm?

    Those darn phone lines…

  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    Thanks Papias. I was using a 18-125mm lens. As for the phone lines, I am learning to like what’s there. It’s to easy for me to regret what is or isn’t in the shot.

  • Chris W

    “I am learning to like what’s there. It’s to easy for me to regret what is or isn’t in the shot.”

    I used to get annoyed by the stuff that I saw “invading” my picture, stuff like telephone poles, etc. But I’ve come to the realization that if they are present, they as much a part of the picture as the focal point. We crop what we can, set up the shot to avoid things we don’t like, but I think we need to embrace the entire image we capture.

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