This past weekend the family went up to Shenadoah Valley. It was very cold up there as you can see in these photos:

On December 6, 2008 The New St. Mark COGIC opened their newly renovated sanctuary. I was was blessed to have captured the event. Pastor Michael Green, First Lady Candace Green, and Bishop Samuel Green led the ribbon cutting ceremony in front of several guest and members. In attendace were many dignitaries most notable, State Senator Louise Lucas. It was the great day for the dedication service. Please enjoy the photos of the event below.

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Hello. My name is Troy Williams and I am a professional video photographer serving Virginia, Washington DC, North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland areas. The blog highlights some of my recent works and hopefully you will get a concept of my style, creativity, and vision.

If you are interested in contacting me about your event please call me at (757)558-1104 or email me at twilling@yahoo.com . Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

Here is an old wedding video  that I shot earlier this year. I will be uploading more videos in the future.

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My daughter Trinity loves to model. Here are a few random shots of her in my studio.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know it’s been a it’s been a long time since I posted to the blog. Due to increased demand for our services I have been swamped! Can I now see the light? One of the things I learned from Benjamin Franklin was the valuable commodities of time and how to prioritize.

The new design and feel of the site, blog, and client area was developed to tie everything together. The focus was easy navigation, visual appeal, and simplicity. Please check out the site when you get a chance.

Lately I have beem so busy with photo shoots, weddings, and events. I got another call from New St. Mark Church in Portsmouth to photograph the Praise Team. Interestingly I was able to get these shots of the Minister of Music and a member of the praise team for New St Mark.

08/08/08 is  a number that represents good luck and a new beginning. So I was in Suffolk, Va to document and capture the wedding celebration of Linda and Ronald Boone. The wedding and reception was held at Faith Temple Fellowship Center. I truely enjoyed this assignement and everyone was so down to earth. Congradulations Linda and Ronald on your Wedding Celebration!

I have owned a few grinders in the past, (Braun KSM2 blade & Cuisinart DBM-8 burr) and I had high hopes for this model. Being the Krups brand with German engineering, I purchased this model from Macys November 2007 after donating my Cuisinart to my workplace. I used the Braun for a long time until I started researching “the perfect cup of coffee.” I wanted my coffee to taste as good as if not better than Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks. So a burr grinder would get me closer. The Cuisinart was an impulse buy because burr grinders at the time were hard to find.

Style and Design: One of the strongest features of this model. It is small and very accommodating to my stainless steel kitchen and impresses upon a quality build. The levers on the side and front are sort of a quirky but elegant in design. I thought I had purchased the Mercedes E –Class of coffee grinders until the early novelty wore off.

Performance: One day I began to notice that this grinder produced a lot of dust. Still I wanted to believe that this was a great quality grinder and dealt with it. The dust will cling to the plastic due to static, but it can be tolerated, it’s just a little “messy” that you have to clean up from time to time. Next was the bean hopper when loaded and grinding beans. Since it supposed to be automatic I learned that you have to keep a close eye on this as it grind beans. It will jam and the beans will not go through the grinder. I would have to tap the base several times to get the beans to flow through the grinder. This was very annoying but hey, I can still live with this. Another problem was with grind consistency. After daily use there were usually large clumps of coffee that I had to shake or break loose. It could be static but the grind wasn’t consistent.

Reliability & Everyday Use: When I was using the Cuisinart I was excited and happy to make coffee however with this model, it became tedious and unpleasant. It did produce decent tasting coffee most of the time but you must pay attention to details and it is not easy to get the perfect cup of coffee, even if you repeated the exact steps. You had to pray that the Krups would not jam. I never had this problem with the Cuisinart. The ON/Off button is interlocked with the bean hopper and now I am troubleshooting to figure out why the unit will not turn on. This model is not recommended if you make coffee every day.