Why Love - Photos by David Porterfield

Love is intensely personal… So is Photography. Does beauty awaken spiritual longing in you as it does in me?

I take pictures with the passion of love.

My vision is to see beauty in the world through accidental photography and share them with spiritual insight. Why accidental? The accident is composed of serendipity, chance, and for photos, a modicum of skill with the camera. Why spiritual? I believe beauty can lead us closer to God. My photography comes from my travels and my wanderings. I hope this leads to wonderings. We live in a wonderful world. Wherever we are there is beauty to see, and everything beautiful is a reflection of love. Since it reflects, it can also point in new directions to see all things through love.

Together, let’s see things through wonder and love.

I am a retired pastor after nearly 40 years in ministry. I have been in photography in a practiced way for ten years, and for forty years as an avid picture taker. I live in College Station Texas, with a plethora of photos taken over years. I want to connect people to God through spiritual insight and challenge. I want to offer some of this work for you and others. This website is my experiment in the intimate offering of my photos and sometimes my thoughts.

Why is this an intimate offering? When you view my photography, you are seeing through my eyes = my very eyes! When you read my thoughts, our spirits are connecting! That is intensely personal.

Thank you for making my moments a shared moment between us.