Gray Matters Graphic Design & Photography

Graphic Design and Photography

Church Events

Kairos 2018

Church EventsSarah Vogl

Photos taken: 5,934
Final photos: 1,134
Favorite photos (below): 366

My sleep schedule still has not recovered from this event, but I have no regrets. 

Thank you for letting me be a part of your community year after year. I do this with the hope that my photos help you all remember how amazing this community makes us all feel once we go home and the “jesus high” fades. 

Please share! I'm not as picky about these photos as I am about the rest of my work, but I still appreciate when you give me credit for my photos because a) I love to see you sharing them and b) it helps my business. I'm on all the websites. 

Please don’t put filters on my photos. I know it’s tempting, but I spend about 8 hours editing an event like this, tweaking them until they’re just how I like them. (Cropping and b&w is fair game.)

Request a download link for the full collection of photos by contacting me. 

You can also view this collection on flickr (it loads faster). 

Part 1 (Sunday - Tuesday)

Part 2 (Wednesday morning - Thursday)

Part 3 (Thursday evening - Friday)

Virginia Synod Assembly 2018

Church EventsSarah Vogl

The Virginia Synod Youth Assembly was my first ever youth event when I was in 7th grade. (I'm 23 now.) Dave asked me to be a LYO Board member and I kept coming back to events ever since, regardless of the status of my faith. As an adult I carved out a role for myself taking these candid artsy event pictures and it's honestly what got me into photography in general. 

This year was special because I was asked by the synod office to photograph the main assembly. Being the official photographer for the event as well assuming my usual role as a volunteer at the youth event (in a way, two events at once!) was a lot fun for me. I loved jumping between both assemblies to capture the highlights of both and photograph as many beautiful faces as I could. 

This is a selection of a hundred thirty-ish of my favorites. But if you were at the event and you wanna see all the photos, you can view them here on my flickr. If you'd like to be able to download all of the photos for personal use, please feel free to shoot me an email and I'll share my google drive link with you. 

Winter Cel I + II 2018

Church EventsSarah Vogl

While I've been focusing most of my business on portrait photography, I truly got started taking pictures at these youth events and it has shaped my style in unique ways. I feel fulfilled knowing that these pictures help preserve memories for the hundreds of participants. Every event I learn something new and I feel like my work gets better. 

At the beginning of the sermon at this event, the chaplain talked about how these events feel like a sort of home in the wilderness. These events are valuable reminder to me about compassion and community even though I no longer believe.

Week I

Week II

Lost and Found '17

Church EventsSarah Vogl

It's been about a year since I've been able to attend an event but I was very glad to be back on this mountain this past weekend taking pictures. For the sake of doing something a little different, here's a selection of my favorite photos mostly in black and white. I've also included shots where I experimented with the prism.