This is a photo of my beautiful wife Heather holding our daughter Zoyenka a few hours after she was born exactly one year-ago, today. First birthdays are less about the child, and more about the mother. And, about everyone’s reaction to the baby digging into the cake.

Today is my mother’s birthday. Being the second oldest of seven children, I cannot overstate how wonderful my mom is. How do you describe a woman who gave girth to seven kids, home-schooled them all, cooks, cleans, sews, writes, and works part-time? Seriously. What do you give that woman as a gift? Really, there’s nothing [...]

This was taken on the Masai Mara in Southern Kenya. I snapped this photo seconds before the lions pounced and ruined our trip. Just kidding. It didn’t ruin our trip. I’m now offering 8×10 prints from my trip to Africa, as well as from various other photographic experiences at prints.levibethune.com but you can purchase limited [...]

This is a shot I can file away with other happy mistakes. I was on assignment for Bound4LIFE, taking shots of them praying in front of the Supreme Court in DC during a 40-day intensive last year, and snagged this shot of my very good friend Ian Kelly. Ian is a gentleman of high standards [...]

I’m backing up my photos today and this photo catches my eye like never before. I want to go overseas again. And I want to kiss this kid on the cheek.