My new graphics card sits on the motherboard whilst the processor looks on.

I feel like I turned what could have been a fairly vanilla photo of my computer’s innards into something fancy with the addition of my Doctor Who screwdriver. I turned it on (thus creating a blue light) and stuck it inside the machine. Color and fun!

Andrew and Chandler prepare to go off and have adventures together under a sea of sparklers.

This is not the most well-exposed photo of the night, or the most well-focused, and it needed a lot of work in RAW. However, I like it because it seems to have a little bit of that something different, that heart, that a generic photo might not have. I did get some more generic, easy pictures at the Cagle wedding, but this one might be my favorite because it was hard. I suppose you could add in a marriage analogy there somewhere, but I’ll try not to cheapen it that way. This is just two elated people enjoying the night.

Shawna will be an awesome first-year teacher of either first grade or kindergarten at Deretchin in a week.

Shawna is all ready to go and be a real grown-up with her teaching job! At this point, we’re still not 100% sure which grade she’ll be teaching, but no matter which one, I’m sure she’ll do fantastic. I’d like to watch her teach kids in the classroom, but we’re pretty sure that’s illegal or something. In any case, you can see the theme– the world and exploration!

I threw together a weird setup for this photo. I had the flash on-camera (my off-camera trigger is broken) and I pointed at the ceiling, but put a big piece of cardboard in between Shawna and the flash so no light would hit her directly from it. I’m not sure if it really had any effect.

Colin bowls (a strike?) at Main Event in The Woodlands.

I know I asked for suggestions for this week, and outdoorsy stuff was suggested, but this photo was too good to pass up. I even got a picture of a squirrel! But small woodland creatures will have to wait until another week. Even though I’ve already posted a picture of Colin, I was impressed enough that I managed to get something useable when the bowling rink turned on its flashy lights that I threw it up here.

And is the focal point his head? If so, we’ll call that intentional.

Dinosaurs on dinosaurs on dinosaurs.

I turned 24 this week, so I felt I should take a photo that really encompassed “me.” So I stacked LEGO dinosaurs on top of each other and used a flash to make them well-lit. That’s about all I have to say about that.