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Week 12 – Laser Bowling

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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.

Week 11 – Aiming for the sky

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Stephen works on one of the boosters for a gigantic LEGO space shuttle.

It’s true, two LEGO photos in a row. I’ve been having trouble finding new and exciting things to take photos of, and it’s difficult to keep my camera with me at all times. But I will continue to try to keep this thing going! Maybe folks can give me opinions on what I should try to shoot this next week?

On the side, even though the subject matter is old, I do like this shot.

Week 9 – Past Times

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My brother Luke plays some Mario Kart. He is better at it than me now. This hurts to write.

My family has just returned to Texas from Alaska (a long way!) and so it certainly seemed fitting to celebrate that with an image of one of my best subjects: Luke. This picture itself isn’t too interesting (cool LED light on Luke’s face, nice framing of the stuffed salmon!) which I might want to blame on the fact that I now have a gimped camera, but I just really put it off to the last minute. But the blog-like spirit this photo holds (return of the Joneses) is nice enough that I’m happy, if not ecstatic, with it.

Week 8 – School of Worship

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The lead vocalist from the band "School of Worship" leads the singing for RUSH weekend in the student building.

This weekend was enjoyable, because it was our church’s yearly disciple now (what we call RUSH). I got to be a leader, and that was well and good, but I knew I would have a chance to get some decent photos. So I brought my camera! Alas, as I pulled it out of my bag, I realized that the main shutter had almost all gone– it didn’t have any soft touch response. Troublesome, but I still had the battery grip, and I was able to get this shot that I like of the leader singer belting it out.

Week 7 – Cookin’ Love

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The three phases of Valentine's Day cookie baking.

Shawna made some Valentines cookies this weekend. They were fun to make, but more fun to eat.

I enjoyed looking up how to write down “love” in every language, and then trying to copy the foreign symbols into icing writing. Not the easiest thing in the world, but cool enough to try. If you want to see a better image so you can read all the neat words, click here. See what languages you can identify!

Week 6 – Low Light

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Colin talks to Stephen at Sweet Eugene's, a coffee shop in College Station, TX.

The coffee shop where I took this photo was very dark, which was ok, because I happened to be carrying around my 50mm 1.8 lens. I shot Colin a couple times before I decided to edge Stephen’s profile into the frame, and I like how it turned out. Maybe other people don’t. But I feel this is one of the more interesting and well-composed shots I’ve done so far this year.

Week 5 – Church at Night

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Crossroads Baptist Church at night whilst a car drives by.

I have begun once again to run slides at church. For that reason, I was there late on Wednesday night this week. It seemed a good a time as any to get a nice long exposure of the building. Car driving by while the shutter was open? Merely a bonus. I’m torn on whether or not it’s too distracting, but then again, I have that giant lens flare going on as well, so distractions aren’t really what I’m worrying about for this one.

Week 4 – Chili Night

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Nathan Lewis pours some chili into a cup. He was a judge for the chili contest that the Young Singles / Crossties held.

I sort of / kind of shot an event this last week. My sunday school class of “young singles” had a chili night with the older folks at our church– the 55+ crowd. It was a lot of fun. I didn’t get any great standout shots, though. I guess I’m kind of pleased with this one, but I feel I could have made it more interesting somehow.  I’m also not sure that having the focal point on the ladle instead of his face was wise, but it was a quick decision to make.

Week 3 – Phantom Pete

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Stephen sits at Baker Street Pub at The Woodlands Waterway.

I shot this one on a whim while eating dinner, and it turned out pretty nice.  The 1.8 prime helped out in that respect.
I’m always hesitant about making photos black and white, simply because I feel that a lot of the time people use it as a crutch. And it may be one for me here. But I like this more than the colo(u)r version.

I shot this one on a whim while eating dinner, and it turned out pretty nice.  The 1.8 prime helped out in that respect.I’m always hesitant about making photos black and white, simply because I feel that a lot of the time people use it as a crutch. And it may be one for me here. But I like this more than the colo(u)r version.