Nuked ‘em with flash.  Oops.  I can take horrible photos if I want to, I work for myself, remember.

This guy has been waiting for this picture for a few months, sorry man.  I have a feeling someone’s myspace icon will be changing soon.

Des Moines IA MMA girls

A good kegger doesn’t always just happen.  Sometimes the right variables are finessed to create better than usual results.  This was one of those times, and with some help from the cold weather, everyone was forced to cram into the house and be more social.  It wasn’t the biggest keg, but what really mattered was everyone had a great time.  Many more came after I couldn’t hold the camera straight anymore.  Sorry, you’ll have to come earlier to get on this bandwagon.

I gave a flash to Shuey to experiment with.  He pulled some pranks on people and luckily nothing was damaged in a fit of anger.  If you look around the room, especially at the ceiling, you can see the peach tint from light reflecting off his skin.  He literally nuked the hell out of this guy’s face.

Enough of that, I’ll hold the flashes myself.

Waiting in line for the bathroom.  This chick wondered what the hell we were up to.  I wasn’t about to leave my camera laying around so I continued to shoot a couple random shots.  I entertain myself quite well thank you.

To smile or not?  The never ending question.

I had crappy shadows all night because I didn’t hold the flash high enough.  It’s honestly not easy holding a heavy camera with one hand and your beer and a flash in the other, while trying to move around the room.

Chad came and posed for a money shot.  Uhh, you know what I mean.  He’s trying to push forward in his photography post-processing career.

Lucky for me, models tend to show up wherever I go.  On this fine day I didn’t have to deal with any models that aren’t approved.

Crazy Joe practiced his disco dancing, I think he’ll win the comp this year.

We went camping somewhere other than the Saylorville area this time.  Island Park in Adel Iowa was a great alternative and just as close to Des Moines.  Not to mention it’s right beside Adel, providing easy access to necessities.

Bonnie and Josh’s combined children show their superhero strength.

Richard got the rest of us in trouble with our significant others.

In case anyone wonders, my camera takes some good pictures.  Luckily there’s no human intervention needed, it does it’s job then lets me know when it’s done.  Now if I can only teach it to cook for me.  But then again, my pans cook some really tasty food anyway.

We met this assumably remotely rural lad while he walked through our camp to get to the Raccoon river.  He stood at our camp for a little while, telling us stories about his pa, ma, and other family members.  After we couldn’t stand to hear any more we had to tell him to “run along now.”  Nice kid, if not tear jerkingly boring.  They must not have any neighbors or schools in his area.  The kid sure can hold a fishing pole for a 8-hour shift, let me tell ya.

Island Park Adel, Electric Sites

The gals played the game telephone with the kids.  Amusing.

? We went to Shuey’s for a kegger.

Richard pops a squat in? front of everyone.? He had to shake dry cause he forgot toilet paper.?

Chris made sure to advertise the website to? everyone that didn’t know about it.?

Then Chris molested my light stand.

Cherish, Shuey, and I went to Cory’s on the East side to hang out for a while.

? Then a fight broke out.

We ran into Chad,? one of Cherish’s 200+ cousins.? He’s into photography too,? with a Nikon D50 at home.

Not sure but it looks like Shuey assaulted him.

His friend offered to fix his hair after the scuffle.? Why doesn’t anyone ever offer to fix my hair?