Experimenting with shiny things.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/19/11

Got a new toy. A toy that ended up being very usful at weddings. This is the Gary Fong Lightsphere Collapseable. It is diffusion apparatus that makes flash less harsh on peoples faces. I have it permananetley attached to my Canon 580 speedlight now because it makes stuff look good.

Actual Date of Photo: 7/18/11

Every year for the past 7 years I have helped out or taught at Expeditions. (a pre-college program put on by Oregon State University for talented and gifted 3rd and 4th graders). This year I had three sections of Lego engenerring. So much fun.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/18/11

Mom and Josh!

Actual Date of Photos 7/17/11

Since Dad and Daniel would be gone on my 21st birthday, we shared a little bit of celabritory champaign at dinner the night before they left.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/15/11

Malibu and Pismo were our two birds. We had them for about 5 years. But once Daniel and I went to college, Dad was left to feed and water them everyday. He ok with taking care of them, but it started becoming a burden. Once we realized that neither Daniel or I would be able to take care of them after college either, it was time to give them away. We gave them back to the place where we bought them. The Animal House in Corvallis.

Here is the whole family saying one last goodbye.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/14/11

So I didn’t know planking was a thing.

Newsflash: it is.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/13/11

Over the summer I taught a class called Lego Engineering at Expeditions, a pre-college program put on by Oregon State University. When I was in 3rd grade I went to Expeditions, so its super cool to be teaching a class now. Its pretty much all I ever wanted to do when I was a kid. Make awesome lego creations.

Actual Date of Photos: 7/12/11

In order to get caught up on the blog I’m going to have to keep posts short and sweet.

So here are the important deets:

Black Tie Media is a company started by good friends Peter Ramsing and Phil Campbell. They do everything media related. Pretty sweet.

Here’s their site: http://blog.weareblacktie.com/

Actual Date of Photos: 7/11/2011