I almost failed this week. On Friday, I had only shot a handful of pictures on a 36-frame roll of 35mm film, and I was thinking about quitting the Photo Game.

My wife and I have been planning a trip to the zoo for weeks. We were excited to take our daughter, who's been diligently practicing her animal sounds daily.

This week, I'm submitting a photograph of my first digital camera, an old, inexpensive DSLR. It's a Canon EOS Rebel T5 with an 18-55mm kit lens.

This week's assignment took me to the Douglas County Fair. This event promises fun for the whole family, from a petting zoo to an exhibition of senior citizens' crafts.

I spent most of this week in a conference room in San Diego—lots of listening, talking, sticky notes, etc. However, despite all of that business-y stuff, I was able to see lots of cool things.

The Vail Shootout is a lacrosse tournament organized by people who love lacrosse. They're so passionate about it that they're still doing it after 51 years.

The diaper bag is featured prominently alongside one of our daughter's "sparkle shoes" and a selection of her favorite hats. This is home. It's not an image of a house with a perfectly manicured lawn or a Pinterest-worthy kitchen.

This week's prompt required me to find a candid shot of a relationship. I made this task unnecessarily difficult due to nervousness about making subjects uncomfortable.

This week's prompt was a "softball" compared to the last couple. Take pictures of things that make me smile. Easy peasy. That's my default strategy for making photographs. Just look for things that make me happy.

'Opposition' (the word) *feels* foreign to me. It makes me think of politicians yelling at each other and rebel groups trying to overthrow governments. It doesn't apply to my quiet, suburban life.

This week's submission came down to the wire as I struggled to find "upside down" images.

Background I joined Kenneth Wajda and a small group of photographers in a weekly photo game a while ago. Kenneth wrote a prompt each week and tasked us with creating a photograph that met the prompt. Unfortunately, Kenneth's photo game is taking a break. Since I'm

I know it's spring when Mom wants to color Easter eggs. This week's submission is a photo of that.

This week's prompt, "City Livin!!" contrasts "Farm Life" from last week. At least, it seems like the two prompts should generate contrasting images.

This truck caught my attention partly because of its age and partly because of how small it looks next to a modern Range Rover. It's wild to see how today's SUVs dwarf the farm trucks of the past.

This week's prompt was "the grind," which is a term that I don't understand, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

This week's prompt was "travel," which coincided with a trip to Oceanside, California. Well, actually the prompt was, "Up up and away, travel travel hey!" (No idea what inspired this goofiness from my wife.)

This week's prompt is "Celebrate!" Fortunately it coincided with a birthday, which means that I was able to get this fantastic shot of a piece of my mother's chocolate cake.