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 not prepared to give