Fallapalooza

Fallapalooza is a community event our church hosts at Halloween time to connect with the kids and families in our community.  In past years I've helped cook hotdogs (hundreds!) and do setup/teardown.  This year I got a chance to serve in the photo booth.  Our Creative Arts director (Kristi) made a futuristic, fanciful backdrop and my job was to get pictures of the kids and families.  We then print out the pictures and mail them to the families (they fill out a mailing label at our booth) as a thanks for coming and a reminder of their time at Fallapalooza. 

One thing Eileen (who was helping me in the booth!) and I noticed was that kids today have so many pictures taken of them that they seem to have a built-in 'photo smile'.  You know that canned 'go-to' smile.  So, I would usually start out by getting a picture of them doing that smile.  Then, I'd ask if they would be willing to do something more wild.  Most times that was a winner.

You won't know all these people and families.. especially you folks out East.. but just thought I would throw up a few of my favorite shots.  I've still got a lot to learn with my camera.  These pictures were taken at night, outside.  So, there were some challenges.  But, all in all I was pleased with the results.

This is Steve Joh.  Love the jacket.  Love the face.  Love the pose.

Could Daniel have picked a better costume to go with the backdrop?  Almost hurts to look at it!

OMG!!  This one made me sooooo think of Ryan!  How cute!!  and the next reminded me of Joel.  He soooo could have worn this as a kid.

This kid was hilarious! Check out the perfect hand position to squirt web from his wrists.  Hahaha!

Some more random pics...

Here's the Hammers (Jason, Tran, Evan (green) and Natalie) decked out for their first Halloween (oops.. Fallapalooza).  How cute!  Dzung (Tram's sister) seems hungry.

The Camps

The Rexford girls???  Joanne seems scared!

Eric.. this one's for you ;)  Use it wisely.

Extended family:

 This is Kristi (the organizer and creative mind behind Fallapalooza) and her husband.  Hold on Damian!!

The Band (of course we have live music at Fallapalooza!):

And the winner is.... 

I just LOVED this family!  Check out mom's eyes.  Those are prescription contact lens in green and yellow made just for this kind of thing!  I have no idea where you would buy the teeth.  It was actually difficult to get this cute little girl to pull her mom's hair and look manacing.  But, we finally got this photo!