Photography

I bought a digital camera mainly to help out with the GIA's E3 2000 photo album, but it's come in handy lots of other times too.

Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 cosplay photos
Taking pictures of nice costumes was probably the most fun I had at the convention, which is probably why there are 19 pictures here.
- Klonoa
- Moogle
- Quistis Trepe and Cloud Strife
- Zidane Tribal (probably the best costume there)
- Harle
- Kefka Palazzo
- Selphie Tilmitt
- Yuna
- Sephiroth
- Vincent Valentine
- Rydia
- Rufus and Sephiroth
- Rinoa Heartilly
- Raijin and Seifer Almasy
- Thorn and Zorn
- Carbuncle
- Another Rinoa Heartilly
- Megaman X and Zero
- Edea Kramer
My Room
New photos of my dorm room, 215 Howry Hall. Living alone means more book space!
- Bed - Mostly made, this time. Plus some more posters, including Kazuma Kaneko art for Persona 2 and a lovely Final Fantasy VIII wall scroll illustrating the main triangle.
- Bookshelf and dresser - My room is fairly teeming with books, as you can see by these photos. This is the new dresser for the dorms, which I was happy to discover holds all of my clothing instead of a little bit of it.
- Sink and mirror, another bookshelf - Nothing very interesting here, sorry.
- Refrigerator, another bookshelf - On the top shelf here you can see all of my textbooks. The Japanese lit books outnumber the rest of my courseload by about 3 to 1. Below that is my staggering Lone Wolf and Cub collection, which I ought to put a stop to. Up top are Beth Orton, Bjork, Shonen Knife, and Sleater-Kinney watching over my minifridge.
- Gaming consoles/computers - On the left are two of my three computers, only one of which (the Windows machine) is turned on right now. The other one is a little-used Linux box that I have a feeling might see a little more action this semester as I take a class in that operating system. On the right is my beloved console gaming setup, featuring a SNES, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, NES, and ... two PlayStation 2s, one import and one domestic. I love the GIA with all my heart and $500 of my money, yes I do.
- Computer and stereo - Here's the desk where my monitor and speakers sit--a considerably nicer desk than last year, I might add. Having a nice little party all around the setup are Amigo, Linda, Raichu, Tonberry, and a Servbot.
- Rug - Just for Mom!
University of Mississippi Campus, Spring 2001
How can a campus be that much more beautiful than its inhabitants?
Lee's party
Lee Ponton's recent birthday party, where he turned 19.
- Deepti and Gyee stuff their faces
- Lee shows us what he's workin' with
- Type ... or die!
- Jessica helps herself
- Jennifer vs. Strength
- Vampire Jessica
- Sing ... or die!
- Cooling off
- Marty wonders how you work this thing
- Jennifer and Deepti bust a move
- Rematch showdown
Myself
No vanity page is complete without pictures of yourself, right?
- Karaoke 2000 - A karaoke party in California that some gaming industry people threw over the summer. L-R: Janice Ta, Andrew Vestal, Rob, Dan Hsu, Andrew Burwell, and me
- Halloween 1999 - Me in a Squall Leonhart costume.
- Christmas 1999 - A bunch of my high school friends get together over the holidays. L-R: Mike Chen, me, Abbey Green, Margaret Shyr, Lee Moore, Thomas Kang, Will Kang, Will Findley.
- Plain picture - This was a picture taken for my GIA caricature.
- Goofy pic - Sort of unkempt in this picture. Taken at the end of my senior year in high school.
New Year's Snow
I realize that, to some visitors here, snow isn't such a big deal. For them I should explain that these pictures document the second time in my life that snow has fallen on Lafayette, Louisiana.
- Snow against a black sky
- Amy Lin and Anna shiver gleefully
- My parents in the snow
Christmas 2000
Christmas at my grandmother's house. My mother's side of the family is quite large; I've got over a dozen first cousins, most of whom you can see in these photos.
- Olivers - L-R: My uncle Mark Oliver, John Michael Oliver, Josh Broussard, Sam Oliver, Claire Oliver
- Uncle Dean Domingue, Aunt Denise Domingue, and Aunt Aimee Orthographically-Difficult
- My uncle Moe Broussard and myself
- My mother opening a package
- My father surprised at his gift
- Chaos
- The aftermath of the present-unwrapping
- Playing with toys
- "Stealing Santa" goes awry
- My father and my aunt Renee Oliver
- My mother and my grandmother
- Kaleidoscope
- My sister Anna shows off her gift
LSMSA 2000
Photos from the second annual unofficial reunion of my residence hall friends in Prudhomme 1A.
- John Van Way and Ryan Guidry share an intimate moment
- Will Kang, Will Findley, and Mike Chen sit around dazedly
- Thomas Kang is interested in Lee Moore's drink
History 399
Some pictures of my classmates and professor in an intersession class I took over the summer. It was a pretty interesting class, and also pretty brutal. (I've forgotten most of their names, because I only knew them for a couple weeks, and it's been a few months since then. I'm so bad with names.)
- Classmates
- Chris and Tomyka
- Megan and Dr. Scott - We didn't throw toilet paper at this Dr. Scott, but maybe we should have.
- Markeeva and someone else
- Vernon and Tejuan - Pronounced "Teh-wan."
Japanese 102 cookout
The spring 2000 end-of-year party for our Japanese class. Hamaie-sensei is teaching somewhere else now; Mariko Shimizu is the new professor.
- A blurry picture of everyone
- Lineup 1 - L-R: Teo, Jennifer, Tanaka-sensei, Chris Stead, Hamaie-sensei, Joanna Stead
- Lineup 2 - L-R: Teo, Tanaka-sensei, Hamaie-sensei, Joanna, me
- The host, Lee Ponton
- Jessica Johnson sees something distasteful
- Vanessa Allen
- Victoria Roberti-Perez
- Bocci ball
- Dinner is served
- Dinner time
- A conversation (the sun is going down here, I'm losing my light!)
- Lee serves Hamaie-sensei
- Jennifer 1
- Jennifer 2
- Lee's back