Nero Shots

On our first day of camping at Trillium Lake, the evening was perfect. A nice spaghetti dinner, a light smattering of rain, then a perfect temperature with no wind. To top it all off, there was a great sunset over our campsite. TLC (The Lovely Cynthia) had me take a picture which is shown below.

As the sun went down, the sky became more and more red. Jordan decided that he wanted to be in a pic with the sunset. So...

I took one. Since I needed a flash to get Jordan in the image, it darkened the background and made the sky look more red than it really was. I called the pic a 'Nero shot' (and then had to explain the reference to everyone).

Then TLC decided we needed a Nero shot of everyone (except the photographer)...

After a few bad shots when someone invariably had their eyes closed, Carter decided to experiment a little (as shown above). And when Carter started the shenanigans, the whole thing got even sillier...

I still don't understand what bananas and surfing had to do with it.