02/14/15 - WaldoLAN heads to the archery range for target practice

Liz is excited for some archery

Amanda seems unsure

Erika's here and ready to shoot!

Our instructor today will be Omar's coworker Jim, who's been doing this for quite some time

This target has seen better days

It's a little chilly. Get your gloves on!

Jim has all the confidence in the world in our abilities.. but let's set up a backstop anyway

Erika looks cold

Explaining how we'll be shooting

This thing looks.. simple

New Jersey Gothic

Ready for some funnn

Archery gear

"Like this"

Omar gets his bow ready

Finger guards help a lot

Pictures!

Ready for archery

This is an excited bunch

Archery is fun

Jim demonstrates how far away to hold the bow

And away goes the arrow!

Notch!

Aim..

Ben lines up a shot

I managed to capture the very instant Omar let go of the arrow! You can see the motion blur on the arrow and string

Ben focuses on the target

Arrows

Salim's up

Jim makes this look easy as he grabs another arrow from the quiver on his back

I think Salim likes this

Hey we're actually hitting the target!

Pulling out arrows

Ooo, what is this bow?

How to notch?

And it's free!

Amanda is ready to do her duty and take out the orc horde

Liz too

Erika seems unsure

Ahhh, don't shoot me, Liz!

Vic just looks so natural

Amanda looks like she could shoot some orcs

Everyone lined up and ready to go

Amanda gets ready to shoot

Line 'em up!

Vic had some trouble before he switched to shooting left-handed

It looks weird but he shot better

Salim's having fun

My turn to shoot!

What do you think, Erika?

Vic's form looks much better now!

Liz looks down the arrow at the target

Erika's turn

Vic looses another arrow

Liz thinks about her next shot

Omar, noooo!

Standing downrange.. don't shot me!

Coming back from the target with a fistful of arrows

Ready for another round?

Gathering equipment

Omar's ready to give people arrows whether they want them or not

Amanda's got pretty good form!

I caught Liz's arrow in mid-air!

Omar chases his equipment box

My turn again

Jim's arrow in mid-flight!

Grab another arrow..

And away it goes!

Two arrows in the air at once!

Even more arrows!

Gathering around the target

We synchronized our shots to get photos of arrows in the air

Arrows!

Jim looks like he belongs in a fantasy movie

Let's pack up

Well that was fun

Omar demonstrates how his bow is cracked

Oh god! He's comin' right for us!

Good day, Salim?

Now, back to our dark basement full of computers