Day 126

so i know i recently posted another shot of the elephant but i just ran across this one and it really is one of my favorites.

Day 119

shot a bunch of azurae and danny today. very excited.

here is another shot from the big project i've been posting from.

this is Major Tom and his handler Curt. photographed in indianapolis. also seen in the shot of jamric in the badass hat.

Day 089

because i figure everyone loves photos of elephants, here is another one. another chunk of the fun that was the day shooting in indianapolis last month. man tombi is a cool elephant.

Day 071

here is an outtake from a day photographing at the indianapolis zoo. the guy on the left is curt and the llama is called major tom, and the handsome devil in the black coat is jason hamric, a good friend who was my assistant for the [almost month long] shoot.

this day at the zoo was one of those times when the whole idea of what you do for a living is baffling. a day when you think "i'm getting paid for this?". i wish more people knew what that was like, and i count myself as amazingly fortunate to be able to support myself with what i love. shooting there may not have been "optimal" for everyone, as it was around 20 degrees, but i love the cold and got to photograph a llama (i LOVED llamas at some point in my life. sometime in college) AND people riding an elephant (Tombi), which i got to freaking pet! note: elephant skin is dry and strangely hairy. like long, spindly hairs coming from random places...you can barely see it from a distance.

anyway it was a great day.

by the by, the llama, major tom,...his father was/is called sergeant pepper, and allegedly his mom is eleanor rigby.

for serious

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oh what a day!

i cant really go into all of it [lazy] but suffice to say the shots will be great, i had an amazing dinner (made up for the theme-park grade burger i had for lunch), and just really enjoyed everything about today except cold feet and traffic gridlocked with moronic drivers.

here is a tiny taste of what today was: