Home for the Holiday

Not having a pet of my own, I don't get to partake in the guilty pleasure and phenomenon that is "pet photography", made popular in recent years by camera phones and affordable point and shoot digital cameras. But spending the holiday with the family gives me time to photograph their two overgrown golden retrievers, Abbey and Libby, and see what all the fuss is about.



Although Libby (the one in the front) was thrilled to be in front of the lens and did what she could to keep it that way, Abbey was a little more camera shy. Luckily, Libby left momentarily to investigate a sound she thought she heard and gave me a second to get this shot of Abbey:

More Reflections

Just added one of my favorite images to the "Reflections" gallery on the website...



The flimsy quality of the mylar bends, blurs, and reflects back upon itself, creating multiple reflections and visual chaos. They can be so chaotic that it would be impossible to replicate a particular distortion. They can also be so transient that it only lasts for a fraction of a second, making it extremely difficult to really see the reflection and everything that's happening in it. Photographing them becomes very intuitive- I have to respond to something in front of me without even completely seeing it. Often times looking at the images after a shoot is the first time I actually get to see them.