This is our new kitty. We found her living in our wood pile when she was about three months old, she is now about eight months old. She is a real sweet heart and follows me wherever I go in the house. She has a real good home and we are lucky to have her. Not all little kitty’s are so lucky so support your local animal shelter and give others a chance for a good home.
Brent and I volunteered to take pictures of Pets with Santa at the Pet Supply Plus in Easton. We were busy and took in $615.00 for pictures at $5.00 a pop and about 175.00 in the donation jar. PSP provides the space, the decorations, printer, paper and ink so 100% of the money taken in goes directly to the Easton SPCA shelter. There were volunteers to dress up in the Santa outfit, volunteers to review the pics with the customers and then print them. A lot of volunteers and time but the payoff was well worth it!
The very first pet I photographed I had my camera set on Raw and their printer could not read it, I brought the images home and emailed them to the pets owner. The dog was very nervous and not very cooperative to being photographed, when the owner learned that the printer could not read the images she was really disappointed but we made it right and she is now happy. In between pets the cards are erased because the printer has limited capacity, that is how I happen to have this image. I generally have no images to post.
I recieed a nice note from one of the clients at the pet with Santa shoot and want to pass it along:
Hi Marci,
Just wanted to pass along a letter that I read while doing the December Thank you notes.
Dear Volunteers:
Last Saturday (Dec 10th) when I took my dog to be photographed with Santa at PSP, the volunteers from your Center were so kind and good-natured that I felt compelled to send you this check ($50) in the hope that my donation will go toward helping the animals in your care. Thank you for your good work. I wish every animal born could be loved and cherished, but when that is not possible, I’m glad you’re there to give them food and shelter. And love, too, judging from the people I met last Saturday.
Just thought that was very kind of her to do that and please pass on those words to anyone else who helped out if you’d like.
This is a picture of Corky, the the guy that makes things work at Alexandria Airport. I put two pictures together and it gives the impression that he is right in the middle of a busy time, which he always is.
I just purchased a new light box and was trying to get my camera settings right. This is not my usual photography so it will take a while until I’m in my comfort zone with it. These are a few of our pets, all adopted. Please note that I have not moved any of the images into Photoshop for touch-up, these are right out of my camera.
It seems like I haven’t been doing much wildlife photography lately but I have been out making pictures. I enjoy photographing horses, these are of my wife on her rescued horse. He sure ended up in a good home!
I rarely do portraits unless they are out in the environment but my camera club had a model night so I took a couple snap shots. The young girl is a family member that just wanted a picture.
The rest are buildings around home and some from my old airport. I really miss hanging out at the airport, a lot of really good people there!
Here are some more from my trip to the photo show in NYC. Also today I photgraphed an old mill near my home. The sheep belong to my wife. As long as I’m out making some pictures I’m happy.
We went to the PDN show in NYC. It was cold, Rainy, and windy but the show was fantastic. About anything related to photography was represented including talks by leaders in the industry. The day went to quickly and I wish I could have gone for all three days, maybe next year.
I visited the airport, N-85 (Alexandria Airport) in Pittstown N.J. I kept my airplane there and learned to fly there. It’s really a beautiful airport and has received substantial renovations since I sold my plane. It was really good seeing the owners and I got to see Shannon my flight instructor, she was sure fun fly with! When I was there visiting there were were sky divers, I was told they have a very active sky diving school. I took a picture but I didn’t have a long lens with me and I was on the opposite side of the field. Although I don’t fly much any more learning to fly was one of the most exciting things I ever did. Having a good airport and and an excellent instructor sure helped boost the experience.
I have been playing with HDR photography, not sure what to think about it but I’m having fun with it. I’m posting some of my Fall color HDR’s.
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