Dog.

Stretching.

Alligators at the Everglades

It has been a life goal since I was disappointed at the lack of wild alligators that I did not see in Lousiana to go see alligators. Luckily, I just went to Florida. More specifically, the Everglades.

Two of My Current Favorite People: Danny and Bones.

If you haven't seen me in a long time, it is probably because of these two people. And yes, the dog counts as a person. Louisiana Danny is a train hopper that came into town about two weeks ago and found Juice n Java, as most people tend to do. He's been hanging out with us while we work and then we've all been together when we aren't working as well. Almost a week ago he agreed to sit for me to photograph for my large format class and here are a few of the digital photographs I took. We grabbed his mandolin and went to a train yard because that is his home. Bones loved it too, everytime a train went by she got really excited because she thought she was going to go for a ride. They leave to go back to Louisiana tomorrow, so I thought I'd post this tonight as a goodbye tribute and soon I'll get my 4x5 print up here.

The barefooted horse.

I normally don't post pictures of animals. Very rarely will you see a posting of an animal unless it looks something like this shaggy horse. I don't know why, but there is just something I don't like about animal photography (perhaps because many think that a cute puppy equals a great photo) but there is definitely something I like about this horse. He was a scrawny horse at a little camp at the base of the mountain that hosts the Dominican Republic's largest waterfall: Salto del Limon. I loved the way his wavy hair fell into his eyes and the shy sadness he carried as he walked around unshoed, much like the barefoot guides that helped us get through the jungle to the falls.

The Dominican Cowboy