American Brittany Rescue & Taste of Arlington!

Some of you may know Paul and I rescued our American Brittany from the rescue in late October.  Since the adoption, we have had one foster dog, and had our first opportunity to volunteer with the American Brittany Rescue (ABR) at the recent Taste of Arlington event hosted in Ballston and sponsored by the Ballston BID (Ballston Business Improvement District).

We got to the event excited to see the local ABR families and dogs, as well as Tina(ABR board member,and BallstonBID CEO), Andrea(ABR board member), and of course Abbe and Craig the new parents of our old foster dog (and my coworker!).  The event was jam packed.  With over 30 food vendors from the area, including 8 up and coming chefs trying to secure themselves a location within Ballston.  All the food we tried was amazing, so clearly, by the time we left, we couldn’t imagine eating another bite of anything!  The ABR sponsored and had a booth in the barkpark of the event where we had many kids petting the dogs, we educated and informed potential adopters about the breed, and showed off the local foster Mason!  The event was truly a wonderful experience and I think we sparked an interest and love for Brittany’s in this area.  Take a peek through the lens of great food, paws, and playful pups.

 

San Diego: Typical or Advocacy?

As many of you know from my last post, Hello San Diego, I traveled to… San Diego!  So, of course I went to the zoo and took the camera along to experiment which photographing animals, working on lighting and reflections on glass, and so on.  The zoo was HUGE!  It had so many different exhibits it took us probably five hours or so to go through the entire thing.  It also, has some steep hills that you wouldn’t expect! It was a day of fun exploring it all, getting lost within the zoo itself, and riding the “skyfari”  which went over the park.  When I returned home to edit through the photos, I noticed something strange.  Either they look like an animal in it’s natural environment, or my photos  looked like they could be used in some sort of animal advocacy add against zoo’s, or medical testing, and so on.  For some odd reason, the monkeys always looked the most distraught or sad!  So, what are your thoughts?  Are they typical zoo moments captured, or advocacy style photographs?  Be sure to check back next week for a post on the many other amazing animals at the San Diego Zoo!

Okay, I just had to add that last one of Paul on the ground with the angry gorilla statue!

No matter how old you are, you’re always a child at heart!