Boston

Short trip to Boston, I enjoyed the visit but would never live there.

Fall Photohunt

I must say that there are few things in life that bring me joy every time... and one of those things is photohunts. Ginny and I had to race with the sun because 1. daylight savings and 2. we were back in the woods. But I will say that this has been my favorite photoshoot this fall, I absolutely love all the shots.

LookBook

This shoot was taken for a school assignment, my friend Kaleigh was nice enough to play dress up and be my model. The location was in Saratoga and we had a good time. So here are a few favs.

Prague. Prague. Prague.

I must start out with saying, that I wish there was a button that would allow you to clear everyone off the streets of downtown Prague- just for photographers. It would require quarters like a street meter but your maximum time to clear the streets would be 2 hrs... just so everyone still got to enjoy the city in different times of day. If this were possible, I would love my pictures of the city a bit more.

We spent a week at a children's camp just outside of Prague and it was busy but rewarding. I was able to provide the camp with a variety of photography and it was not a waste of time in any way because any time I photograph I learn something new.
When we finished camp, we stayed in a flat in Prague for two nights, got to visit Terezin and spend almost two days walking around the city, enjoying the culture.

Terezin was a camp for Jews before they were sent off to a legit concentration camp and it was so sad because the camp was filled with beautiful, vibrant colors but it was an empty satisfaction... because you love looking at the contrast of the orange/yellow buildings with the bright blue sky and it's just hard to appreciate dead beauty. Most of the pictures I took at the camp did not remain in full color, I toned it down or just made it b&w.

Slovakia

After 12 hrs of travel, we made it into to Prague safely, then took off for Slovakia the next day. We spent a week there teaching english and basketball. During the week, we got to visit Bratislava and we got lost while driving on the way back... that was a nightmare... since none of us spoke fluent Slovak. We played indoor futbol, volleyball and ate some of THE most delicious ice cream I've ever eaten (which was about $1 a cone... love that exchange rate). We ate at the same restaurant for lunch all week and each day there was soup, first, then the main dish. The soup was quite interesting... well actually the first day it was quite normal chicken soup and then the questionable items began to appear. Pretty much, the second day was chicken liver soup, but it most definitely looked like something out of my cat's litter box... the next day was hotdogs, lots of hotdog grease and sauerkraut, Thursday was a bit normal, chicken broth with a hint of liver and friday was probably normal cause I really don't remember it...ha. Oh, and for the main dishes it was either chicken and rice or fried cheese and fries or chicken and rice or chicken and rice... luckily I love chicken and rice... but I'm not a big fan of the fried cheese.
I hate goodbyes and Saturday was a tearful day, parting with new, wonderful friends... but we left knowing that we always had a place waiting for us. There are pictures coming, after some homework...