People, Pets & Places

I'm Freddy, King of the Hen House and don't you forget it.!

I am branching out in life. Although I have mainly been a wildlife & nature photographer and have sold a fair bit of my work, I really want to challenge myself to rise to a new level. Of course, that is something we should all challenger ourselves to do. I am happy to say that I will get to go back to RCC this summer and continue my studies. Hooray. So, my mantra has always been "Bringing the Outdoors into your home and office" I am going to begin refining those outdoors shots to "People, Pets & Places" Gotta have something a little bit catchy. I love looking at the photography of my fellow classmates. Kat, of ChinaKat Photography posted this amazing picture of her sister on a reflective surface with a huge Japanese style fan. I want to get there some day. Even though I am pretty comfortable with nature, pets, especially barnyard, cats and dogs have been a lot of fun. The chickens and roosters are a real challenge, especially two extremely mean roosters, Sammy and Freddy (aka Freddy Kreuger). If you look at them wrong, they attack you. My shins and hands have been bloodied and bruised by these two little monsters. But alas, there is one other one, Ethan, who is a little sweetheart (yes, a sweet rooster, now there is a contradiction in terms!). He came to my rescue when Sammy got a little too evil and chased him to the other side of the pen.  So, you may be thinking, why go in there, when you are getting abused by these fowl tempered fowl. Well, there are 7 chickens in there who are also sweet and need to be fed and watered. They also lay eggs which are farm fresh and yummy and they have to be gathered. Every once in a while, I take my camera with me and stand quietly in the corner and if I am lucky, I get a few good shots before Sammy and Freddie go on the offensive!  LOL! Here are a couple from March 25, 2011. Ethan is the little red rooster, Sammy is the black and white, and Freddie, who is the rooster version of a gorilla, is the one who is thumping his chest, aka spreading out is wings to look more opposing. Hope you enjoy the shots.

My Hero, Ethan, chasing away the evil Sammy!