Local Scenery

The color photographs are for the grandparents.

These black and whites are for me.

As I was making this series of images, where she's sitting in her lawn chair snuggling with Hoot, I captured a variety of expressions. Some are silly, some she's got a slight smile. These two are my favorite, and especially this last one. When I first started shooting, Hoot was in his normal position of face-to-face (beak-to-cheek?!) with Zoe. After the first few frames, without changing expression or position and looking me dead in the lens, she slowly turned Hoot to face the camera.

Owls need face time too, I suppose.