We were taking photos for the "farm letter" for our winter/holiday 2011 edition of the print newsletter yesterday, and as usual, I thought you would enjoy seeing the outtakes. Kate was behind the camera, her usual sweet, patient self, while the subjects (Alayne and me and blind Cash) were in front of the camera struggling to maintain control. In all, she took 64 photos before I declared victory — of those shots, only two were candidates for the final newsletter photo. (I know, I am par-tic-u-lar.)
In the photo above, it looks a little like I'm holding up a disembodied horse head … or maybe a horse head balloon. Not sure.
Next we have a horse head growing out of Alayne's shoulder:
Here I was apparently doing an impromptu ear inspection (but why?):
In this next one the horse looks great, the woman looks great, and I … well, I do not look so great:
If I hadn't screwed that one up, we could have stopped there at No. 38.
I was on a roll, it seems, because in this next shot everyone looks really good except for … well, oh never mind:
So then we switch sides, but here Alayne is trying to control a certain horse head which is moving into her personal space:
The horse succeeds anyway while she bravely continues smiling:
And this last photo was just a complete disaster (although the horse looked pretty good, I must admit):
Finally, here's the one that will be in the newsletter:
Whew!
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Another Shelter Challenge begins — and No. 3 again already!
The new Shelter Challenge started October 3rd and ends at midnight on December 18th. Grand prize in this round is $5,000, plus $1,000 for weekly winners and $1,000 for state winners. There are also other categories … please see the Shelter Challenge website for details.
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