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Some swans lake-ing. or pond-ing in this case.

A California Condor with its enormous wings hidden. I waited for it to spread them and it started getting dark.

This is how a California Condor’s wings look spread-out.

This Parrot was talking a lot of shit.

These are some cactus leaves on which people wrote/scratched their names.

More of the same.

A hungry hungry Hippo.

The Hippo’s big ass head.

He’s too big for a studio. You know he needs a big home.

One he can move around in.

This Tiger pretended he didn’t know me.

I’m not sure if this is a Yak or not and I dont care.

Do Peacocks serve a purpose?

Is this an Emu?

“We got to chase those crazy baldheads out of town”

I don’t remember what kind of bird this is.

Last time I was here I was thrown out for heckling Eagles, so they put this sign up. Go Giants.

Monkey: Are you on the guestlist?
Me: Yes
Monkey: Hold on I gotta check with my manager.

Monkey: You know this guy?
Other Monkey: Hell no I don’t know him. He’s not on the guestlist.

Monkey: Yeah so my manager doesn’t know you. So unless you got some lettuce, some broccoli or some celery you’re not getting in the club. Company policy.
Me: For real?

Monkey: Do I look like I got time for jokes? Do you find me amusing?
Me: I was just asking

Monkey: This is why I don’t like black people. They think they know you or think you’re all about playing around hooting and hollering.

Maybe jumping isn’t such a good idea…

Male Lion: Baby could you get me some toilet paper?

Lioness: Negro please.

After all we been through, you’re gonna do me like this?

You better get up and get your own toilet paper, motherfucker.

Thanks for nothing.

You’re welcome.

Giraffes are weird.

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Life, Photography

This shot was in London. I couldnt help but feel like a tourist while walking the streets with my cam out, but I couldn’t resist this shot. Pretty creative.

This shot was at a dried-up beach in Maine. It looks like an abandoned home. I didn’t see any insects or life, in or around the log. I really wanted a shallow depth of field, and I think I pulled off my vision.

The car matched the scenery too perfectly. I had to. The owner happened to be matching the car also (but he is a private person, so I’d rather not post the pic) but anyways, this has a very commercial feel to it. I’m trying to mix up my style a bit.

This was some cliche photoshop shit I was trying out with a photo I took some time ago. Interesting result nonetheless. This was at the NY pier.

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This was near an abandoned house in Maine. I thought it was interesting how the artwork was in its element even when the former owner probably discarded it without a second thought. Also fall is my favorite season and shit, so I love it.

This was right on my school grounds. At the time I was taking a photography course, and I wanted to push myself to see how patient a photographer I was. Needless to say, I waited a long time to get this shot, trying to get as much detail as I could, pushing the camera.

This shot always reminds me of my father(he is a pianist) but I just kept that in mind when I did this shot.

I’ve never really been able to fuck with shallow Depth of Field shots, But this is a product of my experiment. Getting the center Crystal clear, and sharply blurring (oxymoron) the edges of the frame.

With fresh snow on the ground, it was time to experiment with it. I wanted to create an eerie, yet magical, look to this piece. I rarely got to fuck around with snow because it left just as quickly as it came. Perhaps next year…

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