Food and wine

Ok guys Ferran and I are going to get the food and wine tomorrow. We will talk more about this in class but I was going to go ahead and let you guys know what we were thinking about getting.

 3 boxes of wine

Cheese  crackers  and ham

 Chips and dip

Vegatables: broccoli, carrots, celery and ranch dip

Grapes and apples

Assorted nuts

Stuff to make punch or some cans of soda

Bottles of water

Sandwiches (cut up small) meat and veggie

Pigs in a blanket

Sausage balls  

Ferran said he was going to make Spanish Omelet

Kristen said she was going to make desserts  

Plates, utensils, napkins, tablecloth

Is there any of this that you guys are opposed to? Is there anything that you guys would like to add? I am unsure of how much of all this we will need but we will talk about it in class.

Ferran and I will go get all of this that we can after class so that will be one more thing to check off the list.

Bucket of Puppies



This was taken at Meriwether co.. They where cleaning out the puppies pin so they had to put them in a bucket to keep them in one place. Adorable sight.

   As you guys know I am working on an animal shelter documentary.  I finally was able to go to the Meriwether County Animal Shelter this Wed. This shelter was recommended to me by one of the ladies at Heard County Animal Shelter. I was a bit nervous at first because I had just gotten rejected by the Upson Co. shelter. I brought my book from last semester and everything to show them so they could understand what I was doing but they wouldn’t even look at it. They claimed since the sheriff wasn’t there and wouldn’t be there for a week they couldn’t let me do anything. Obviously they also just didn’t care much since they wouldn’t even give me a tour of the place to see the animals even with my camera put up. It’s very discouraging to see the lack of care by some of these people that work at animal shelters.  Apparently they are too “needle happy” and end up putting down these animals without giving them much of chance.  But anyways it was a breath of fresh air to go to the one in Meriwether. It is a large facility that isn’t run by the sheriff’s office and is run by people that see this as a calling and passion not a job. They had over 100 animals there and have named all of them. The people there where unbelievable nice and welcoming to what I was trying to do.  I got a tour of the facility and was very pleased that some of the animals were able to roam freely for a while on the property.  They had a good many of volunteers helping feed and water the animals as well as cleaning the cages. All were very nice and let me take pictures of them doing what they do. It defiantly gave me back the hope and reassurance that there are good people out there.



                On another note I feel like I am struggling with getting the right pictures for this project. Even though I was in a new shelter I still was getting the same shots that I have already gotten.  It is making me very discouraged because I really want this to be more than something I am doing for school. I want this to help animals in shelters.  Any ideas of things new to shoot? What would make you more interested in the book? More people more animals more rescues more of the sad parts?  I just feel a bit stuck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the link to my book on blurb if you haven’t seen it. Concrete and Cages

Pieter Hugo

I came across this artist about a year ago: Pieter Hugo. He is a thirty something South African that has been taking pictures since he was ten. I absolutely love his work “The Hyena and Other Men.” It shows a traveling group of Nigerians that have “tamed” African hyena’s as well as some monkeys. It apparently has been a family tradition. They make money by entertaining people with these animals as well as selling natural medicine.  I think these photos are unreal and its very hard to stop staring. Apparently when his book came out of this series it sold out by word of mouth within weeks. I think that is pretty amazing.

His other works are amazing as well. A lot of it has to do with death and the genocide in Rwanda as well as portraits of very "different" people.  Amazing stuff!

 A quote by Hugo: “It sounds extreme, but for me to work at all as a photographer, I have to be conscious always of the problems inherent in what I do. I have to be conscious, if you like, of the impossibility of photography.”

I can relate to what he is trying to say. With my documentary on animal shelters it is very hard to show the emotion of the people and animals like I want to. Thinking of the impossibilities of photography is always on my mind.

Here is his website ENJOY!