Photos | At The Zoo

Hey, look who's (attemping) to post again? I've been in a slump ever since the semester started, and it's been a damn busy one. I've had no time to think about anything other than school/work, let alone think about this blog. But I got a rare day off a few weeks ago, and was able to tag along with Skylar's family to the Zoo!

I've posted some photos from when I've visited the zoo before, but I never felt like they turned out very well. I've only ever tried to shoot with my kit lens when at the zoo before, but it couldn't achieve a very good depth of field and my photos always came out looking flat and kind of 'touristy.' I decided to bring along my new 50mm f/1.8 lens to test out some more (I unfortunately haven't used it much), and the more I use it the more I love it! I'm still getting used to the crop (it's a prime lens, so there is no zoom), but I love the depth of field I can get.

At first I thought the glare/dirt on the glass was going to be a problem for taking any photos, but I think the texture actually adds to the photos and I am really digging it- especially in the photo with the leopard up there! I love seeing cute, fluffy animals at the zoo, but my favorites to take pictures of  are definitely the reptiles and fish, since they always have such colorful habitats. I am pretty stoked that I captured this gorilla with her baby, though! (below)

Well, now I'm back to the grind of my last semester of school. I'm going to make every attempt to start posting here more often, hopefully I can get my butt in gear and queue some posts up.

Happy Tuesday!

Woofstock: Puppies Everywhere!

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of going down to Chicago with some friends for Animal Planet's Woofstock Festival! It was a free, outdoor festival just for puppies! You could bring your own dogs, and they had tons of animals you could adopt there as well. My friends brought their puppy Marley, who I'm convinced had basically the best day of his life, ha!

The event itself was pretty dang cool. Not only was it basically a gathering of puppies, they also had Animal Planet stars, like the crazy cat whisperer guy with a guitar case full of cat toys. But the most exciting person that was there was LIL BUB! I was seriously sooo excited about this (I have an unhealthy obsession with lil bub). Unfortunately we ended up getting there an hour after the event started, and by then his handlers told us that he went back to his hotel :(, haha. Someday I will meet him!

One of the other big events taking place was an attempt to break a world record- the most adopted dogs in one place. I'm actually not sure if we broke the record or not- they probably announced it at the end of the festival, but we left before it was officially over. Anyway, they had to get all the adopted dogs in a fenced in area, so it was my perfect opportunity to meet & take pictures of some adorable puppies!

Marley meeting a much bigger Marley!

I hope you all had a wonderful day! And if not, I hope these puppy photos cheered you up :)