PERCH

Spending time with my parents in Michigan meant lots of fishing on the lake and eating veggies from the garden.  The food was good and fresh and local.  I began to experiment with still life photography of lake perch.  I have done similar photography with heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, & butterflies.  I would like to expand this project now that I am back in the bay area.  We will see what comes out of it.

STRAITS OF MACKINAC

During Labor Day weekend, back in Michigan, I completed the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk.  It is a ton of fun, absolutely beautiful, and a great chance to walk across the impressive bridge which is normally open only to vehicles.

WASHINGTON STATE

At the end of August I headed to Penticton, BC for Ironman Canada.  My boyfriend's dad and older brother were racing and I am happy to report that both successfully completed it.  The trip was kind of a whirlwind through Seattle, Eastern Washington, British Columbia, & Vancouver.  Needless to say, a lot of my pictures were taken out the car window & I definitely have to go back.

portrait photography

So I just thought I would give a shout out to my other photography business venture: Courtney Alice Photography.  www.courtneyalice.com is basically where all of my commissioned portrait and wedding photography work lives online!  Check it out! 

I took the following images over the summer.

FAWN

During our time camping on Assateague Island in Maryland, this little fawn wandered into our campsite.  It was clear that he (or she, not sure) was fairly used to people, and ate scraps of food in the campground.  But this was definitely still a skiddish wild animal.  It was amazing how close it came to us, inspecting everything... but easily spooked.  The experience brought up an interesting dilema for me... the animal was clearly not domesticated, or meant to be domesticated for that matter, but it was hard to refrain from intentionally feeding it because it was so cute.  My instinct was to help... But usually wildlife officials tell you NOT to feed wild animals.  I still consider this to be a photograph of a wild animal, but the image raises a lot of questions for me about what is "authentic", or to what extent do you interfere as a photographer in the situation you are photographing?  These photographs will be reminders for me of these issues, but regardless, they might be some of my favorite images from this entire year.