at the BUCK 'n RUN RANCH
Tucker loves to be out on the porch with Michael watching the cars go by. This morning I found them just sitting and enjoying each other’s company. We are working with Tucker being outside without a leash. He is fine until he sees a lizard or a turkey then he takes off. He is making [...]
Our beloved Tucker is indeed an odd little duck. Some of the things he does are quite amusing. On Easter he was the lucky recipient of a prime rib bone. He enjoyed it for a while then decided to hide it for another day. He looked around for the most secure location before settling on [...]
Spring hatching is in full swing here at the Buck ‘n Run Ranch. I have 20 eggs on lockdown, due to hatch on Friday and 3 more to hatch on Monday. The first hatch is Crested Cream Legbars and a project I am working on. I also have a dozen olive eggers in the incubator [...]
Yesterday morning when I was feeding the animals, I noticed three wild tom turkeys fighting in our donkey pasture. One of them had the good sense to leave, but the other two kept on fighting. I thought about running in for my camera but I figured they would be gone by the time I got [...]
Tucker went to visit my parents for the first time yesterday. I wanted them to admit that my dog is cuter than my sister’s dog but they wouldn’t commit. I knew what they were thinking though. Tucker enjoyed meeting them and playing with his new Paw Paw. You might also enjoy: Tucker. He had me [...]
Louis, the sweetest of our four emus, has an injury. I noticed it a few days ago. It is a large hematoma and feather loss on his back. He seems to be acting perfectly normal despite his injury. Well, as perfectly normal as an emu is capable of acting. I am just watching him closely [...]
Last week I started another class, Food Photography for Bloggers. It is being taught by the same instructor as my last class, but the emphasis is on photographing food for blogs. If you have been here more than once you can understand why I need this class. The first assignment was due today. We were [...]
Bigger isn’t always better. I say that because we had a big barn at the last house and we fretted over losing it when we moved here. Even though the barn was big, it seemed to always be a disorganized mess. I was concerned about where we would store the animal feed here at the [...]
These are the photos I submitted for the last assignment in my Introduction to Food Photography class, followed by the critiques. I have signed up for another class, Food Photography for Bloggers, so I will be back posting my assignments for the next four weeks. Critique: “Beautiful light quality and direction for the subject! It’s [...]
On Sunday I submitted my photographs for the third assignment of my Food Photography class. One requirement was to shoot a translucent subject with backlighting. I chose seaweed sale. Critique: Nice job with the back lighting! Beautiful subject too. This one really needs to be a vertical though since the main subject is so tall and [...]
