Sometimes the dog park "fights" are the best. In most cases it isn't really a fight at all, simply the level of play that certain groups are looking for. It can be fast and furious, and it's so hard to get the right shot! I love the ones where you can see teeth bared or eyeballs turned...
This was a day of doggy hind ends, I think. I ended up with about half of the negatives prominently including butts. They crack me up. And of course, in this one we have a lone dog peering at me, while the others are too busy to notice anything.
Here's a rolled eyeball shot. Not as crisp as I'd like but it's got some energy to it.
The all important sniff test. 
Little dogs don't know they're little, do they? This one (Peanut, I think) is determined to have this huge tree limb all to herself.
In other news, I have been enjoying the slower season for me. Photo needs have dropped off, and I am planning my next adventure to Central America (Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala). I can't help but think about how it might have been a mixed blessing that I couldn't afford to fly back to India this winter...I chose Central America because it was a fraction the price of India, and was sad that I had to make the decision. BUT, following the news from the last few days, it seems that India is not quite the place to be travelling to right now. Mumbai was the location for the horrible hostage situation and killings, with over 100 dead and a few hundred more injured. Americans and Brits were being targeted in this attack. A few months ago, there was a significant bomb attack in Delhi, in the exact neighborhood that my hotel was- Karol Bagh. There have been other attacks in cities that I visited- I believe Jaipur made the news recently with a similar bombing attack. The cumulative experiences are enough to make me feel better about going to Central America. But will go back to India someday...
Last weekend was the first one all season that I didn't have a wedding of my own booked...and what do I do? Go to a wedding with another photographer (my friend Tammy) to shoot with the Holga cameras! I wish I'd had more film on me that day, but it was so last minute I didn't have time to place an order. I have made initial scans from some color negs (BW to follow) and have NOT had time yet to clean the dust off of them. SO, forgive the dust, one day soon they will be perfect! The wedding was for Kelly and Craig Stimson, they live on the Stimson family farm (in Princeton MA). It has been in their family and continuously farmed for over 250 years. They currently have a few cows, chickens, and fields for haying. It was a gorgeous sunny fall day, and everything went very well. I appreciate that Kelly and Craig let me tag along on such short notice...I am always looking for weddings to shoot this way, and this one was special. I grew up in Princeton, and had actually been to the farm several times for other photo projects. It's a beautiful place!
