Time to Talk About the Birds and the ... Birds

No wonder tickets to the Zoo are so expensive.

Have Your People Call My People

The thing about Zoo photographs (beyond being completely unnatural, unsporting and often sad ... if you really think about it) is that the backgrounds are often ridiculously artificial. I think, from a technique standpoint it makes sense to approach these kind of shots backwards: background first.

The other tough thing: getting model releases signed.

Above: Saturday at the San Francisco Zoo.

Only in Threes

Three seagulls perch at the San Francisco Zoo, Saturday, January 8, 2011. While free to come and go, the birds seem to choose a steady diet of dropped French Fries over what they can find at the nearby shoreline.

Invisible Microphone

Above: at the San Francisco Zoo, just moments before this post.

Catchlight

Above: A young gorilla pauses play while an older gorilla looks on at the San Francisco Zoo, Saturday, January 8, 2011.