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Day 149

     I feel like today was a turning point for my photography.

     I saw a beautiful deer and my dog, lying in a hole she dug, completely unaware, just feet away. It was really quite amusing. A few minutes later, I went outside to relax, as always, with my camera in tow. And I was surprised to discover that the deer had not moved far at all. As soon as my dog saw me, she noticed the deer as well. And that's when the deer got curious. It walked towards us for a while, and stopped short, watching us, staring into our eyes. Dog didn't bark, didn't move. Eventually the deer moved on and the dog paid more attention to me.
      The old me would have zoomed in and taken a picture of the deer. Everyone can take a picture of a deer. I decided to think a little about the story and instead headed out for a wider picture. I feel that this is a much better picture, a narrative that I wouldn't have gotten had I gone wildlife-style. Though it is not the best picture I've taken, the documentary-photography-longing inside of me says it's one of my very favorites.

Day 147

     Today we did a lot of cleaning out of the house. And thinking about cleaning out the garage. Which brought me back to over a year ago, when exploring my backyard, I found an entire Mule Deer skeleton. It was just so cool, and with my parents permission, I brought home the head with antlers still attached! It is a strange looking thing, but it is just so beautiful. My parents want me to get rid of it, but I insist on keeping it.