The Damn Dirty RINO

. . . and that’s kept me away from the blog. But, since I’ve gone to all the trouble of shooting and editing photos, I figured I’d go ahead and share them with you — the dauntless reader of The Damn Dirty RINO. I hope you’ll enjoy them.

The model is LeeAnn, and I’ve been pestering her for a photo shoot for months now. Finally, with little notice and even less preparation time, I managed to wrangle her in front of the camera and we set out for a few local spots. This is the product of our labor:

. . . a little concessions stand I go to pretty regularly. She’s a very friendly stray cat that just hangs around the place, likely due to other people like me who give her ice cream. I didn’t have my camera with me the last time I went, so I made sure to take it with me this time.

I’d just finished mowing and decided to grab an ice cream cone after a quick shower, so I headed on down with the ol’ Pentax K-5 in hand. After ordering and walking away, the soft-serve ice cream fell right off the top of the cone, but thanks to my quick reflexes, I was able to prevent it from hitting the ground and carried it back to the window where I asked for a cup. (I didn’t want to have the poor kid make another one, and he was apologetic.)

As I was walking back with my cone and cup, I heard the same meow I’d heard the previous time I’d seen the stray, which as I described it at the time, sounds like someone is pulling her ears off. She did that when I petted her last time, and I instinctively looked around to see if anyone was glaring at me.

Anyway, I figured I’d get most of the ice cream out and leave a little bit in the cone for the cat. And, since I had my camera with me, I thought I’d snap a couple of shots. That’s the better of the two.

So that, along with mowing the lawn, is what I managed to accomplish today.

. . . to get a good shot of a subject. I’ve been trying for a couple of years to get a decent shot of the pooch below, Sugar. She’s, shall we say, a difficult subject. Well, I finally got one today.