It's all about the monkeys...

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I know I should be doing another Before and After Wednesday -- but I'm just getting way too excited about the Raddest Photo Trip Ever to Thailand and Cambodia in a few weeks! I was going through photos to get psyched, and I couldn't help but stop at the monkey photos.

Wild monkeys. I'll never forget the first time I saw a wild monkey. It was honestly one of those bucket list type of things for me. Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to see and play with monkeys in the jungle.

It was our first time in Cambodia a few years back. We were walking through the trees off the pathway around Angkor Wat. My best friend, Phil, says "monkey!" And there he was. Just walking around on the ground -- about 20 feet from us. I literally stopped dead in my tracks. Silly? Yeah, I'm sure it is. But for some reason, that was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

Here's a few photos from our last trip to Cambodia. It's all about the monkeys :)

There's over a hundred of you who've signed up to be in the know about the next trip! We'll only be taking about 12 people again -- so if you want a chance at traveling the world with me and Lindsay, I'd strongly suggest signing up to get the info before everyone else. Will it be France? Morocco? China? Botswana? South Africa? Only one way to find out ;)

Bobby

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Polaroid rage #2

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So I posted a bunch of "polaroids" last week and figured I'd do it again!

La Jolla, California.

I've titled this one "intensity" :P

Pacific Beach, California.

Left: Escondido, California. Right: Pacific Beach, California.

San Diego, California.

Left: Lindsay and I playing hero (you can read about it here). Right: Us flying to some country :)

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Spotting wild animals and saving domestic ones...

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Yep. That's what my weekend consisted of. On our way home on Saturday, we saw a coyote in a field on the side of the road. Just sitting. If you know me even a little, you'll know that I love animals in the wild. It's where I feel I belong, if that makes sense. Coyotes are such a source joy for me. I want to be in Africa every day looking for lion -- or in SE Asia on the search for monkeys to feed. Coyotes make me feel like I'm somewhere else. They're this completely wild animal that just so happen to live in my backyard. I love it :)

After we pulled over, we saw these two dogs running with their tails tucked -- two medium sized dogs that looked super sweet... just terrified. They crossed a busy road around 4:30pm (traffic time). We thought we saw tags on them so the chase began.

When we caught up to them, I jumped out of the car. They looked at me and started to run away. I crouched down and talked in a high pitch voice and they stopped. Then, sort of out of nowhere, a switch flipped and April (as we found out her name was) charged toward me like I was her saviour. Then Lucky (the other dog's name as we found out) followed suit. Their tails went from tucked to wagging. I held on to their collars just in case -- but they were seriously super pressed into me. It was so cute. It was like I rescued someone who was lost at sea, or something ;)

The dogs had collars with tags -- and phone numbers! We called. Lindsay said she couldn't even finish the sentence before the owner said "you have my dogs?!" Such a great phone call to give someone.

The owner showed up and the dogs were so cute with how happy they were. Another dog that looked very similar to them was in the car and the three looked all excited to reunite. The sweet woman thanked us a ton and we just felt great. We couldn't help but think how great that feeling would be if Remmy and Trouble got out and someone called us having found them.

Such a good feeling.

Lucky on the left and April on the right. Such sweet dogs :)

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Now we went back to see if the coyote was still there -- and he was! So we drove home, got my camera, drove back... and he was still there! We parked and I got as close as he'd allow. I just watched him for about 20 minutes before he trotted off into the woods. A little part of me felt like I was back in Africa watching an elephant disappear into the bush.

This showed me that you don't have to fly to the ends of the earth to find contentment. Often times, as it happens, it's all around you if only you're open to it.

Bobby

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Our next trip will be...

Can't say just yet! To be honest, I'm just not sure. There's so many awesome places that we're still trying to work through. Turkey, China, Armenia and Georgia, Italy, African Safari, Thailand and Cambodia, Iceland... If there's enough people wanting to go, we'd definitely be up for two -- Thailand and Cambodia again and one other place. Anyways, I'm just rambling now...

Sign up below to be in the know before everyone else! Our trip to Thailand and Cambodia (in five weeks!) sold out so definitely sign up if you want a chance to come on the next one!!!



The photo above was taken at the Erawan Falls in Kanchanaburi... Can't believe we'll be there again next month!

Bobby

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Prague Wedding Photographer - more nonsense

I'm doing an ongoing SEO experiment. I'm curious how much easier (or difficult) certain parts of the world are to show up on page 1 for google. So I'm just going to making blog titles to see.

If you've found this blog post through google because of my spurious title, check out my wedding portfolio :)

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I'm thinking about doing a weekly/bi-weekly polaroid post. The cool kids have been doing it for ages, so I figure I should do it now just in time to get made fun of for following the crowd, right? :P

Remmy and Trouble :)

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Anyone catch South Park last night? If not, here it is. It's a good one.

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I shot a fun family session yesterday. Here's a teaser...

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I've got three spots left for holiday family sessions before we take off to Thailand and Cambodia this December. 100% the proceeds will go to a really awesome cause -- so if you need some family photos for the holidays, email me as I'll probably be all booked up in the next couple days!

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Tweet of the week.

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Earlier this week, Fiji expelled Australian and New Zealand officials. We had a wedding out in Fiji this April and since the couple is Australian, they're (understandably) going to postpone their wedding. I have more kiwi/aussie friends than fijian friends -- so I blame Fiji! Not really, but if feels good blaming someone :P

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Does anyone by chance have a Merlin Steadicam I could borrow for the Thailand/Cambodia trip (Dec. 6th-21st)? I'd probably be your best friend...

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Super excited about our Office hangout party tomorrow! Many people coming we've NEVER met in person, so don't be shy! RSVP here if you wanna come :)

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Here's an excerpt from my real, current, and still ongoing conversation with a Nigerian scam artist...

"... A poet once said that the life can - but only for a time. I believe that..."

Wanna read the rest? Follow the convo and let me if you've got any tips for me here (episode 1) and here (episode 2). I hope to get part three up as soon as the good Barrister responds :)

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Long post! Thanks for reading guys!

Bobby

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