As I mentioned in my last post, I recently had a photo shoot at Roer’s Zoofari. I had the ridiculously fun task of documenting as Jason Romano from the Lake Anne Brew House fed his leftover brewing grain to the zoo animals.
By some sort of amazing luck, that photo shoot happened to fall on April 23, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Yes, I had a photo shoot with zoo animals on that very day! So I arranged to have two photo assistants join me on the assignment.
Jason and the zookeepers were all wonderfully supportive of my junior photographers. Daniel, age 8, and Katie, age 5, rode with me in the back of a pickup truck as the zookeepers drove around the fields and fed the grazing watusis, zebras, llamas, bison, and emus. My role was to photograph the process and the relationship between the zoo and the Brew House.
And my junior photographers/zookeepers LOVED it. They got to go behind the scenes and learn so much about zoo life. It was basically their own personal safari. Huge thanks to Roer’s Zoofari and LABH for being so welcoming to my little assistants!
Now my kids think I have the coolest job ever. Except for the guy who invented Minecraft. He’ll always be cooler than me.
Related posts:
A behind-the-scenes adventure with the Lake Anne Brew House at Roer’s Zoofari
My kids in the neighborhood cherry blossoms (and my new secret to getting them to pose for me!)
Exhibit and publication: My photo show made the cover of the local paper
The ultimate guide to outdoor things to do in the Reston area
20 photos that show why Reston, Virginia is an amazing place to live in the summertime
