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Camping & Water Tubing out of Soloman’s Island

Katharine Hauschka — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:09:01 +0000

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My last free weekend of the summer before the crazy wedding season that is enveloping my life this fall was spent with great friends doing some really fun stuff! It was early August, and we drove down to Point Look Out State Park on friday night. It’s the perfect lovely quick get away vacation spot- 2 hours south of here (DC) and right on the water where the Chesapeake and Potomac river’s split. We set up camp down there, and whipped up a little camp fire to relax and sip some wine by. Saturday we hung out at the pet beach with our dogs who ran free and wild all day, swimming and galavanting through the sand. After a long hard day of relaxing, we boiled some shrimp and had yummy shrimp tacos and smores by our fire. It was a beautiful sight…though since I was taking a day off from photographing anything, we don’t have any photos. HOWEVER, we do have photos of Sunday when we packed up camp and jumped up to Solomans Island where we rented a Pontoon boat and an inner tube for playing out on the Patuxent river (a small river branching off of the Chesapeake). You’ll see photos of myself, my dog Nala, and our friends, Greg, Ru & their dog Bodhi. Enjoy- there are some classic action shots!

Monkey Takes Self Portraits!!

Katharine Hauschka — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:54:24 +0000

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Amazingness…An article from the Daily Mail reveals these actual self portrait photos taken with an unattended camera by Crested Black Macaque Monkeys in Indonesia. I am in absolute awe over this- not only does it combine photography and monkeys- two of my most favorite things on earth but the expressions…well they are priceless!!

Cheeky monkey! Macaque borrows photographer’s camera to take hilarious self-portraits
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 4:03 PM on 5th July 2011

To capture the perfect wildlife image, you usually have to be in exactly the right place at precisely the right time.

But in this instance, David Slater wasn’t there at all and he still got a result.

Visiting a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, award-winning photographer Mr Slater left his camera unattended for a while.

It soon attracted the attention of an inquisitive female from a local group of crested black macaque monkeys, known for their intelligence and dexterity.

Fascinated by her reflection in the lens, she then somehow managed to start the camera. The upshot: A splendid self-portrait.

Say cheese: The monkeys were intrigued by their reflection in the camera lens

You can be in this one too: The monkey even snapped a shot with photographer David Slater in the frame

Chimply marvellous: The images taken by the monkeys at a national park in Indonesia are perfect portraits

‘One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a frenzy, said Slater, 46.

‘At first there was a lot of grimacing with their teeth showing because it was probably the first time they had ever seen a reflection.

‘They were quite mischievous jumping all over my equipment, and it looked like they were already posing for the camera when one hit the button.

‘The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it

‘At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back – it was amazing to watch.

‘He must have taken hundreds of pictures by the time I got my camera back, but not very many were in focus. He obviously hadn’t worked that out yet.

‘I wish I could have stayed longer as he probably would have taken a full family album.’

Slater, from Coleford, Gloucestershire, was on a trip to a small national park north of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi when he met the incredibly friendly bunch.

The crested black macaque is extremely rare and critically endangered.

These were part of a study group near a science base in the region, home to researchers from Holland.

‘I teamed up with a local guide because I knew about the apes and wanted to photograph them,’ said Slater.

Self-portrait: This critically endangered macaque monkey took his own photographs after grabbing a camera that had been left lying around

‘I walked with them for about three days in a row.

‘They befriended us and showed absolutely no aggression – they were just interested in the things I was carrying.

‘They aren’t known for being particularly clever like chimps, just inquisitive.

‘Despite probably never having any contact with humans before they didn’t feel threatened by our presence, and that’s why I could walk with them during the day.’

Nala & Gabe @ the Dog Park

Katharine Hauschka — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:08:57 +0000

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It’s been a little while since I had the pleasure of updating you with some photos of my awesome dog! This time I captured some photos of her (11 months) and her 6 month old beautiful blood hound friend Gabe. They always have fun at the park and I think I captured some fun pics of the two of them and their happy personalities…enjoy!

Whazzzuuppppp?!

Happy Drool

Smushy Face!! These are maybe my favorite!

Holiday Dogs

Katharine Hauschka — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:57:14 +0000

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Well it is that time of year! So I took some cute photos of my puppy Nala and her friend Denver in front of the Christmas tree. Enjoy!

A morning by the FDR memorial

Katharine Hauschka — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:23:55 +0000

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This lovely family had me take some photos of them by the FDR memorial for their christmas cards on one absolutely beautiful morning, have a look, tell me what you think!

Crisis the Miniature Pincher

Katharine Hauschka — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:17:09 +0000

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Um- so cute! I had this awesome opportunity to photograph this sweet little dog who goes by the name Crisis. Her dad’s friend had me come over and take some photos of her as a gift to him. Isn’t that so thoughtful?! Enjoy some of these sneak peeks!