A Scaly Photo Shoot

On Sunday Bob and I took some of our scaly babies out for some fresh air. My friend Emily is a photographer and she is currently working on a photo series called "Wild Flower" featuring her models posing with exotic animals. Naturally, I was the first place she turned, so that's how Hercules, Aries and Dionysus turned into props/models for a day. All the snakes did great, and gave her some great shots and even helped Emily and her model both overcome a small fear of snakes! Here are some of the best shots she got:



Josh behind the scenes with Hercules



Hercules, always ready for a close up

The model was not too sure when we originally got Hercules out,
now she looks like this is part of every day life.



This is more of a behind the scenes shot, while the model was still
getting used to Hercules



I love this shot

Emily the photographer holding a snake
for the first time, Hercules was pretty tired
after all the modeling at this point so he
looks all droopy



Another good shot of his bright colors

I think by this point, they were pretty buddy buddy.



Bob and I behind the scenes holding the snakes not currently being used

Then it was Aries' turn

Aries is a natural, then again I've been shooting pics of him most of his life,
so this was nothing out of the ordinary.



If you look closely, you can see his tongue flickering
and even see the fork in it. My camera isn't fast enough

Aries sticking his tongue out at the camera again....



He didn't want to stay on her head

Aries is yawning in this shot, not trying to strike at anything. It does look
pretty ferocious though!

At this point I'm crouching behind the model holding Aries on her head,
while trying to keep my arm hidden from view behind her neck

Dionysus' big break in the modeling world

He was pretty content staying there instead of doing anything exciting,
so we didn't take as many shots of him

Dionysus playing cowboy...