Black and White Photoshoot - Valee

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This is a photo of my dear friend Buck. He has sweetest smile, the rosiest cheeks, and a bull-strong adventuring spirit. Every time we are together we end up caked in mud, with flooded boots, with lost lunches and new cool sticks and scrapes to boot. I so dearly associate Buck with rivers, with waist-deep water and most often falling in.  

I took this photo on a trip tromping in the Nooksack. We are shin deep, shoes off, and cold-toed. I was a very lucky guy that day and found a hagstone!! I took pictures of many things through it, the best being my friends grin. I wanted to capture the magic in him. This photo makes me giggle, reminds me of holding my camera high over my head, a just-in-case measure as we walked into the river. It was foolish to even bring it, maybe. But most things I do with Buck are foolish! There must be great luck between us :)

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