It's not every day that you get to say that your glasses were stolen and broken by a Mexican Circus monkey. True story. We went on a little vacay/travel stock shooting to Sayulita, then ventured to my new friend Jose Villa's grandmothers house for a night for a little authentic Mexican experience. We stopped at a circus on our way out and found some circus monkeys in their cage. As I was shooting the little baby, the ornery uncle Larry reached out, grabbed my glasses, and broke them in two. Then he proceeded to feed them to his other monkey friends. We managed to recover what was left of the half they stole, minus the lens. Here's the reminence...
Here's the Mexico story pics: http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/MexicoSayulitaSanMartin/
On a side note, I should add this to my last post on recources for beginners and anyone who wants to improve. Jose offers wedding workshops in exotic places around the world. If you're serious about getting into wedding photography, I suggest taking one of his workshops. http://josevillaworkshops.com/ Jose's Holga travel work has inspired me to get off my tail and start shooting mine again.
This little Mexico excursion was put together by my amiga, Mel Barlow.
Ummm... You're right.
Not many people would be able to claim that a Mexican Circus Monkey stole and broke your glasses.
My dad did have a monkey when he was in high school and I always wanted one because of that. Never got one, but would have been cool. I think...
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