Portraits

We did another portrait shoot.  The models were all great to work with!

Prickly pear cactus trip

We had a trip out past Valley Center for our most recent trip.  Salsa and salad was prepared from harvested foods, including cactus, and given to students with a side of tortilla chips.  We learned that only the new shoes should be eaten.  Unfortunately the facility lighting was poor, so the best photos came from portraits and plants photographed outside, rather than the food inside.  There was a really unusual flowering plant there, which made for a great photo! (last photo)

Ray Tafoya

Robert Freeman

Edwina Freeman

Rosa Ramirez

Minnie Tafoya

Julie Holder

Agave Roast

This time our class went to photograph an agave roast.  We all stood around a pile of fresh dirt and a dead campfire, and a native woman waved around sacred sage.  A man then began to lecture on the agave and its history and uses.  When he was finished, he and a few students grabbed some shovels and unearthed the roast agave under the campfire remains.

While the man took to cutting the agave up for the night's dinner, women were preparing salads, tortillas, and rabbit stew.  Students did various tasks, from collecting native grasses to photographing the area and people around them.  Once the food was prepared, everyone gathered around a grabbed a plate of the fresh harvest.

 

Mel Vernon

Juana Mijel

 

 Joely Proudfit