Thao D. Tran Photography | The Blog » Uncategorized http://thaodtran.com/blog How I see life through photography and sharing what I see with you. Fri, 28 May 2010 16:50:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 fireworks http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/07/fireworks/ http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/07/fireworks/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:46:48 +0000 Thao a.k.a "Theo" http://thaodtran.com/blog/?p=780 It was so hot yesterday, but I was not surprised at all to see so many Austinites or Austonians brave the humid, hot heat to enjoy the beautiful display of fireworks over the lake. Downtown Austin was filled with so many people that I had to park and walk over a mile (in sandals, what was I thinking?) to find a nice place to enjoy the fireworks.

Everyone was having fun, patiently waiting for the show and I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to a fellow photographer and her husband, Meredith and Jason, who recently moved here from Denver. So after meeting new friends, the oohs and aahs, and nice ovation after an amazing firework show, I have to say it was a good 4th of July. Here are some photos of the show, enjoy and take care.

I really love the series of photos where the guy was sitting on a rock sticking out in the middle of the lake.

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]]> http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/07/fireworks/feed/ 5 chelsea h. http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/06/chelsea-h/ http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/06/chelsea-h/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:40:33 +0000 Thao a.k.a "Theo" http://thaodtran.com/blog/?p=769 I had the pleasure of working with Chelsea the other day to take some headshots for Texas A&M’s Greek Rush. We headed out to the beautiful Horseshoe Bay Resort, ducking golf balls, dodging golf carts and trying to stay cool, in the end we got the shots we needed and I didn’t have a golf ball lodged into my camera gear or head.

Chelsea is taking a summer break from her studies to spend time with her family and friends in Austin, before heading back to College Station in July. Chelsea is currently hoping to have a career in the health care field and I wish her the best.

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]]> http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/06/chelsea-h/feed/ 2 gold ribbon rescue http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/04/gold-ribbon-rescue/ http://thaodtran.com/blog/2009/04/gold-ribbon-rescue/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:29:04 +0000 Thao a.k.a "Theo" http://thaodtran.com/blog/?p=710 Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending the day with 50 or so golden retrievers.  Gold Ribbon Rescue of Central Texas (GRR) has an annual picnic event that helps raise money to provide shelter, food, medicine, and an avenue to find permanent homes for these adorable golden retrievers.  The event is like a dog reunion that brings goldens that have found permanent homes and goldens that are still looking for homes together to enjoy a day in the park with each other.  There was food, dog products to purchase, grooming services, micro-chipping, and even a service to train the dogs for search and rescue.

My sister and her husband adopted a golden from GRR two years ago and they help out with GRR as much as they can.  I usually tag along with them to these events to help where I can and enjoy the company of these great dogs. GRR is a great service for rescuing these dogs from the streets and being put down.  GRR’s website has stories of these rescued dogs up for adoption that I go to read up all the time.  I hope to one day have the means to foster and adopt some goldens, they are really great dogs, drool and all. Here are some pictures of these great dogs.  Enjoy and take care.

This puppy up for adoption, just had surgery on his arm and spent all day in a carriage.  How can you not adopt this puppy with those eyes?

Probably my favorite picture of the day.

I felt so sorry for the one with the collar.  He was so happy though.

There were other dogs besides the golden retrievers that attended.  The one below was a therapy dog from Therapy Pet Pals of Texas, Inc….

who apparently thought he was a lap dog.

There were dogs large and small.  I love the picture of the dog yawning, every time I look at this picture it would make me yawn too, lol.

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