When Maria first came to the farm, I was surprised by her deepening relationship with the donkeys. They took to her in a way I had never seen them do before with any human, not even to me. She and Lulu and Fanny seemed to talk to one another, and I was lucky to capture this in my still photography. You could almost reach out and touch the space between them.

Now I am taking videos, and I can continue the great  creative opportunity to try and capture this dialogue in a new way and to bring people inside and help them see what I have been seeing. In the image above, I believe I have captured a feeling that I have not yet ever captured in video. Maybe I can, maybe I can’t, but it will be my primary goal.

So yesterday I went out and took a short video of Maria and the donkeys, connecting in the very beautiful way that they connect with one another. And here’s the idea. The still photographs set the scene. The words put the scene in context. The video brings you into the story. Can’t imagine why any storyteller would not love that. I hope you do as well.