This was for an event at the Camarillo Ranch House, a historic landmark in the area. Adolfo Camarillo was a majority landowner in the area and the founder of the city. He was also the founder of the Camarillo White Horses, a rare breed of pure white horses (not albinos), which are still bred today by some of his descendents.
The colt is a six-month-old Camarillo White Horse, named Xamarillo. (Best guesses for the originator of the Camarillo name was Don Xamarillo, a member of Cortez' original Spanish exploration party.) The colt is a direct descendent of Adolfo Camarillo's own white horse, Sultan, the founding stallion of the breed.
The little girl is a great-great-granddaughter of Adolfo Camarillo, and the woman in red is also a descendent. The historic house can be seen in the background. A lot of history in one shot!
These two shots are from one of my favorite annual assignments, the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration at the area's only baptist church, Simi Second Missionary Baptist. The congregation members are such wonderful, sweet people and the church service is always more like a party.
This year's celebration was especially poignant because the next day, Barack Hussein Obama would be sworn in as president.
And here are two from a PTA Reflections art show award ceremony. I think I succeded in turning a very everyday, conference-room, grip-and-grin event into a few photos that are fun and interesting. That was the idea, anyway. The third shot is my favorite.
