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Monday Motivation: On The Farm

A Vermont photographer’s work will be sent across the country

time now for some monday motivation, Vermont photographers work is about to be sent across the nation and she wants you to know, it’s never too late to find your true passion lights, camera. This isn’t your typical photography studio started photographing animals probably about a decade ago. It was curiosity that drove Eliza Eleazar over to pick up her camera and find her focus. I think we’re ready to go. I was living in new york city, I realized I didn’t know enough about how my food got to the grocery store and I wanted to know more. She changed careers and started taking pictures of backyard chickens. I got attention from a few different photo directors and people who are interested in the work. And so for several years I was doing a lot of the cover stories for Modern Farmer magazine. After that. Um I got a book deal. She’s now a published author. My goal in my work is to raise awareness of the importance of heritage breeze and diversity, biodiversity in our livestock. Oh yeah. It’s these Navajo churro sheep that brought them to the dairy at Shelburne farms. They’re really important breed historically in this country. Look at that tail. I work with the farmers to find the right animals to photograph and once I feel like they have settled in and they’re calm okay, You are so cute. And then I have a connection to the animal and the animal has a connection to me and we see each other. Then I start making portraits. The length of a photoshoot depends on the animal. A shoot could last for 10 seconds or it could last for 20 minutes. Some models, a little camera shop. Oh my God. Oh my God. While others were born for the camera, he’s amazing. That patience and passion behind the lens caught the eye of the United States Postal Service. I was actually on a photo shoot in Nashville. And so I checked my emails and I see this email subject line that said, um, confidential USPS. Mm And I was like, this is weird. This damn, I decided to open it and thank goodness I did. Obviously it’s just the hugest honor and my nerdiest dream come true for Liza. A picture perfect day is capturing these moments on the farm. It’s just the best. You know, like there’s nothing better than traveling to farms and working with farmers and animals. It’s honestly, I mean, look, look around you and you’ll see look at all these adorable faces. Right? And Eliza says she was actually 35 when she changed careers. So she says, if you have a dream chase after it. And a quick note, I know the lambs in the story were extremely cute. But Shelburne farms wants you to know that the barns aren’t actually open to the public right now because of Covid, but they can’t wait to reopen when it’s safe Now. NBC 5 1st Warning. Weather with Chief Meteorologist Tom Messner. Well, tom the weather wasn’t so bad today. Oh, that’s a good one. Air high five for them. I like that. I like that. I got to tell you, I hate going on after animals. I don’t know how many times I have to tell you guys that you know, you go from this cute too. Well, you know. All right. Let me give you some weather here. We yeah, yeah.

Monday Motivation: On The Farm

A Vermont photographer’s work will be sent across the country

Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont, isn’t your typical photography studio. Aliza Eliazarov started photographing animals about a decade ago. It was curiosity that drove her to pick up her camera and find her focus. “I was living in New York City. I realized I didn’t know enough about how my food got to the grocery store, and I wanted to know more,” said Eliazarov.She changed careers and started taking pictures of backyard chickens. She’s now a published author.”My goal in my work is to raise awareness to the importance of heritage breeds and diversity, biodiversity in our livestock,” said Eliazarov.Her patience and passion behind the lens caught the eye of the United States Postal Service. “I check my email and I check the subject line that says confidential USPS. I was like is this spam? I decided to open it and thank goodness I did. It was an email from the art director who was working on a heritage breed series of stamps for the postal service and was a fan of my work,” said Eliazarov.For Aliza, a picture perfect day is capturing moments on the farm.To learn more about her work click here.

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“I was living in New York City. I realized I didn’t know enough about how my food got to the grocery store, and I wanted to know more,” said Eliazarov.

She changed careers and started taking pictures of backyard chickens. She’s now a published author.

“My goal in my work is to raise awareness to the importance of heritage breeds and diversity, biodiversity in our livestock,” said Eliazarov.

Her patience and passion behind the lens caught the eye of the United States Postal Service.

“I check my email and I check the subject line that says confidential USPS. I was like is this spam? I decided to open it and thank goodness I did. It was an email from the art director who was working on a heritage breed series of stamps for the postal service and was a fan of my work,” said Eliazarov.

For Aliza, a picture perfect day is capturing moments on the farm.

To learn more about her work click here.