This photoshoot deserves the full story. Covid has been hitting hard and I had the itch to photograph a car, and fortunately, Megan Lalock was willing to let me take her car for a spin to the mountains. After exploring into an area I wasn't necessarily supposed to be, I saw a group of people walking towards me. Expecting to get an earful for doing some moderate trespassing, instead, they walked straight past me paying no mind to me. I then noticed one of them held a towel, which inside was: you guessed it, the cutest baby deer I'd seen. 

Let me preface this next part by letting anyone reading this know:

DO NOT PICK UP OR "RESCUE" BABY ANIMALS UNLESS YOU ARE PROPERLY TRAINED. 

The family while out on a hike, apparently stumbled upon this baby deer with the mother nowhere in sight. They brought it home and nurtured it for 2 weeks in hopes of it surviving, and I happened to be photographing the S2K when they came down to release it. I snagged a few photos of it in the towel, pet her head, (oh my lord was it soft.) and they walked into the woods to release her. I resumed my duties, spirits lifted, only to be greeted by a soft "Bweh! bweeh!" that was growing louder. Sitting on the ground to get some low shots of the car, the baby deer did its best to hobble its way from the woods to inspect the car, then straight into my lap without any coaxing. (Basically, I'm a Disney princess.)

At this point, I was admittedly a bit clueless what to do, I had mostly finished photos sans some of the precious forest puppy that blessed my existence, and after climbing a hill for signal, I found a PDF explaining what to do when finding a deer. I used some images and references from online, and realized this baby was WAYYYY too young to survive on its own, and having been in human custody for 2 weeks, there was no way the mother would return. I was unsure what do do, as homing deer in Utah is illegal without a permit, and no animal centers in the area would save deer. Luckily, this is when I got just enough signal for Megan to reach me. Upon seeing the cell phone pics of the deer, she excitedly had my phone blowing up in my pocket. After a quick conversation, she was on her way with towels, animal milk, syringes, and a truck to bring her back. Her boyfriend, herself, as well as a few other helpful connections ended up bringing the deer to a proper, dedicated deer rescue!

Thank you Megan for being rad and being so willing to let me drive your car, and giving me the awesome opportunity to tell this story!