Hey fellow alpaca fans. I have a weird request, but promise it has a purpose. We're a Cincinnati, Ohio based record label called Colemine Records, and on August 14th we have an album coming out by Kelly Finnigan (of the band Monophonics) that features Finn (and Vern), the alpacas at RG Zoo, on the cover.
I took this photo in 2014 when I was living in Syracuse, and now 12 years later it's being used for an album cover. Random. I think Finn was only a few years old at this point, and had just gotten a fresh cut.
I don't get back to Syracuse more than once or twice a year, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get there in the timeline in which promo for this album will be relevant. So I'm curious if anyone here will be headed to the zoo in the coming week or two, and would be interested in helping capture some very simple cellphone footage (shot vertically) of modern-day Finn. I plan to incorporate it in a social media video that tells the story of the record, why Kelly chose this picture, and the full-circle moment we realized his name is Finn(ean) (oddly close to Finnigan). We didn't realize this until after the album cover was designed and I went to the Zoo's social pages to find old posts that had his name. We made sure to shout him and the zoo out in the album credits on the back.
The ask is ~15-25 seconds of footage of Finn doing whatever he happens to be doing. (Kelly and I recently visited a local alpaca farm for some press photos, and now I fully understand how stubborn they are lol). I'd be happy to credit you in the footage or caption (whether that's just a name, or your social handle).
Appreciate anyone willing to help! I guess another option would be anyone who knows the keepers at the Domestic Animal Barn and can get this post in front of them. I'm sure they'd get a kick out of all this. We did get in touch with the marketing director at the zoo, but he seems pretty busy.