Monthly Archives: May 2008

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New Cowbelly photography display

May 8, 2008 – 4:10 am

This afternoon Christina and I hung a new photography display at a great space- Sound Animal Services in the Interbay neighborhood (that’s east Magnolia for the uninitiated).

Many people know where this is because they have taken their dogs to be trained there by the well-known Jeff Tinsley and his excellent staff of trainers. I have known of Jeff for years, and met him for the first time while I worked for Scoops Pet Services about 8 or 9 years ago. Fergie and I even attended his obedience classes abot 2 years ago when she was newly adopted by me and just a pup.

So it is my thrill to have my photography hanging in the training space. Christina and I were rushing to get out of there before his class started at 6:15, but the happy dog owners were all early, which was great because it gave us a chance to meet some of them and say hi to the pups. I wasn’t expecting to be handing out business cards before even leaving but I am not complaining!

The display looks awesome and I am super happy it’s there. I hope it brightens up people’s already bright experience with their dogs. :-)



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new black and white

May 8, 2008 – 2:56 am

I take almost all of my shots in color, then convert to black and white in photoshop. After years of using the same conversion, I decided today while converting images for a client that it needs some revamping. What do you think?

New:

Old:

The differences are subtle but I like the new conversion better.

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Fergie + clean laundry = love

May 8, 2008 – 2:40 am

I can’t be the only one who has a dog who likes to lay down in piles of warm, clean laundry. I left the room for a moment, and this is what I came back to:

“Awww Fergie!” I moaned.

Oh well, my clothes are already covered in dog hair, what’s a little more, eh?

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D’Ogi puppy

May 8, 2008 – 2:14 am

D’Ogi (pronounced Dee Oh Gee- as in how you spell DOG), is a darling little schnauzer puppy who had his big, exciting photo shoot day with me recently.

D’Ogi was a blast- making friends with everyone at the park, including a group of young girls who were having a picnic. I was struggling to shoot him in the full, bright sun, (dark colored energetic puppy + heavy bangs + bright sun = tough times for the pet photographer) so we eventually moved into the shade, where his true personality came out.


Tell me he’s not an adorable puppy.



SCORE!! Young hungry puppy + massive picnic spread = true bliss


It’s simply impossible for me to grow tired of blue sky shots. Hopefully you feel the same way too! You will be seeing these regularly on my blog. I guess you could call it a full-blown obsession.






Puppies tend to get tangled very easily (note the leash around his toy)


Dogi’s favorite toy is called ‘roadkill’ because , well, that’s exactly what it looks like.

Insert JAWS theme song here. This was the moment when we discovered D’Ogi’s foot fetish. After that he went to town on Christina’s shoes; jumping on them, chewing on them, playing with them, as evidenced by the series of shots below. I couldn’t pick just a few so I am sharing the whole batch. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.











Note the shoelace in puppy’s mouth.

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Cowbelly + Pugmania = Love

May 6, 2008 – 9:38 pm

I am very excited to announce that this Saturday May 10th, I will have a booth at the Seattle Pug Rescue’s annual pug event called, appropriately, ‘Pugmania’.

This is an event by and for the pugs (and pugs only- no other breeds are allowed due to insurance reasons), and is positively filled with fun activities for pugs and their owners; including the Parade of Rescue Pugs, Costume Contest, Pug Kissing Contest, Puggie agility course and more! They will even have adoptable pugs on site, so for the pug-lovers this event is a must.

I’m not normally a fan of having booths at dog events for a variety of reasons, but I jumped at the chance to share a booth with CityDog Magazine, whose editor Brandie Ahlgren is all too aware of my love for pugs.

The event is this Saturday May 10th, from 12-5pm at Magnusen Park in Seattle, at hanger #27.

Hope to see some of you there! If you see a girl with a camera squealing like this “eeeeeee!” at every pug she sees- that’s me! :-)

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