Monthly Archives: January 2009

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Cowbelly + Blogs of Photographers = Love

January 24, 2009 – 6:14 pm

This little blog is featured ‘blog of the day’ on the ever-popular ‘Blogs of Photographers’, run by the blog loving, photographer supporting, professional photo snapping Mary Hansen.

Apparently my blog made it to the top of the list of hundreds, a sincere honor considering some of the company on the blog. Other dog photog colleagues to make the blog include Sue Bird (Urban Dog Photog) and Anna Kuberberg (Slobberspace).

Go check it out and tell Mary how awesome you think she is for supporting us pet photogs. :-)

http://blogsofphotogs.com/

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Kosmo natural light studio dog photography

January 23, 2009 – 1:18 am

My disclaimer for all of my studio shoots is I have no idea what I am doing. I don’t know much about lights, or how ambient light interacts with auxiliary light, or even how all of the settings on my flash work. I am a total newbie when it comes to studio pet photography. BUT, I haven’t given up entirely, and still have some more experimenting to do as I feel it’s my duty as a photographer to take advantage of the amazing studio I am in.

Kosmo’s shot were nearly all taken with natural (available) light coming in the west side of the studio. This post is dedicated to Pam Biasotti and Maria Carey, two of the biggest golden lovers you will ever meet.  

Ahhh, you can see my amateur status below on the right. Reason #14 why I should not be shooting against a seamless paper backdrop. 

Kosmo has the cutest little fuzzy feet. 

A personal fave on the right below. Man, that is some serious dog tongue.

I was getting really frustrated during our shoot because for whatever reason my camera wouldn’t focus. So I decided to just relax and play with Kosmo with my free hand. He totally got into it and made me laugh out loud. There is nothing like playing with a dog to make your stress melt away. 

Ouch. Ok, that’s enough. :-) Love you Kosmo!

Thank you Josh and Ashley for being such big Cowbelly supporters. I love all you guys!

 

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Kyah Decopaw art message

January 21, 2009 – 8:00 am

 

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g1 vs. Blackberry vs. iPhone

January 19, 2009 – 5:30 pm

Those who are friends with me on facebook know that I lost my blackberry recently. Some may even recall that I cried. Yep, sobbed on my living room floor like I had lost a puppy. My blackberry really is my crackberry: I have all of my email accounts on my phone, saved text messages over time, including one from a friend in New Orleans who was at a bar covered in dog photos and thought of me, all of my contacts (not backed up mind you- yes, very bad) are/were on that SIM card, so yes, I bawled like a baby.

I waited a couple of days to see if it would turn up, then went to the T-Mobile store in Wallingford to get a new one. I had pretty much decided on the g1 (google phone), then changed my mind and bought the exact same blackberry I had just lost, but in a different color (to the tune of $285, sigh….). I put my desire for a gphone on the shelf and decided to wait. So now I am debating over waiting until the next incarnation of the gphone comes out, or to go with the iPhone, which, incidentally would cost me $130 per month for the same service I now get through T-mobile for $65 (yikes!). 

This is where you guys come in. I asked my FB friends what they thought I should get and it started a firestorm of controversy. Man are people passionate about their phones and service providers!!

What do you guys think I should get? What do you have? What do you like about it and what don’t you like? What do you pay per month for minutes + data? Thanks so much for your advice!

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