Monthly Archives: November 2009

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Maddie

I have wanted to do a shoot at the UW campus for *years*, and finally had the opportunity to when a client said “I’m totally open to locations- you pick!”. I’ve had plenty of clients say this to me before, but always forgot about campus. I couldn’t have had a better day (a break in the rain) or a better subject. I love Maddie!

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Here Maddie’s mom was playing hide-and-go-seek behind the pillars. Maddie is trying to figure out where she is. So. Cute.

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I nearly deleted the shot on the right because it was so dark, but was really glad I didn’t after I had lightened it up. Lol,

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FYI: Maddie is an older pitbull mix gal. Super sweet and fairly shy temperament. Total momma’s girl.

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Poor girl is losing her vision, but loved playing fetch. This resulted in some tentativeness when the ball was falling out of the sky, but boy was she happy once she got it in her mouth.

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The columns in Red Square.

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This shoot totally took me back to my days as a student there. You can bet this won’t be the last shoot I do on campus. Next time when there aren’t so many students I’ll get more shots in front of the gorgeous buildings. It’s such a beautiful place to photograph.

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Thanks so much Sarah and Maddie for a wonderful shoot! :-)

borrowlenses.com contest: win a free one-week rental!

It’s that time again folks. Time for another fun contest! Yes, you know you want to rent that fancy new tilt-shift, or that macro with IS. C’mon now, surely there is one fantasy lens you must get your hands on. Now’s your chance!

logoOur awesome friends over at Borrowlenses.com have been kind enough to make available a free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the Cowbelly blog.

If you enter you can stand to win a free one week rental of any lens. So my photo snap happy friends, read the post below to figure out how to sign yourself up. You have nothing to lose and may just win a rental of that sweet tilt-shift lens you have been coveting.

The contest ends DECEMBER 1st, 2009 at Midnight. But get your comments in now! I want to see what you guys want to rent. :-)

In order to be eligible you need to:

  • Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries.
  • Be located in the United States.
  • The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they request a credit card number to cover the risk of a no-return. They will not charge your credit card. BorrowLenses.com is a reputable business but if you don’t feel comfortable with this condition, please don’t enter.
  • Be able to place an order online with a credit card. No charges will be made, this is merely a technicality. (Don’t fret over this- I read the terms and it’s no biggie at all. It’s just their way of protecting themselves should the contest winner run off with their fancy new Canon telephoto.)
  • The offer excludes super telephoto lenses and pro camera bodies.

HOW TO ENTER

  1. Check out Borrowlenses.com to find something you’d be interested to rent. Let me know what lens you hope to rent. I won’t hold you to this if you win. I’m just curious. I know the lens I’d like to rent. Anyone want to guess as to what it is?
    Note: Available lenses are for Nikon and Canon cameras. Not a Nikon or Canon user? Consider their lighting and tripod equipment.
  2. Add a comment to this post with the item you’d be most interested to rent. Please leave your email address if your name does not link back to a website.
    Note: Your blog comment is worth one entry to the contest.

Deadline: Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at Midnight PST

The winner will be randomly chosen and announced here on Wednesday December 2nd.

Thanks for taking part and good luck!

Eli & Charlie

Eli and Charlie are two super sweet lab boys who live out in Monroe Washington. We had a beautiful fall day for our shoot and I couldn’t have been happier. We all had a blast and I’m in love with the colors that came from this shoot. Mmmm color. :-)

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The boys share their home with a beautiful parrot: Mr Peepers. He cracked me up the entire time we were inside because he mocked everything I said. He’d repeat after me: “noo, sit. Stay. Good Boy!”. Even when I made happy squeaky noises when I got a great shot he’d repeat that too. It was hilarious.

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This is Charlie. He was the shy one. But the cute looks he gave me were sooo cute.

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And Eli? Well Eli was all ham. (And I’m pretty sure this is the first truly horizontal tongue I have ever captured)

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I will show you guys in an upcoming post how easy it is to make silhouettes from custom shapes using a Wacom graphics tablet.

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Charlie and his favorite toy, looking over his shoulder at his daddy. (awwww)

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Both boys with their favorite toys. These shots make me smile.

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Hope you enjoyed Eli and Charlie! More new dog shots + a contest coming up!

University Canine Learning Academy artist’s reception- this Friday

I’m super excited to be involved in planning a multi-artist, multi-photographer art show/party for this Friday night. It will be taking place at the University Canine Learning Academy in U Village in Seattle, and will feature Cowbelly Pet Photography, Decopaw Design, the paintings of Art by Angie, Photography by Emily Reiman of Best Friend Photography, the yummy goods from Immortal Dog Bakery, the leads of the pack of trainers at UCLA, and several other dog artists and pet photographers (ironing out details now!). A plethora of talent and awesome businesses. Whoppee!

The event is this Friday, 11/20/09, and goes from 6-9pm.

Location:

University Canine Learning Academy (U Village)
2920 NE Blakeley ST. Suite D
Seattle, WA 98105 US

It is dog-friendly, so bring your dog on down, and if you’d like to view the evite for this event, you can do so here. Hope to see some of you there!

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