Monthly Archives: December 2009

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2010 Cowbelly Wall Calendar

December 30, 2009 – 4:49 am

Are you needing an awesome 2010 calendar for your wall? Of course you are! Have you already bought several but need just one more? Of course you do! Do you want to buy a calendar that will have you smiling all year? Absolutely! The SUPERAMAZING 12-month 2010 Cowbelly wall calendar is here (finally, I know! you have waited so long for this, right? Right!). That’s 12 months of the most glorious photos you have ever seen! Now, go buy it my friends. Do it now. CLICK HERE. Because $20 to buy happiness for an entire year is a bargain. You don’t have to thank me now, but just in case you do, you’re welcome. And I love you too. ;-)

Cover:

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12 months of gloriousness. so colorful. so wonderful. so… SUPERAMAZING. (Yes, I know my modesty impresses you. Of course it does. I’m impressive).

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a few select AMAZING pages. really, they are the coolest things in the whole universe. (One time a guy I was dating told me “you are the best kisser in the whole wide world”. I thought it was pretty cute and funny.)

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Click on any of the images to go to the Cowbelly store to purchase.

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Are you still sitting there? What are you waiting for? Go get your debit card, and click on the little linky above, and put in your card # and your address and buy it already. Sheesh.

LOL, in all seriousness, I just bought my own copy, so if you want to be cool like me, you’ll get one of your very own. Maybe even two if you’re *really* cool. And if you’re Fergie, you’ll get three.

ENJOY!

La dee da la dee dee….

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en vacances

December 28, 2009 – 10:39 pm

I am on vacation until January 4th. Because I don’t have a day job, this means no work for me, whoopee! :-) Ok, maybe a few hours, but mostly this will be time spent relaxing, playing with the dog, drinking mimosas, going to the park, seeing movies, hanging with friends and family, shopping and other recreational pursuits. Hope y’all are having a lovely end of 2009. I imagine everyone is ready for it to be over!!

Since no post is complete without a photo, here’s Fergie at a cabin at Mt Rainier where she spent Christmas weekend frolicking with her family.

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This is the view I had pretty much the entire time we were driving. Fergie with her feet on the console, whining with excitement to see what fun place we were going to next.

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Mt Rainier happened to be one of those fun stops.

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A shot of Fergie taken at Paradise near the visitor’s center on the left, and a rare shot of yours-truly on the right.

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This is what she looked like at the end of each night, and also what she looks like right now, still recovering from her fun 3-day trip.

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I LOVE SCRABBLE!!! I won this game with something like 325 points because I’ve been playing every night on my iPhone for months. The hard level. Ohhh yeah. I only win about 50% of the time, but when I do it sure feels good…

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By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Posted in Behind-the-Scenes, fergie, miscellaneous randomness | Tagged , , , | Comments (8)

Fergie: a personal project: part II (Fergie plays)

December 19, 2009 – 6:32 pm

This is the second post in the ongoing Fergie series. This one is aptly named ‘Fergie plays’. Our shoot was on a recent chilly but gorgeous winter afternoon in the most beautiful golden sunset I have ever photographed in. To say I love these shots of my girl would be an understatement. I cried when I processed them. If I had been my own client, these shots would have been exactly what I was hoping for. Being my own worst critic, especially when photographing my own girl, this is saying a lot. I will cherish these photos for a lifetime. :-)

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On the left she is wearing her Chilli Dogs sweater. I quickly learned that it’s awfully hard for an athlete to jump in a sweater, so I took it off her. The shot on the right was the result of taking it off. It’s titled ‘Fergie Flies’.

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‘Fergie Flies’ 2, 3, 4 and 5.

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‘Fergie Flies’ 6, 7, 8 and 9

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2 very different sides to my girl below.

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The wild beast lies in wait for prey in the Urban Savannah.

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For my photog friends, I was shooting between 3:30-4:30pm, in manual mode, between 400-640ISO, between f/2.8-f/4.0, with shutter speeds between 1/500 sec -1/1250 sec, using my 20mm 2.8, 24-70mm 2.8 L, and 70-200mm 4.0 IS L. All evaluative metering, auto white balance (Canon 5D). Processing: increased blacks, lightened shadows, +10 in brightness, skosh of contrast, sharpened and added varying vignettes in LR2 on the shots that *weren’t* taken with the 20mm (the 20mm creates nice vignettes straight out of the camera). Also fixed white balance on the shots where Fergie’s fur turned bright red from the bright orange sunset. Oh, and my camera wouldn’t focus because it was so incredibly cold outside. (And yes my first battery died after 15 minutes).

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I couldn’t possibly love this girl more than I do.

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Lovely Lulu the Leonberger

December 17, 2009 – 10:20 pm

Lulu was special for me as she was the very first Leonberger I have ever photographed. I didn’t even know what they looked like until I met Lulu. She was so cute and sweet, and also (I think), very dramatic looking. I really wanted to capture that drama in her photos, so I took her into the sliver of gorgeous winter sunshine near a beautiful tree and would have stayed there for hours photographing her if she had had any interest in our shoot whatsoever. As it was, she was far more interested in getting hugs than having her picture taken. Lol.

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I love doing shoots in December because when the sun is out, the light is phenomenal. This shoot was at about 11:30am.

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Thanks for being my first every Leonberger Lulu! I will never forget you. :-)

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Fergie Discovery Park shoot sneak-peek

December 12, 2009 – 5:43 pm

I did a shoot this week for my girl for the ongoing personal ‘Fergie Series’ in some of the most incredible light I’ve ever worked in. This next post will be titled ‘Fergie Plays’, and I warn you, it will be very long and overflowing with images. Here is a sneak-peek to whet your whistle for now. :-)

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