Category Archives: Private client shoots

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Images from private (non-commercial) clients who have commissioned Cowbelly to provide photography for them of their pets, in and around the Seattle area (and some nationwide).

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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Champ

December 7, 2009 – 8:14 pm

Champ is a superadorable little tiny boxer mix. Just the right size to fit in your pocket, stick in your Cooper Mini or smuggle through airports. Ok, he might not be *that* small, but he sure is superadorable.

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I like laying in front of the fire too Champ! Especially on nights like tonight, where it is below freezing in Seattle. Brrr..

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I big time love this next shot. To me it speaks 100% boxer.

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Champ has his very own yellow rain slicker. Hee hee.

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Wanna see what it looks like on? Champ proves that you *can* have fun in the rain while wearing a plastic hoodie.

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I have no words for this next one.

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I nearly peed myself when I spied this graffiti covered wall in the alley behind their backyard. “Can we, can we? Pleeeze?” I asked his parents. “Sure!” came their reply. Game On!

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If you have a super well-behaved dog that will sit and stay on command for big chunks of time in unfamiliar environments, and would like to have your pooch involved in my graffiti dogs project, please shoot me an email to info@cowbelly.com with a photo attached and we’ll see what we can set up!

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Dog. Snuggle. Heaven. :-)

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Nicole thank you so much for having me out to photograph Champ! I look forward to getting your prints to you. :-)

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Maddie

November 24, 2009 – 3:50 pm

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! :-)

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Lenny & Laila

September 22, 2009 – 11:18 pm

My apologies for the sparse blog posts lately. Seems as though I am buried in emails. I have lots more images to share with you guys, so be patient with me and I promise to reward you.

A few of my favorites of Lenny and Laila, two boxer ’siblings’ whose shoot was on an absolutely gorgeous evening.

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And you guys remember this one:

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I really should have done an animated GIF for these two. Flipping back and forth in LR was cracking me up. (sorry about the crappy quality of these shots, I swear they looked great in PS!)

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Tell me these two shots below don’t have boxer dog written all over them. FYI: those white specks you see in the shot on the right are spit flying. Oh yes, I love my job.

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I love it when siblings ’share’.

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boxer sunset

September 16, 2009 – 2:39 pm

the comments for the Give Back contest are now closed! A huge thank you to everyone who entered. I have some really good food for thought for the next 48 hours. I have a favorite already, but as you may imagine, this will take a lot of thought and research before making a commitment. Stay tuned for my pick!

Since no post is complete without an image, here is a favorite sunset shot of two boxers from a recent shoot-Laila and Lenny. More of these guys to come soon!

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