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I have had the sincere pleasure of photographing Ruby and Buster in Napa Valley, Santa Monica and now San Diego. These are two of the sweetest dogs (and owners!) around, and I sincerely hope this isn’t the last photo shoot we do! Love you Ruby and Buster! (And Tristan and Mark!)
Ruby looks like a supermodel with the wind blowing through her hair below.
I know I’m incredibly late on posting photos this year (and they are few and far between!), but when you have as much fun stuff going on in your personal life as I do this year, it makes it hard to spend an hour creating a blog post! Plus the sun is (finally) out in Seattle, and I’m loving being outside, doing photography, playing with my dog, spending time with family and friends with the great outdoors and just enjoying life. But I’ll try and get better about posting photos. Here’s a start and I’ve got a bunch more to come! Hope y’all are having a terrific summer!! 
My sister turned 40 this year, and for her birthday gift I took her to the *fabulous* town of Seabrook Washington for two nights and three days. We stayed in a gorgeous dog-friendly cottage called Sea’s-the-Day, and of course brought the Fergs with. I had so many photos I ended up processing and uploading 290 images to the gallery I sent to my family. This is the narrowest selection I could come up with for the blog, but it’s still a long post! I’ve included commentary on Seabrook in between posts. It’s such a rad place for dog lovers to go, and has become the favorite destination for most of my Seattle pet-loving friends. I’ll be making biannual trips out there from here on. If you are in the Seattle/Tacoma/Portland area, or even if you’re not, you should definitely think about making Seabrook a regular stop in your weekend getaway schedule!
I love being at the ocean when it’s foggy and misty, like it was in the 2011 dogs wall calendar cover shot taken in July. It’s kinda spooky, it’s kinda scary, it’s kinda eerie. I like it.
All of these top photos you see here were taken with my new 24mm 1.4L USM II, at f/1.4. The shot below on the right was taken at f/1.8. I was thrilled to learn I can do running action shots at such a shallow aperture and still have them come out in focus.
The beach cottage Michelle and I stayed at- Sea’s the Day. Every cottage at Seabrook is different. They did an incredible job developing a town that mimicks a real oceanside community.
Our cottage had a fully fenced yard and hot tub. The yard even contained a fire pit encircled by chairs, for those fun late-night marshmallow roasting sessions. My sis and I soaked in the hot tub one night in the mist with (plastic) glasses of Lindeman’s Raspberry Lambic in our hands. It was heaven.
Michelle loves Fergie as much as I do. Awww….
My sister took all of these photos of Fergie and I, which is really impressive considering I gave her a 2-minute tutorial on how to use my back button focusing white shooting at f/1.4 in full manual exposure. She rocks.
She will kill me for posting this to my blog! In my family we like to be goofy and have fun. Case in point.
It just wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t also have an unflattering photo of myself in here. I love this shot of Fergie and I.
You see quaint winding paths like this all over Seabrook. My trigger finger was going crazy.
Beach Camp: one of my favorite ‘neighborhoods’ in Seabrook, and the perfect place to stay if your budget is tight. They even have one little cabin that has a teeny fenced dog run outside, to make potty trips easier.
Every cabin at Seabrook has an adorable name, which just adds to the town’s charm.
Below is the house where Nichole and her fiancee Colin will be staying when they get married there next summer. If I’m remembering correctly, I’ll be staying there with them. Nichole says it’s ‘uh-mayzing’. Can’t wait!
Hope you enjoyed my photos of Seabrook as much as I enjoyed taking them! Michelle and I will be making an annual tradition out of going there, and I’ve already decided I need TWO ocean trips per year to stay sane, so I guarantee you these aren’t the last of the photos you’ll see of this darling little beach community!
My favorite photos of our Passport NYC Pet Photography Workshop dog models.
This is Eden. It took her about 10 seconds to have me wrapped around her little paw.
Otis the basset puppy. How cute is he?
Olive and her brother Charlie. They came all the way in to the big city from Queens to have their pictures taken! They were full of spunk and energy, and gave great focus when they saw a squirrel.
Freddy & Willy, from Sunday’s group session. These boys were so sweet, and Willy was filled with personality.
Eden giving me high-five and running through the park. Seriously, don’t you love her?
Have you ever seen an apricot pug? Well now you have! This fun girl passed through the park just long enough for me to snap a few photos of her. And she really is apricot colored, not fawn.
I love this shot below. It feels very New York to me.
Willy, the white chi, was quite shy, but warmed up pretty quickly with treats.
Otis loved everything- treats, attention, playing. Such an easygoing puppy.
It was very hot for the dogs, so we made sure they got plenty of H20. Olive liked to be close to her mama. She has a very sweet temperament.
Eden. swoon….
Eden and her daddy Jeremy, co-owner of the aforementioned Birch Coffee. Their relationship reminds me a lot of my relationship with Fergie. Pure love.
Ozzie, the Mave Hotel general manager’s dog and our model for our (real live) commercial shoot on Monday. He was so good for us!
Thank you so much NY dog model parents for taking time out of your busy schedules, coming to our shoots and bringing your pooches! It was awesome to meet these city dogs, and I’ll never forget their sweet mugs.
