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Destination shoots done on location around the US, at client’s home, on beaches, in parks. All succeeding in fulfilling our travel bug and desire to meet dogs and their owners around the country.

2009 workshops dates and locations update

December 1, 2008 – 8:17 pm

Check out the workshops page for new updates. Also added are nearby cities I plan to travel to for private client shoots. Will also be available in select workshop cities for private client shoots depending on scheduling. I will be designing an entirely new workshops website with testimonials before years-end but I have a few things I need to get done before then.

If you have contacted me about coming to photograph your pooch during my traveling roadshow rest assured I am doing my best to meet everyone’s needs. And a huge thank you to those who are willing to travel 3-9 hours (!) to do a session with me. You guys are the best. The very best.

Napa Valley dogs: Ruby and Buster Brown

November 13, 2008 – 1:23 pm

First off, wow, sorry this post is 5 days overdue! I am deep in the swing of photo shoots, art commissions, print orders and studio consults with clients. The holiday work has officially began, and like every year at this time, I am very very busy! Christina has her work cut out for her today with emails.

My final California pooches I want to share with y’all are the sleek and gorgeous supermodel Ruby and her adorable ‘little’ brother Buster Brown. I photographed them at boutique winery David Fulton in St. Helena and we had a fantastic time.

Ruby greyhound- retired racer.

Ruby and her little brother Buster the basset in front of the David Fulton Winery. Their parents drove them all the way up to Napa Valley from Orange County for our shoot. I felt so deeply honored!

It’s hard to believe but Buster was in a shelter near his southern California home for 4 MONTHS before he was adopted by his parents. He is a lucky boy now as they love him dearly. He is a daddy’s boy and 100% lovebug.

For those who don’t know, retired racing greyhounds make the very best pets. Believe it or not, most greyhounds are total couch potatoes, preferring to laze their days away in various reclined positions. They are the sweetest companions out there, and Ruby is no exception to this.

We held a couple of races in the vineyards. Who do you think won? hee hee

I love these shots of Buster (and the one above). He makes me so happy.

Winery kitty (name unknown). Winery dog- Tucker. Tucker is awesome.

Hope you enjoyed Ruby and Buster’s images as much as I enjoyed taking them!

I have lots more new dogs to share with you guys. Hopefully sometime this week I can get those new images online. Happy Thursday!

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Also posted in Private client shoots | Tagged buster brown basset hound, cowbelly in california, david fulton winery, dogs in napa valley, napa valley pet photography, ruby greyhound, st helena pet photography | Comments (7)

Sonoma Valley sneak-peek: Max the Bernese

November 7, 2008 – 8:40 pm

Meet Max. Max was photographed at the peak of midday sunshine- in very hot weather, but he was a trooper and even though we were photographing in mixed shade and sun (a black and white dog no less!) he gave me some really funny looks that resulted in some funny shots. I laughed out loud when I went through his images for the first time and they still make me giggle.

We did Max’s shoot on this cool road path thing through the vineyards and countryside in Santa Rosa. Thanks Daniella for helping with the location!

Tell me Max doesn’t look like a big bear in this next shot. It’s blurry but I still love it.

Close (L). Closer (R).

Puppy teeth!! I LOVE his teeth and little lip in this shot.

I have one more California client to share- Ruby the sleek supermodel greyhound and her brother Buster Brown the basset hound. I will post them tomorrow (sorry, running behind already!). Also, all of the Sonoma/Napa galleries will be going online tomorrow for my CA clients, whoopee!

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Also posted in Private client shoots | Tagged cowbelly in california, max the bernese, santa rosa pet photography, sonoma valley pet photography | Comments (14)

Sonoma Valley sneak-peek: Sanger

November 5, 2008 – 10:19 am

And this darling girl is Sanger. Photographed at Spring Lake Park in Santa Rosa. It reminds me of Greenlake in Seattle only much, much prettier. It was a photographer’s dream.

The water really was that dark navy blue color, reflecting the color of the sky. It was stunning.

I have had a lot of clients request shots of them and their dogs together lately. I am happy to oblige as long as they aren’t the cheesy ‘pose and smile’ shots (blech). This one definitely qualifies as a sweet, candid moment between mom and furry daughter. I don’t know if you can tell but Sarah is kissing Sanger on her head in this shot, and Sanger is loving every minute of it, just curled into her. Awww…

There was this incredible dock at Spring Lake. I of course had to get a shot of them on it.

I’m not really sure why, but I love this next pair of shots.

How cute is Sanger?

Tomorrow’s posts will be Max the Bernese Mountain Dog in Sonoma and Ruby and Buster Brown in Napa Valley.

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Also posted in Private client shoots | Tagged cowbelly california, napa valley pet photography, sanger, santa rosa pet photography, sonoma valley pet photography, spring lake park | Comments (10)

Sonoma Valley sneak-peek: Heaven

November 5, 2008 – 10:00 am

First off, I want to say that I am so happy today- filled with hope and dreams and great, positive expectations for the future. I will spare you all with my personal troubles over the past 8+ years, but let me say it has been a long hard road for many reasons. I see light at the end of the tunnel for the first time in a long time.

With that said, I am thrilled to *finally* share with you guys some of the images I took in California of Sonoma dogs. You have asked, you have begged, you have pleaded, and they are finally here. I am going to do two sneak-peeks per day for the next two days, which will cover my 4 clients in Sonoma and Napa Valleys.

This is Heaven. She lives on her very own vineyard. Heaven is a wolf-lab mix and her world revolves around food.

Heaven gets in trouble because she eats the grapes right off the vine.

I tried to capture the olive tree behind her on the right. They were everywhere in Sonoma Valley.

Heaven is crazy for carrots.

There is this cool old red barn on Heaven’s property that her mom suggested we get shots of. I was so glad she did- they ended up being some of my favorites from our session.