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Zoe & Peanut

October 17, 2008 – 8:00 am

Zoe & Peanut’s shoot was at Kinnear Park on Queen Anne. Their parents drove for a good 90 minutes in traffic to do the shoot with me. I am so not worthy but I was so glad they did- I had a blast with Zoe & Peanut!

Because I so rarely do black and whites, and because the girls’ parents requested them, here are a couple of regular black and whites. (I still want to do a ‘from the archives’ post with my original black and white film dog photographs- someday!).

I love when clients ask for things by name after seeing them on my blog. There were a total of maybe 3 images in the gallery of 50 that worked for the requested low-key black and white shots, and I think two of those three (seen here) turned out pretty well. 

Peanut is a cutie-pie and very shy.

And then there were the balloons. You know I will be using these again. :-)

Can’t you just hear the ‘POP’!? hee hee… Check out Zoe’s face on the right below. 

Hope you guys enjoyed Peanut and Zoe!

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balloons! Cowbelly’s newest ‘bag of tricks’ tool

September 24, 2008 – 4:30 pm

During a recent shoot I was challenged to get sweet Zoe’s attention. We were shooting just a quarter mile away from my house, so I decided to quickly run home to see what I could grab from the doggie cupboard to help engage Zoe. I grabbed noisemakers, treats of all kinds, a broken bubble blower, and upon deep inspection of the cupboard spied Fergie’s favorite special occasion toy- balloons! Here is what we do on a rainy day- we go into the bedroom where there isn’t anything that can get broken, shut the door, and I blow up a bunch of balloons and let her at it and she goes completely insane- bumping them up in the air with her nose, barking at them, biting at them, popping them (of  course). It’s a really cheap way to have A LOT of fun. And hilarious to watch as well.

Needless to say these ended up being a success with Zoe too! And also with Fergus and Lola the poodles as well. I can’t wait to use them again!

timing is everything in pet photography. check out Zoe’s face on the right below. Off the hook!

Sweet, sweet Fergus. You will see more of him (and his sister Lola) soon. 

 

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