Tag Archives: blue sky shots

Snickers

June 17, 2010 – 5:05 pm

This beautiful, sweet mastiff mix is Snickers, and I had the pleasure of photographing her during our mock client shoot during my workshop last Friday. (On every Workshop Friday I do a 60-minute shoot that is very close to what I’d do for a regular client, and have the attendees watch and take notes). I have met Snickers several times before at Seattle dog events, but this was the first time I’ve photographed her. She is just as sweet and awesome as she looks and I’m so happy I had the opportunity to work with her.

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She was getting ready to take a treat from her mom’s mouth here and was *very* excited.

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The love they share is palpable, and reminds me of my relationship with Fergie.

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How can you not love Snickers?!

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Some of my favorite urban shots ever came from this shoot.

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Jen thank you SO much for coming and bringing Snickers, and thank the sweet girl for being such a trooper in the heat! I hope I get the chance to see you guys again soon. :-)

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Fatsa

July 21, 2009 – 10:50 am

I just don’t really have words for this post, so I will let the images speak for themselves.

Fatsa: ‘face’ in Italian. And what a face he has.

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Yes, that is my leg in green below.

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As silly as this little guy is, he can be very handsome too.

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Thank you Angie for giving me the opportunity to laugh my fanny off while photographing your boy! He is truly one of a kind. :-)

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sun, glorious sun

April 7, 2009 – 3:58 pm

It has been sunny and BEAUTIFUL in Seattle since Saturday. If I could sum up this past weekend in two images, it would be these two.

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More of these guys to come later this week. I’m off to meet some industry friends (@citydogmagazine + @pet_photography) for happy hour in the sunshine! :-)

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Addy & Balou- shrimpy doodles

October 14, 2008 – 5:00 pm

More new dog images as promised!

These guys are Addy and Balou- miniature goldendoodles, or ’shrimpy doodles’ as I like to call them. Addy looks like a weird blend between a wire-haired daschund, golden retriever and gsp. Her mom says she is of ‘questionable’ breeding, hee hee. 

Nichole refers to these blue sky shots as my ‘high fashion photos’. 

FYI: this shoot was mostly for Addy, which is why most of these shots are of her, but of course I had to take some of her buddy Balou since he was there. :-)

I have been shooting straight into the sun a lot lately. It’s become a strong enough obsession that if I see the sun while photographing a dog, I try and position the dog between myself and the sun. And yes, you guessed it, I love lens flare. By the way, I did some research on shooting into the sun, and the consensus is it’s only damaging to your eyes- not your image sensor. Anyone care to refute the evidence I found in my research?

I was photographing Addy with her mom (that’s Ballou pictured there), when I turned and looked over at her ‘man-friend’. “Oh wow” I thought. “Um, excuse me, can I take your picture?” I asked. He happily obliged, and I was happy he did. 

I have no idea what shutter speed I was using below, but it did some strange things. I like the downtown Seattle skyline in the background. 

Holy intense eyes! I think Addy’s eyes are even more intense than Fergie’s. 

Does Balou not look like a little old man on the left? For reasons I don’t understand he reminds me of a monkey. 

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