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a few Boston faves | Boston Pet Photography Workshop

These are all shots from the Boston Cowbelly Workshop that took place this last weekend (Friday through Sunday) in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston. I have lots more to share with you guys of each dog, but wanted to show you my top favorites first to whet your whistle. :-)

Ginger. Boxer. Friday’s model.

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Ginger is the sweetest dog, so it makes sense that she has the sweetest family.

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Thatcher. Bulldog girl. Sunday’s first model. That second shot on the right is one of my very favorites from the weekend. That’s the amazing Liberty Hotel behind her, where we held the workshop in an incredible Charles River Suite. More hotel pics later.

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Ginger was a *fantastic* model. I’ve got ‘behind the scenes’ shots of this shot, with all 16 of us photographers gathered around the sidewalk each taking our version of this photograph. It was a riot and stopped pretty much everyone passing by in their tracks.

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Remi, short for Remington. Puggle. Sunday model. Here he is standing in front of one of the Liberty walls, which had the coolest historical information on it in stone.

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LOL. can you see the smiles on everyone’s faces behind him below? I love how his eye is closed in the shot on the right. I have another one of him running with both eyes closed. Remi is a riot!

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This is Marley. She is a miniature chocolate brown poodle. She is the spunkiest, friendliest, most social mini poodle I have ever met, and has the *best* personality. Plus she is a very pretty girl, which I love. We did Marley’s shoot at Lederman Field, on the north end of the Esplanade.

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Awwww, love her pretty pink tag. And yes, I covered up her phone number, lest any of Marley’s new fans try and track her down. A photo shoot star does need their privacy you know.

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And last but not least we have Buddy. Buddy carved his way into my heart instantly. I am a huge lover of big labs, especially labs that may be mixed with mastiff or another giant breed. I suspect Buddy has some English Mastiff going on. His feet are enormous, and he sort of saunters when he walks just like a mastiff does. Plus he has a really laid back, easygoing personality, just like a mastiff. I want a ‘Buddy’ for Fergie so bad it hurts. I hope I find one someday! Buddy is a rescue dog, which is the only kind of dog I will ever get, so it gives me hope. :-)

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I have many, many more shots to share with you guys. But first I have a boatload of stuff to do before the Chicago workshop this weekend! I’m back in Seattle to steal a few precious moments with my Fergie girl, and hopefully swim in the pool if the sun comes back out, then off to Chicago on Thursday. Hopefully I can post more shots before I leave. I have some Boston Terrier pics I am dying to show you guys! :-)

Off to Boston and Chicago!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I will be headed to Boston this Thursday, staying through Monday morning, for my Boston workshop, then flying to Chicago next Thursday-Sunday for my Chicago workshop. I had planned to stay in Boston and Chicago next week but the thought of leaving Fergie for 12 days was absolutely killing me, so I decided to swallow hard and book the super expensive plane fare home and back to spend a few more precious days with my girl. The way I see it, Boston and Chicago aren’t going anywhere, but my dog only has one life. :-)

My sincere apologies to those who I was hoping to meet up with while there! I hope you understand that 12 days is just too heartbreaking a length of time to be away from my doggie daughter. Perhaps next year I can fly for pleasure and really get to experience the cities as they are meant to be enjoyed. This trip will be all business, 100%.

Will be offline for a bit starting tomorrow, but back with new photos! Hope y’all are having a great week. It’s sunny again in Seattle, whoopee! :-)

Oh, and a few pics of my sweet girl who is my raison d’etre.

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2010 Workshops update

I know, I know, I said I wouldn’t post any more workshops updates to the blog. But this one is important.

I have been getting a lot of emails lately from people saying things like “I look forward to coming to one of your workshops in 2010 in NYC/Dallas/Miami/fill in the blank city.”

I have made the final decision: I will *not* be holding travel workshops after 2009.

So, the final travel workshops I will teach, and your last opportunity to go to one near your home (assuming you don’t live in Portland, OR), are: Boston and Chicago in August 2009, and Atlanta and Austin in October 2009. (see the dates here).

Beyond that, starting in 2010 all Cowbelly workshops will be held in the lovely city of Seattle.

Although this is bound to change, given that I am a changeable creature, I anticipate holding only 2 workshops per year, one in the spring and one in the fall, and having a 20 person maximum registration per workshop.

The Boston registration deadline is tomorrow, and I have only 2 spaces left for the 2-day (the 3-day is full), and the Chicago registration ends next Friday 7/14. I have a few spaces left for Chicago, but you Chicago people are last-minuters so those spaces are filling super fast as I am having a new person register every day.

There are still plenty of spaces left for Atlanta, and Austin is now filling up quickly.

If you are interested in any of those cities give us a shout. And also, this is important, if you are interested in attending a 2010 workshop in Seattle next year please please email us so we can get a list going. I had over 150 people interested in workshops this year and with only 40 spaces next year I may end up carrying a waiting list. I know that by then the economy will have improved and more people will be ready to hit it with their businesses, and I want to make sure I can serve those who are already planning ahead, so please email us to let us know.

Ok that’s it! Hope y’all are having a lovely week. Sunshine in Seattle, yay. :-)