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Champ

December 7, 2009 – 8:14 pm

Champ is a superadorable little tiny boxer mix. Just the right size to fit in your pocket, stick in your Cooper Mini or smuggle through airports. Ok, he might not be *that* small, but he sure is superadorable.

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I like laying in front of the fire too Champ! Especially on nights like tonight, where it is below freezing in Seattle. Brrr..

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I big time love this next shot. To me it speaks 100% boxer.

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Champ has his very own yellow rain slicker. Hee hee.

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Wanna see what it looks like on? Champ proves that you *can* have fun in the rain while wearing a plastic hoodie.

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I have no words for this next one.

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I nearly peed myself when I spied this graffiti covered wall in the alley behind their backyard. “Can we, can we? Pleeeze?” I asked his parents. “Sure!” came their reply. Game On!

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If you have a super well-behaved dog that will sit and stay on command for big chunks of time in unfamiliar environments, and would like to have your pooch involved in my graffiti dogs project, please shoot me an email to info@cowbelly.com with a photo attached and we’ll see what we can set up!

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Dog. Snuggle. Heaven.

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Nicole thank you so much for having me out to photograph Champ! I look forward to getting your prints to you.

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Posted in Private client shoots, graffiti dogs project, seattle dog photography | Also tagged boxer, champ, graffiti, green, orange, rainy shoots, red, salmon, yellow rain jacket | Comments (8)

Taara + Zorro Basenjis

January 25, 2009 – 8:00 am

Basenjis are one of the the most interesting breeds out there. They are curious, inquisitive, loyal, cunning, independent, funny, attached to their owners, and more often than not, smarter than you.

These guys live just up the hill from me on Queen Anne, and Taara is in her golden years, with her buddy Zorro right behind her. I was honored to photograph the pair and hope that, since they are in my hood, I get to see them again.

Zorro- black, Taara- tan.

Zorro lost the corner of his ear to a basenji roommate before he came to live with his current family. I think it makes him look more debonaire, like he has stories to tell.

Basenji feet are very cute. Delicate like a little fawn.

Basenji ears are like a barometer for their environment. Deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-they twittle around, shifting at every little sound.

This is funny. On the right below, Zorro was so not supposed to be sitting up there at the table. I asked to place him there, and his dad was happy to comply. Can you see the look of discomfort on his face? lol

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Posted in Private client shoots, seattle dog photography | Also tagged basenjis, black basenji, photos of basenjis, queen anne pet photography, taara, zorro | Comments (20)

Lucy + Ethel

January 16, 2009 – 9:18 pm

I fell so in love with these girls during our shoot I didn’t want to leave them. Especially Lucy, who will forever hold a special place in my heart with her little pink tongue.

Lucy- left. Ethel- right. Lucy- older gal. Ethel- older puppy.

Poor Lucy. It was raining pretty hard outside, and she looked up at me and drip, drip, drip went the raindrops into her eyes, as evidenced by the shot on the left below.

The girls have THE coolest pink princess bowl. I dropped treats into the water and they took turns snorkeling.

Those big brown eyes of Ethel’s just got me every time she tilted her head.

Any dog/pet photographer who shoots indoors at this time of year pretty much has to do one of two things: a) use auxiliary lights such as a flash and/or strobes, or b) bump up the ISO’s to a relatively high number. Unless your client has a super bright house with tall ceilings and the sun just happens to be out, or you feel it’s ok to plant yourself in front of the window for the entire shoot, it’s necessary to pick one of these two evils. In my case I choose high ISO’s. Although I don’t like to, I will shoot at 1000 or even 1600 ISO indoors. Whatever it takes to get the shot is my attitude. I am not aiming for technical perfection with my photography- I am aiming to capture expressions and emotions, and if I have to settle for extra noise in my shots to do so I’m fine with that. The following shot was super dark in it’s original RAW form, but Lightroom cleaned it up nicely and Noise Ninja helped me sharpen and remove noise. (LOVE Noise Ninja and highly recommend it). The bottom line? Let the action/pet/subject dictate the shot, not the light or lack thereof. Unless of course you are aiming for perfection, in which case don’t listen to anything I say, lol.

Lucy and Ethel have this really cool green vintage couch. I could have photographed Ethel on it all day.

Tell me this isn’t one of the cutest things you have ever seen. Oh, the tongue kills me. This is not mid-nose-lick folks, Lucy is just like this. You can squeal now.