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Kyah- sneak peek part 2

August 8, 2008 – 7:57 pm

You guys all know Dozer by now. Also known as Dozer the Wonderdog, Superdozer, Darling Dozer and Daring Dozer. His mom also calls him “doh-jez”, which is pretty darn cute.

So Kyah is Dozer’s new German Shepherd baby sister. She is 12 weeks old, has huge feet, a super sweet temperament and the kind of cuteness that ought to be illegal. The kind of cuteness that could make people crash their cars during double-takes, bring grown men to tears, incite fits of puppy adoption insanity, make dog photographers take hundreds of shots, cause 39 images to appear on blog posts, and just generally cause people to go insane. We decided to mix things up a bit by heading over to Marymoor Park in Redmond WA. I was there not only for Kyah’s first swim, but her first kiss as well, awww. 

Enjoy and happy weekend!

Not so sure about this water thing…

Big brother looks concerned. He must be really starting to like the little one. 

Kyah’s first swim!

noooo, daddy nooo…

but then she kept going back down to the water on her own. 

and this is when she slipped and started to go in…

and this is when daddy rescued her. :-)

Kyah is like Dozer’s shadow- she follows him everywhere, even if she can’t quite keep up yet. 

Isn’t Marymoor Park pretty? If I recall accurately, it was voted best dog park in America by Bark Magazine. It’s just a 30-minute drive from Seattle in no traffic. But add traffic on (which is oh, all the time except maybe between 11AM AND 2PM weekdays), and it doubles to 60-90 minutes. Still worth the drive on days when one has a chunk of time to spare for the pooch and can avoid rush hour. 

Kyah is shy and sensitive, so you will find her hiding behind mom often. A true momma’s girl. 

mmm, rolling in wild animal poop. whatever it was it was green. yumm…

It was funny- we were way out in the tall green grass- well off the beaten path- barely visible to parkgoers, yet the doggies kept finding us over there. Every half minute or so a different dog would pop up in the grass next to us. I just kept snapping as they appeared in front of me. Angie and I would go: “oh look at YOU- you’re cute!!”. There were A LOT of happy dogs there that day. 

a personal fave of both of them. how cute are they?

Ok, get ready for it…. KYAH’S FIRST KISS!! now that is one happy bulldog. 

I think Kyah made his day, hee hee…

Dozer found these gorgeous sleek black dogs to play with.

The wild beasts run free in the Marymoor Savannah….

even though it’s blurry I love this shot of the two of them. 

By the way, Kyah is adopted. Any breed, even purebreds, can be rescued instead of bought. For proof see the Seattle Purebred Rescue Society. Rescued purebred dogs may take a little bit longer to find, but the feeling of saving a truly needy animal is more than worth the wait. 

puppy teeth!!

more friends we met that day at Marymoor.

one of Kyah’s favorite toys, and a prelude to the next shot…

Dozer has not yet made it past the “mine” stage. He is getting better but apparently he still steals all of Kyah’s toys away from her, as this shot is a great example of. Awwww…

I couldn’t resist. I had to take just one shot of him jumping! What’s a superhero to do? :-)

Hope you enjoyed all of these photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them!

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Princess Fergermeister Magnuson

July 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

This should trip you out a bit. The day after Dozer’s shoot at Magnuson, I decided to take Fergie there to swim. I decided to try and re-create some of the shots I took of Dozer, to post on this blog. I thought it would be an interesting comparison since they look so much alike. Check it out.

These shots make me giggle. She is so happy. 

I was really hoping I could get some shots of my athletic dog flying through the air like Dozer, but she was tired by the time we got to the beach, so the best I could do was this scary series of Fergie’s jaws. 

In case you missed it the first time around. I would never, ever want to get caught in those jaws. No way. Fergie may look cute but she is strong enough to take your leg off. 

I think this dog behind Fergie thought he was ‘gonna get him’, until he realized the ‘him’ was actually a ‘her’. Insert “whoa” though bubble on the right. 

Hee hee hee, I love the lips caught in the teeth action. This was the first time I was ever able to capture it with my camera. 

Yet more funky processing. This is Fergie’s ‘play with me’ face. 

Snorkeling. Minus the snorkle.

Ahh hah hah, I love her. 

On our way back to the parking lot from the beach I spotted this really cool old metal chair next to the path. I grabbed it and dragged it out into the middle of the bark-covered ball area (there was no one there). Fergie obliged me by jumping on it and posing for some shots. She stayed there for 10 whole minutes until she got tired and hopped off. She is such a good girl. 

Next to her tennis balls, her red frisbee is her favorite toy. That look she has on the left below means that if you are a dog and you try and steal Fergie’s frisbee from her, she is not messing around. 

This next shot makes her look like she is somewhere else, far, far away- not a Seattle dog park. Where does it look like to you?

More shots of Fergie from this shoot will be posted this week on Amazon’s Wag Reflex blog. (Ha, as if these aren’t enough, lol!)

Hope you enjoyed my best friend in the whole wide world. :-)

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Laughing dog images

November 20, 2007 – 12:00 pm

I have gotten more shots of dogs laughing in the past week than I have all year. These guys are awesome! The only thing better than a smiling dog is a laughing dog, IMHO. Happy pet photography, yay!

Super swamped with work at the moment but I had to share.

Enjoy!

Oliver, the dog who inspired this post. This shot made me giggle. Hard.
(Oliver has a sister pug and I promise to post more photos of them when I get the chance.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up- Newman: Mr. Personality!

pardon the bad composition and background on this next one; it came from a decopaw sitting where I don’t pay any attention to what is in the background, hence the junk. Also, I had some exposure issues with Newman’s shoot because he was ready to roll straight out of the gate. Normally I take some test shots for a minute or two at the beginning of a shoot, but Newman was full of Kodak moments just seconds into our shoot. This was one of the first shots I took of him, just after stepping outside. Such is the case with pet photography! Mustalways be ready!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very windy Seattle day yesterday shooting Hanalei the tricolor beagle. Love this shot. She is just as cute in person as she looks here. Wait till you see all of the flying ears shots of her!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And one more of Newman for the road! I have no idea what made his ears fly up like that.

this shot was horribly overexposed, but I did some quick photoshop work and managed a moderately acceptable save. It will work for the art process anyway! pardon the bad colors for my talented photographer friends. If I had more time I would have done a ‘real’ fix!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you’re having a terrific Thanksgiving week! :-)

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Gus, Grace & Pez sneak peek

October 13, 2007 – 9:14 pm

First, I have to say, this is my favorite time of year to photograph outdoors. I love the fall, and the colors on the leaves are just gorgeous.

I just came from a shoot on the top of Queen Anne, and when I was on my way there it was foggy and sunny, with a peekaboo blue sky; a beautiful contrast to the bright colors of the leaves and rich green grass.

Here is a sneak peek at the furry kids I photographed last Friday- the shoot that was filmed for the American Dreamer documentary. I promise to post more of these guys and the fabulous (!) business their mom owns, at a later date.

I’d post more today but I want to get some client work done in my office so I can get back outside and enjoy the weather! Hope you are having a stellar weekend!

From L-R: Pez, Grace and Gus. Gus may look familiar from the photo of him a few days ago being filmed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Grace, chewing on her favorite garden glove, which wasn’t much of a glove once she was done. :-)

 

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