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Bert & Millie Three Tree Point

September 21, 2008 – 9:00 am

Bert & Millie’s shoot was at one of my favorite locations in Western Washington for dog photography: Three Tree Point in Burien. Three Tree Point is a sweet little beach front community, where the pedestrians and dogs take precedence over cars, every house has a view of the water, and all of the neighbors know each other. 

Bert and Millie love their life down on the beach, and I like to think it shows in these images.

Bert- left, Millie- right.

Bert & Millie are older smooth coated fox terriers. When I read their getting to know you form and saw that they were 10 and 11 I thought “awww, I’ll have a nice mellow session with these older guys”. Apparently I must have forgotten how much energy fox terriers have! Millie proves it here in these shots. I actually love the ones I got of her jumping. Very avant garde.  

Two total happy accidents. The shot on the right was composed in-camera- meaning- uncropped. Like I said- happy accident. :-)

One of my goals while there was to photograph Millie and her adorable little (human) brother together. Poor boy was so good trying to pose with his little dog, and Millie appeared to be on a springboard the whole time. I did get a couple of really cute shots of them side-by-side on the shore. Then he crouched down to try and give her a kiss and she turned and ran away, lol. Ah, dogs! ;-)

Millie digging for clams. No not really, I think she was just looking for leftover treat crumbs I had dropped. 

Bert has very cute teeth. Check out that darling smile on the left. 

They were so cute together with their tennis ball. I was cracking up the whole time. 

Yeah, “mellow shoot for the old dogs”, ha! ;-)

I wish that every person who lives on Three Tree Point who has a dog would would have me down to photograph them. I love TTP!! 

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RIP sweet Rio 1994-2008

June 9, 2008 – 3:41 pm

I received an email letting me know that Rio has passed onto the big doggy park in the sky. It fills me with sadness thinking about what a special, gentle soul she was, and how happy she was just to be alive, and that she is no longer in the physical world we inhabit.

But, I have to say that that sadness is tempered by the joy I feel in knowing that a) I got to meet and spend time with such a sweet creature, albeit just for a couple of short hours, and b) we got these photos of her when we did. I also feel joy in knowing she was deeply loved, and had a wonderful life with her family and her canine neighbor friends. I will be thinking of sweet Rio this week and wishing her well on her next adventure- chasing squirrels with abandon and catching up with long lost friends. 

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Ruby, Roxie & Rio

September 26, 2007 – 2:07 am

These gorgeous gals were photographed last Friday by yours-truly at Three Tree Point in Burien, a super cool little beachfront community that is ironically just a stones throw from 2 other Cowbelly clients who live on Seola Beach Drive, which is right around the bend but inaccessible by car.

Three Tree Point was an ideal setting for these energetic and fun-loving labs, who were equally at home in the sand and surf and on the beach house couch. I had never been to the area before and I loved it so much that all the way home I fantasized about having a house there- it is so cool!

I had a blast shooting them- so much so that I didn’t want to leave.

A big ‘thank you’ to Rio’s mom for getting a gift certificate for Ruby’s mom, to both of them for having me come down, and an even bigger thanks to my dad who told Rio’s mom about me. Yay. :-)

Here are some of my favorite shots of the girls, in the order they were taken.

Ruby on her porch, looking stately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby watching for visitors. Her house is set high above the street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby and her sister (littermate) Roxie, waiting to go to the beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby’s ball obsession rivals Fergie’s. I can just hear them having a conversation over a beer “oh yeah? Well I caught a ball that was thrown ONE HUNDRED FEET in the air”, “that’s nothing, I swam 500 yards into cold water to get MY ball…” hee hee hee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, crazy labs in action…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite shot of Rio. She reminds me so much of someone else I know, but I can’t put my finger on who….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shot below has some exposure issues but I love it. Rio is in the front looking sweet and gentle, Ruby is behind her, coming in for a landing to see who has her ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby was so incredibly well-behaved and was a really stupendous model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This absolutely adorable guy below is ‘the neighborhood doggie’ and popped in for a drink of water. He was delighted when he discovered that not only would he be getting a drink, but some yummy stinky treats too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Cowbelly signature ‘big nose’ shot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby discovered that modeling is hard work and at one point went outside on the deck to crash in a chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My 2nd favorite thing on a dog is little teeth, which Roxie totally has going on in this shot. She’s too funny….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And one of the very last shots I took and the reason why I always keep my camera out of the bag until I am out the door.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby’s mom is going to do a triptych of canvases and I can wait to see which images she picks!

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