Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category

I looooove photographing dogs. And I looooooove dogs. And I looooooove Chubs and Bella, the two pups I photographed today. Yes, TODAY. I’m so behind on blogging that I decided to work backwards and start with today’s session. Plus, I like these puppers very much and want to share their cute faces with the whole world (wide web) as soon as possible!

First of all, meet Chubs. He’s a big, huge, cuddly baby. He’s part German shepherd and part rottweiler and part spoiled. Bella is in charge of him, I’m pretty sure. We may include these images in his modeling portfolio.

Princess BELLA is a little lady, full of spunk. She beats up Chubs to the point where he has to visit the vet sometimes. He does not hold a grudge. This session was in her honor, as she has addison’s disease, and her owner wanted to take some images of her while she is healthy. We chose not to think about that too much during the session.

We attempted a few shots of them together. Getting dogs to cooperate for group shots is somewhere between difficult and not even possible, but they did okay!

Do You Etsy?

July 21, 2010

I am a long-time fan of www.etsy.com. If you haven’t ever checked out this website, you need to. It’s kind of like E-bay, only it’s all handmade stuff, and it’s not auctions. Okay, so maybe it’s not all that much like E-bay. But, there are thousands of people on Etsy selling their handmade things, and some of them are really, really amazingly awesome. I have purchased all of Campbell’s hair bows there, and most recently, this collar for Lily from a seller named FunkyMutt.

Lily and Her Babies

April 1, 2010

Lily really loves stuffed animals more than any other dog we’ve had. She seems to have categories of stuffies. Some are her “babies”, which she carries around gently, nudges, licks, and treats like her puppies. Others are victims that obviously wronged her in some way. These she chews on and pulls apart. Getting the “squeaker” out of a victim stuffy is the ultimate triumph. She has an area in the backyard where she keeps her stuffies and also her bones.

Lily nudges one of her “baby” stuffies:

Picking it up to move it:

At this point, she notices me photographing her, and she gives me the “back off” look.

Taking care of this many babies on a hot day is really too much work for a couch potato.

Especially when one must constantly keep an eye on the squirrels.

Most of the day, she spends outside relaxing in the sun, with her babies and victims scattered around her.