My Furry Co-Workers

I was packing up some vendor and client products today and the dogs thought they would help me. Although I must note, their definition of help is quite different than mine. Help means play to them I think!

Happy Tuesday!

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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And then there were three

I’ve been meaning to re-do one of my about portraits since we brought Wellie home in March, but just got around to doing it today. I am really happy with the result and I think you’ll like it too! I blogged before about the images for my about page.

Introducing my new about image with Wellington, Corduroy and Paddington.

About Page Portraits – Dogs

Shooting data: D700 with 50mm f/1.4D lens, ISO 280, f/3.5, 1/250

Once again, this shot was taken by Thomas. It was even more tricky handling three dogs at the same time while making the leashes wrap around my leg and trying to make them sit all pretty-like. Thomas succeeded though and I love this shot!

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

ps. Happy Bunny weekend all!!

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It’s Raining Dogs!

I wanted to jump on here quickly to let you know that I’m sorry for not blogging for a while, but I promise I have a very good excuse: it’s raining dogs. Well not literally raining dogs, but there have been a lot of changes in my family and we are happy to be welcoming new dogs!

Sonnet

First up is Sonnet, a teensy weensy little Maltese/Shih Tzu puppy my sister will be picking up in three weeks. We visited the breeder last weekend so Jane could choose which puppy she wanted, and she chose a little brown female who she is naming, Sonnet.

She is four weeks old in these portraits.

To view a slideshow of the portraits I did while Jane was picking her, click here.

Wellington

We weren’t looking for a third dog, but she found us. I found Wellington (formerly Maddie) on Petfinder and she was at a rescue called Animatch. She was at the centre for three months before she joined our family, and now we know that she was just waiting for us to realize she belonged with us.

We brought her home just over a week ago and she is just wonderful. You can read about our adventures with Wellie on my Ottawa Dog Blog where I’ll be blogging every week about her progress.

I took a video of the three dogs playing the day after we brought her home. Their energies match quite well and they have been playing like this at least once (if not more) every day!

To view a slideshow of the portraits I did during Wellie’s first weekend home, click here.

So that is my excuse! Everything has been about dogs around here and I’ll be getting back to blogging soon. I still have TONS of sessions to blog.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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The Definition of Cute

I thought I’d do a quick post of my little helper this morning. I was doing some product shots and Corduroy decided she would be the best supervisor. She did a great job and took her job very seriously.

You’ll notice the bite marks on her barrette – she likes to take them out and chew on them!

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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My little 4-legged models

I was asked a few months ago to shoot a special project (more on that in September) and I had to include dogs. Of course I thought that the perfect models would be my little ones.

Photographing dogs is one of my favourite things in this world, but photographing MY OWN dogs is a task I tell you. They both have perfected the art of not looking at me while I am pointing the camera at them. I’ll put it down, they’ll look, and as soon as it’s up to my eye again, they are very interested in over-there or that-spot-on-the-floor. Basically anywhere but at me. It proves quite difficult – all of my sounds don’t work on them anymore. They’re even getting hip to my backup sounds.

Today Paddington was all over the place for some reason, while Corduroy was chill as usual so I decided she was my girl for this job. She was very good even though I didn’t use treats! Although it took many, many shots before I had some of her actually looking at me.

I will announce what this project is in September, but for now here is some behind the scenes info about these photos.

About a millisecond after I shot this, Corduroy jumped out of the backpack and took a flying leap to chase a squirrel. Thomas and I both held our breath as she soared through the air to the ground. Fortunately she landed on her feet and was ok. She also was able to secure the permitter from the squirrel invasion.

Didn’t pose this one, just sat in the hot hot sun and waited for her to come over.

I was playing around a bit – Corduroy wasn’t as impressed as I was…

Meanwhile, Paddington decided it would be a good idea to roll in something gross and smelly in the grass.

She LOVES rolling in smelly grossness. Icky for me, heaven for her.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to give a certain dog a bath…

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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