Ottawa Dog Blog in Canadian Living Magazine!!

As most of you know, I am crazy about dogs. What you might not know is that I am the creator and facilitator of the Ottawa Dog Blog, a blog dedicated to everything dogs in Ottawa. I started the blog almost three years ago after Paddington had to go through some pretty intense surgery. If you’d like to read about my journey into dog blogging, check out this article here.

I was extremely excited to discover that the Ottawa Dog Blog has been chosen by Canadian Living Magazine as one of the top Canadian Blogs!!

The Ottawa Dog Blog is featured in the November Issue of Canadian Living Magazine that is on newsstands now.

I was so excited to be featured that I bought three copies of the magazine the other day!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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FREE Monthly Desktop Backgrounds! ~ May

I cannot believe it is May already! How did that happen???

May’s calendar is featuring Claudia! This is one of my favourite photos I took last year and it is even on my baby/family business card!

Download the May Desktop Background in: Mobile Standard Wide Screen

Looking for the May Dog Background featuring Kirby and Penny?

There are three sizes for you to use, mobile, standard and wide screen.

• If the resolution of your monitor is 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, or 1600×1200, download the Standard background.
• If the resolution of your monitor is 1152×720, 1280×800, 1440×900 or 1920×1200, download the Wide Screen background.
• If you are using a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPod Touch, download the Mobile background.

The backgrounds are free for you to use on your computers (home, work, school, etc) but you are not permitted to remove the watermark/logos, use them commercially or to print them.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Product Shoot: Doggy Backpack

Last night I had a mini shoot with Paddington for an article I wrote on Doggy Backpacks for the Ottawa Dog Blog.

Paddington is a very high energy dog and we are always looking for ways to challenge her and tire her out. The dog backpack works great because you can place little rocks in it to weigh it down and she has to work harder when running. Paddy LOVES her backpack and wears it like it’s her job!

We use the backpack when we go to the dog park and we always get a lot of comments about it. Everyone loves it! I made a quick video to go with the article to show that she has no problem moving around in it! Please forgive the quality and the orientation of the video, I shot it on my phone.

Of course I had to take some of Corduroy too, because she is very cute.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Doing What You Know ~ My Adventures Through the Blogosphere

A lot of photographers who give out advice talk about doing what you know. This is definitely good advice and something I know very well is blogging.

I am no stranger to blogging. I was one of the first to jump on the online journal bandwagon and have had a slew of blogs over the years. I started out with a free Blogspot Blog which I kept for over four years. I then graduated to a free WordPress Blog. That one didn’t last very long, under a year.

Thomas and I traveled Europe in the summer of 2005. We backpacked around six different countries and had a great time. To keep our families and friends at home updated, we kept a travel blog. It included accounts of our travels as well as photos. It’s actually quite a funny read if you have some time to kill – we had some adventures there for sure. One day I will put it all into a book for us, all these words about our trip.

In 2008, I made the leap from personal blogging, to dog blogging and launched the Ottawa Dog Blog. It was right after we had just had to put our dog, Paddington, through knee surgery for a genetic defect that lead me to realize that she came from a puppy mill. This shocking truth created a deep need to give back and start a place where people could go to learn about other places to find dogs other than puppy mills. I was (and still am) also quite obsessed with everything dog related and Thomas was getting sick of me telling him all these dog facts so it also became an outlet to connect with like-minded dog lovers. The blog has been going strong for two years now and I have been very lucky and blessed to have met so many people through it.

2009 marked the launch of this very blog; a photo blog to share my images and my passion for this industry. Simply put, I love taking photographs and I touched on that a while back. It is not only a place to come to see my latest work, but I want it to be a place where you can get to know me a little bit better too.

I do love writing, as much as I thought I didn’t. I don’t like writing what other people tell me to (as in Essays in my school days – ugh) but I love writing what’s on my mind. And I’ll tell you, there usually is quite a bit on my mind. In fact, right now I have three blog posts on the go and several more floating around in my head. I could never meditate, ever. I can’t clear my mind – the notion even scares me a little. And while I try my best to do yoga and be “zen”, I’ll never make it and do as well as some friends of mine. But that’s just who I am: a bit of a spaz with a lot on my mind, and a camera in my hand!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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FREE Monthly Desktop Backgrounds! ~ April

I am so excited to launch my newest endeavour: FREE Monthly Desktop Backgrounds!

If you are like me, you have calendars everywhere, and if you aren’t, I am sure you would like to glance at one from time to time. I wanted to combine my love of design, photography, computers and calendars and this is what was born.

I will release 2 new calendars every month. The first one will be here and will feature babies, kiddos, people in love and other awesomeness. I will also be releasing one through the Ottawa Dog Blog which will feature, you guessed it, a dog every month!

I hope you enjoy our first calendar featuring Baby Wesley! This was one of my favourite photos and it just had to be the photo for the month of April.

Download the April Desktop Background in: Mobile Standard Wide Screen

Looking for the April Dog Background featuring Lovely Lola?

There are three sizes for you to use, mobile, standard and wide screen.

• If the resolution of your monitor is 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, or 1600×1200, download the Standard background.
• If the resolution of your monitor is 1152×720, 1280×800, 1440×900 or 1920×1200, download the Wide Screen background.
• If you are using a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPod Touch, download the Mobile background.

The backgrounds are free for you to use on your computers (home, work, school, etc) but you are not permitted to remove the watermark/logos, use them commercially or to print them.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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