It only seems appropriate as we head into the season of rebirth that I finally start repurposing some of my props from the days of human models. After months of procrastinating out of fear of failure, this weekend I broke out the glue gun and jumped in with both feet. I had myself convinced that I would not be able to create a
Nothing beats a standard pet portrait session. Keeping it simple gives that special pet the opportunity to shine. Honest and simple. Just like when working with human models the traditional portrait sitting uses nothing but the subject itself to tell the tail. No props or environmental noise to dilute the pure beauty. My fine art background pushes me to want to include props,
So, in researching the history of St Patrick's Day it turns out it was a pretty hum drum holiday until it made its way to North America. The rowdy revelry as we have come to know it is a far cry from the original homage to St Patrick. I'll take the green beer and parades! These sweet babies are dressed up and ready
Winter is my time to let my Muse take over and push me out of my comfort zone. It is when I have the time to relax and try new things. I have had a variety of flash modifiers laying around for years. I kept looking at them and reasoned that I didn't need them. Told myself my work was good enough. That
Where is winter this year? Shooting in less than ideal conditions. The pups and I are all anxiously awaiting winter. Until then we do the best we can to appreciate the winter we have been given... This afternoon we went out to the property we use for hunting. In the absence of beautiful, fluffy, pure snowfall on the ground I decided to forgo
The pups and I celebrated the first day of winter with a little baby it's cold outside shoot. They are becoming quite well behaved in the studio. Such a lucky mom I am! The holidays have me running in circles. Little breaks like this one remind me to take some time to let my passion have its day. If we don't take the
A few days late with the birthday boys one year photoshoot. Life gets in the way. And that isn't always bad. We packed up the camper for some bird hunting. I am confident the birthday boy preferred that to the time in the studio. I know I did! We won't talk about the ways I overdid it... Returning to the land of the
OMG! What a couple cuties I got to meet this evening! There has always been a sweet spot in my heart for Great Danes. Such gentle giants they are. Cookie is super happy go lucky, what a goof ball. Her brother Cooper was a bit more serious, but a wonderful nice boy :-) So grateful to their mommie for having me over to
It seems like I am consumed with nothing but dog training this summer. I do say seems like it, because I do get in plenty of me time (such as a 35 mile bike ride all by myself yesterday). This boy is just SO stinking cute I do not want to miss out on any opportunity to help him achieve his full potential.
