Posts Tagged ‘professional photographer’

We had a pack of dogs, like a gaggle of geese, except these little guys were quiet. I actually think that I was putting them asleep.

Following some of our friends on Facebook, we noticed that 5 puppies were born a few weeks ago, and they were so cute – so we thought that it would be great for them to come and visit our studio. They were cute, and nosey, tired, yawning (its even catching when a puppy yawns, and I couldn’t help myself) and like young children were fun to photograph. A moving target is always offers more of a challenge then a target that just sits there.

Thank you to Chrissy, Rick, Mitchell and Madison for bringing in their puppies for their first photo shoot.  I hope that you enjoy the pictures posted here, and we will have more for you to view in a week or so.

Our family pet, a Kairn Terrier (like Toto from the Wizard of Oz) was getting jealous of us photographing other dogs, so we had to bring him to the studio for his model session.

He did very well in front of the camera. The only problem that we had was that he would not smile for us on command. My fellow photographers have commented that getting their children to pose for their portraits is difficult because they use them so often as models – as we do with our children, but I did not know that this would also be an issue with our family pet.

We had this little fellow in our studio to take some baby pictures. Unlike human babies that are extremely inactive, sleep – eat – and (something else), puppies are full of energy and can give anyone a work out trying to keep them in one spot. Next time I will have to see if meaty dog treats will do the trick, as pleading with the puppy to sit still did not do the trick.

Even with an active little puppy, we managed to capture some really cute images as well as some that were great for my blooper folder.

OK – so I am a little late in posting this – but then again, I did not have this cute image to post before July 4th.

Coming back from our family vacation, which was in Nova Scotia, Canada, we had the pleasure of capturing Jazzy’s portraits, with her many clothing changes. She was such a great subject to photograph –  a little nervous upfront, but I knew that she was getting into this picture taking thing because it almost looked like she was posing on purpose. This image of Jazzy looks like she is extremely relaxed and looking like she needs to be served a doggy treat because she did so well during her photo session.

Beverly and Jazzy – thank you for coming to our studio.

Ayrabella is on the go. Don’t believe me, take a look at the first image. She is starting to find her legs and mom will soon be chasing around the house to catch up to her. I feel that I will be chasing her in our studio when her and mom visit us the next time.

She is one of our easiest little models and she is a lot of fun to photograph. Mom comes prepared with hair bows, different outfits and plenty of energy to keep up with her high energy young daughter. There are so many images to choose from her sessions that it makes it difficult for mom to pick her favorite ones.

Thanks for coming to visit Ayrabella (& Mom too). We are looking forward to your next visit.

Tuesday I met Henry, the English Bull Terrier. What a great dog and friendly – just watch out for the wagging tail.

He did such a great job at coming in to a strange place, have to sit still – and then get his picture taken. For a one and half year old dog, I think he did VERY well.

Here is Henry.

Yesterday we met AyraBella and her mom (Stacie) at our Mall studio – Catchlight.

AyraBella had the biggest Blue Eyes and she was such a flirt. Stacie came into our studio and AyraBella was sound asleep in her car seat. Soon she woke up and she was ready for the camera, as she was all smiles.

We created several portraits of AyraBella. One of the first ones that we attempted was in a Tea Cup planter. It went well when we were “testing” the Tea Cup – but once AyraBella was changed into her first outfit – she did not want anything to do with the flower pot. Here is one of the portraits that we captured of AyraBella. I call it “A Strong Cup of AyraBella”. Which is completely the opposite of how she was – most of the time she was full smiles and I heard a few happy gurgles from her.

AyraBella is the newest member of our portrait club – and it will be great to watch her grow.

What a great visit from one of our new furry friends.

Samson is a 2 year old rescue dog that Amy adopted. He’s a little large as a German Shepard, but he is so tame and loves his treats. I had a fun time capturing images of him, and the best thing is that Amy loved the images. Like many 2 year olds he had a lot of energy and could hardly sit for long to have an image taken. No big deal – this is why we take our time to capture great images of pets. We understand that they can be nervous in front of strangers pointing a strange thing at them.

I just added a new item on the “must have” for studio items – nice meaty dog treats. Amy had these with her, so we were covered – I was so thankful for this. Like human models, furry models like payment too – just in the form of doggy treats. In Samson’s case – Trail Bologna.  As you can see it’s HARD work being a Super Pet Model.

Amy – thank you for allowing us to photograph your furry friend.