Today's Pet of the Day is...

Professor!!
Check it out HERE!!

Arrrrgh!

Shiver Me Timbers! It's the Dread Pirate Professor!


More Dogtoberfest 2009 photos to come! We didn't stay nearly as long this year as last year because it was a jillion degrees out and the pups were melting... not to mention us humans too. But I still managed to get a few fun photos of the doggies! Stay tuned!

Professor's Godson!

Our dear friends Traci and Cole just got a second dog to join Mr. Big... his name is Lucky Junior! And he is Professor Plum's godson...
I'm sure you can tell why with these photos!

LJ loved the backyard! Look at that grin!


Pining for the outdoors... or not. It was a bit hot for him!


Worn out...




And the Godson/Godfather duo!


I have a ton more to edit but I wanted to get a few up... LJ is growing like a weed!! We actually think LJ is going to be even bigger than 'fessor!

Happy 'fessor

I was working on some photos for my dad's office this evening and it just so happened there were a bunch of photos of Professor in the same folder... I saw this one and it made me smile so I had to share!



Sometimes I can't believe how far he's come since we got him from Animal Control. He's such a happy, good lil guy! : )

Ugh!

I'm so sorry it has been so long since my last post... I promise I wasn't crying in the corner all this time...
I've just been busy. But I still apologize because I'm never too busy for YOU!
And if you are here scouting for photos of your dog from the Civil War Living History event at Fort Caroline, I promise to get those up asap! I had a bit of a head cold and my face was all stuffy so staring at the computer in the evening after staring at it at the park all day didn't sound exciting. But I'm all better now!
For those of you wondering why I have photos of dogs at a Civil War event... I'll explain when I post... so I'm keeping you in suspense for a wee bit. : )

On a happy note...
I had a request for a gift certificate! I'm so excited because I didn't have one designed and this gave me the perfect excuse to do just that!
Isn't Professor the cutest?

So if you know someone with a furrie friend... or feathered or scaled or whatever... you can now give them the fabulous gift of a photo session with ME!

A Few Recent Photos

of my pups...
Max loooooves stuffed animals. He picked up this teddy bear, flopped down onto his bed, and passed out.


Apple goes bonkers over the dino cuz! I squeak it and she makes wookie sounds and jumps around trying to grab it!


And Professor... he got a furcut! We had started thinking that he was gaining weight and he might need to go on a diet... but then they cut off all that insane fur and lo and behold! He's skinny under there!

They say it's your birthday!

We got Professor a year ago today!


We're planning to have a celebration tomorrow after I get home from work but I couldn't resist seeing if 'fessor would let me put one of the hats I got on him!
He let me... but you can see he's not exactly happy about it!

Happy 7th (or 8th) Birthday Big Boy!!

Canvas!!

Okay... so the canvas I ordered from Simply Canvas came Tuesday and I immediately ran outside with it and took photos. Sorry it has taken me until now to post them... I've been distracted.

Anyway, back to the canvas!!



I ordered it with a digital stretch because I was curious how it would look. I really like it where there is grass but don't care for Professor's ears being all crazy. Next time I might try the color border. It is also offered as a natural stretch where the photo itself is wrapped around the edges. I really like that idea too but I find that a lot of my work doesn't lend itself to that as well because I enjoy having my subjects way off to one side or another. It may be something I think about on my next shoot.
I'm already looking forward to ordering canvases of Apple, Uni, and Max so I can have a collection of the whole family! I wish it were possible for me to take a photo of all of them and Chris and I as well all in one photo...

And one last shot... from our latest visit to the dog park!
I'll get the rest up from both of our recent trips there asap!

Egret and Professor and Sneak Peek... OH MY!

This morning I woke up to fog...
Our apartment is in the back of our complex in the corner... next to lots of trees and a pond. We seriously have the best view ever from our third floor balcony.
So I was getting ready for work and looking out the window to see if my ducks were waiting to be fed and I saw this egret.
You know what I had to do!
Check out this great series!








Then this afternoon when I got home from work, I noticed the light was really warm and pretty. I grabbed Professor since he is the one who will walk with me without a leash and we headed out. This particular shot doesn't really show off the gorgeous orange-y light but it is the one that, when I was flipping through the shots with my husband, made us both immediately say awwwww out loud. I'll share the others later.


And last but DEFINTELY not least, while I was out with Prof... we ran into my neighbor who was out with her two very fun dogs. She was out chatting with another neighbor so we had a mini photo session right then and there. I can't WAIT to show you the rest of the photos... but here's your sneak peek!
Daisy:


Guido:

Test Video with Music...

Yay! It worked!!
It took forever to try to match up the photo movement with the music... Whew.
Here is a photo of Professor on the day we adopted him in October of 2007:























And this is a video of pictures I've taken in the last several months! He's a gorgeous and sweet boy!


Thank you goes to Mandarin Animal Control for finding him and keeping him safe until we found him! If you are thinking of getting a furrie friend, please adopt a homeless animal... they really need you!

Rain, Rain Go Away

It's really hard to walk the dogs in the rain...
I tried to wait for the heavy bands of it to pass over and then I finally was able to get them out in just a bit of sprinkle. Unfortunately, Apple likes to take her time so it started coming down a bit harder while we wandered and waited for her to go potty. Stupid Fay...
This is the view from my porch:


And here are the pooches after their walk. I tried to dry them off with a towel... next time I might have to get out the blow dryer. If we still have power.


LOL... Apple seriously needs a haircut!

My desktop photo

cracks me up!
Do you have a fun photo on your desktop background? Something pretty or funny or that personifies YOU?
Share it with us! We'd all love to see...
Post it on your blog and leave a comment! : )

Run Professor... Run!

I'm so excited that I finally managed to get some running photos!!
Granted, Professor really lopes more than RUNS... but still! Yay!!
Look how cute he is!









And more from this afternoon:





Bichon butt!


There was a fly buzzing about and Professor was whipping his head around and snapping at it!


This is the "I see a pug" pose... Professor loves other dogs! He always stands up much straighter when he meets one.




Minor details...
The nose


and the collar




Soon I'll have to attempt to take Apple out and get shots of her... Professor has been having all the fun... but he's the one who is good without the leash!

Before and After

I'm testing out a suggestion found on the Cowbelly Blog. I've recently been doing something similar using curves in photoshop but this is neat too!

Professor before (straight outta the camera):


And Professor after Jamie's quick fix:


Playing with curves:


EDIT:
Here it is with all three next to each other... same order as above, just left to right.