Posted on December 15, 2010 in Animals, Black and White, People, Pet Photography
…safe & secure in my master’s arms……so comfy and so happy!
Posted on December 8, 2010 in Animals, Black and White, Pet Photography, Topaz
Most of my pet images are pretty much “unfooled around with” meaning that I do minimal editing on them. Usually just some contrast and levels adjustments. This image, however, was calling for something extra so I popped it into Topaz Adjust and used the Spicify filter along with converting it to black and white. In this image is a Dogue de Bordeaux hanging out with his owner at the Back Mountain Kennel Club dog show last month. This breed has such a unique look – I love their expressive face! I wonder if a little Oil of Olay would help with his wrinkles? 🙂
Posted on November 13, 2010 in Animals, Black and White, Landscape
I spent the day photographing with friends in Lancaster County, Pa. – one of my very favorite places! We traveled the winding country roads, met some warm and friendly people, a few not so warm and friendly people (!), and came home with some interesting images that depict the lifestyle and landscape of the area. This is one of the last images of the day. We were winding our way back and saw this team of horses coming toward us in the field. We pulled to the side of the road, rolled down the windows and started photographing. As expected, I have a series of images as the horses got closer and closer. This was the last one…just before they came out onto the road and clip clopped along behind our car. A nice end to a very fun day!
Posted on October 22, 2010 in Animals, Black and White, Pet Photography
Probably more than will admit it, right? This is a great-looking American Staffordshire Terrier kissing his handler above and the Amstaff in profile below.
I’m looking forward to meeting up with my old buddy Nick, the Goldendoodle, tomorrow as part of my Pet Photography Class field trip. We have 4 dogs coming to the park for our “paw-parazzi” session, so it should be a great time! Can’t wait to meet everyone’s dogs!
Posted on October 18, 2010 in Black and White, Fall, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Soft Focus, Topaz
I stopped by a local park yesterday to see what was left of Fall color. Not much, to be honest. There were some splashes of red & yellow, but also trees that had completely lost their leaves already. Still I found plenty to photograph and I’ll post a few images over the next couple of days. In one area of the park, the ground was completely covered with pine needles. These always make a nice simple composition. This image was shot with the Lensbaby Composer and soft focus optic. Processing was done in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust.