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Friday, May 4, 2012

Project 52 {18/52} Digital Darkroom

Happy Friday  everyone!

This week’s theme is “Digital Darkroom” chosen by our own Melissa McCabe of Unleashed! Pet Portraits in Victoria, British Columbia.

One of the skills that is truly necessary as professional photographers is our ability to post-process images in creative, value-added ways. We can do most anything in the digital darkroom, from a simple recomposition, to cloning out leashes and other distractions, to adding texture overlays, to replacing body parts or whole subjects if need be.  The skills developed over time in the digital darkroom helps define each professional photographer’s signature look, and helps our precious subjects look their very best forever.  There are very few opportunities to really just go play in our digital darkroom, and yours truly took this chance to go to the “far side” and create a surrealistic fine art image for my office wall.

I titled this project “Oakley Dreaming”.

I got the idea as I was sitting out on the patio this past weekend, reading a book and Oakley was lying at my feet and she began to move like  she was dreaming. As I watched her for a few moments, I wondered what her dream was about and then put my own humanistic spin on it as I created this image.

Hope you like it as much as Oakley and I do!

 

 

Now please take a moment to check out the wonderful digital darkroom skills of my good friend Central Coast Pet Photographer, Sharon Stokes

 

by Scott

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Judy - May 5, 2012 - 11:20

Excellent Scott!!

Karen - May 5, 2012 - 08:47

This is awesome! Would love to know how you did it all :)

Sharon Stokes - May 5, 2012 - 07:10

WOW!! So creative and so awesome, I’d say “Oakley Dreaming” is pretty close to what my girls dream about too :)

Kaylee Greer - May 5, 2012 - 00:40

haha! this is awesome!! I’ve got a HUGE smile on my face right now. I imagine my dog Toby’s dreams would like something like Oakley’s. Awesome compositing work!

Melissa - May 4, 2012 - 09:50

Outstanding Scott!!

Scott - May 4, 2012 - 09:10

Thank you Karla!

Kelly L - May 4, 2012 - 09:04

Very creative!

Karla - May 4, 2012 - 09:03

love it

Dana Cubbage - May 4, 2012 - 07:57

Wow that’s so creative!!!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Project 52 {17/52} The Colors of Spring

 

This week’s theme is based on the colors of spring.

Unfortunately for me with this theme is the simple fact that right now in southern Texas the temperatures are in the 90′s already and our spring was on a Saturday between 10 am and 2 pm in early Feb!

Fortunately there is one thing that happens annually in San Antonio and that is “FIESTA San Antonio”!

“Fiesta” is our annual spring festival with origins dating back to the late 19th century.

It’s a 10-day event that honor’s the memory of the battles for the Alamo and San Jacinto and is a very colorful and lively festival!

One of the nuances of this (and many other) Spanish festivals are confetti filled eggs, called Cascarones.

 

The single objective of these Cascarones is to sneak up on someone and smash a Cascaron over his or her head as the spilled confetti brings good luck!

(Sounds like revenge to me!)

So in the spirit of FIESTA, Oakley has been sprinkled with Cascaron confetti and looks like she is ready for good luck in the form of a treat for being such a good model today!

 

btw…Oakley was spared the smashing of the cascaron on her head, as I was the lucky one who was ambushed and received the festive head trauma:-)

 

Now please take some time to enjoy more colors of the season by visiting Stephanie Madeline of Chase & Snap Pet Photography, New Jersey

 

 

 

by Scott

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Scott - May 2, 2012 - 07:15

Kelly, they carefully break open the egg at one end, rinse it out and color it and then fill it with confetti and glue a small piece of tissue paper over the opening…see this website for the whole process;

http://prudentbaby.com/2011/04/baby-kid/how-to-make-cascarones-confetti-eggs-2/

Kelly Ladouceur - April 28, 2012 - 16:09

So how on earth do they get the confetti in the eggs? What a neat tradition.

Oakley’s beauty is only enhanced by the colourful confetti. Great shots!

Kelly - April 27, 2012 - 17:20

This looks like such a fun and festive tradition. My husband would hate this as it reminds me of the card confetti that he detests. It is pretty to look at though.

Blue - April 27, 2012 - 15:18

I love the colors of the confetti! Oakley is being so patient waiting for her treat :)

Ali Peterson - April 27, 2012 - 09:40

What a great and unique spin on the theme. I’m making those eggs for my next party!

Sharon Stokes - April 27, 2012 - 08:05

How very interesting…confetti filled eggs! How do you get the confetti in the eggs?
Oakley looks ready to party with all her confetti :) She is such a beautiful girl.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Project 52 {16 / 52} From the ground up!

Happy Friday everyone!

Thanks again for stopping by to check me out on another edition of Project 52:-)

This week’s topic is “From the Ground Up”.  As a pet photographer, we often find ourselves working at eye-level with our subjects to capture them from a unique perspective. Many times I have looked at images after a photo shoot and the ones taken from the ground seem to be the most engaging.

This past weekend I was up in Dallas TX, where I met Buffy, a very charming, warm and loving girl who was rescued from the side of the road by an elderly couple 4 years ago, and now is enjoying the love and companionship that all pets deserve.

So here she is, sweet as ever and looking like a little Ewok! Totally ADORABLE!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and pleasee take some time to follow our blog ring some more and check out Chase & Snap Pet Photography in New Jersey, Stephanie Madeline for more fun on this great subject!

 

Scott

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Karen - April 21, 2012 - 09:45

I love to hear stories like this – these little ones finding wonderful homes to live out their lives. And Buffy is quite the cutie to boot!

Kelly Ladouceur - April 20, 2012 - 11:13

She DOES look like an Ewok! How flippin’ cute!

Sharon Stokes - April 20, 2012 - 08:29

Such short little legs! She is so sweet and so lucky to be so loved.

Dana Cubbage - April 20, 2012 - 08:22

Oh my goodness – she is adorable!

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Project 52 {12/52} Retro

Well here we are for another installment of the Project 52.

This week it was my turn to choose the themes, and being a big fan of the Polaroid film medium, I chose the theme “Retro”.

Of course I didn’t want everyone just to make a Polaroid looking image so I gave these as guidelines;

Take your favorite image of the week and give it either a Retro film look (Polaroid or old 1960′s cross-processing) or Vintage (sepia or grainy B&W) feel.

(Maybe this also inspires you to put on your old prom dress or leisure suit, sport a mullet or Afro or perm…or have your pet wear the mullet or Afro)

So grab that great photograph this week and apply one of the many photo apps, Polaroid templates or the hoops and hoops of lightroom presets/photoshop actions out there to give your image an an aged (Retro/Vintage) look.

 

Well, I followed my own guidance and took one of my favorite images from a photo shoot I had this past weekend of a cute little Chihuahua mix named Mojito and gave it the 1960′s Polaroid look.

Hope you like it as much as I do!

Now please take a moment to visit my amazing friend in the land down under, Petography | Perth Australia Pet Photographer Claire Garrett’s blog

by Scott

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Kelly Ladouceur - March 23, 2012 - 20:33

Mojito looks very, very serious about something. I love it!

Nat - March 23, 2012 - 12:54

Love Polaroid :) and Mojito, what an awesome name for that little guy!

Karla - March 23, 2012 - 09:24

Scott I love the polaroid look and this week’s topic. I’d do it every week.

Karen - March 23, 2012 - 08:43

Mojito is a cutie! Love the polaroid look.

Claire Garrett - March 23, 2012 - 04:38

Gorgeous shot of a cuteeeee subject with the most awesome name ever!! ;)

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Project 52 {11/52} Dogs in our lives

This week’s theme is based on Paul Fersen’s poem titled- Dogs In Our Lives.

 

DOGS IN OUR LIVES:
We aren’t house-proud.
If we were, we wouldn’t abide the scratches on the door-frame, the holes in the screen, the darkened shine of worn spots on the chair.
We would wince at the mottled carpet and fret at the hair clinging to our clothes.
We don’t.
If anything, we lovers of dogs are a tolerant lot, finding greater value in the unabashed affection of our friend than immaculate sofa’s.
Shoes can be replaced, but heroic retrievers are timeless.
Without dogs, out houses are cold receptacles for things.
Dogs make a fire warmer with their curled presence.
They wake us, greet us, protect us, and ultimately carve a place in our hearts and our history.
On reflection, our lives are often referenced in parts defined by the all-too-short lives of our dogs.
- Paul Fersen, Orvis Associate

 

Our goal is to document how dogs are in our life without showing the dog.

 

As I mentioned in my last post, my dog Oakley always takes her bones and buries them throughout the house and the yard.

Well today I was packing for a trip to Virginia and I went into my bedroom closet to grab some shoes for the trip and there, secretly stashed between my cowboy boots was a perfect representation of Oakley’s wonderful presence in my life!

Now please take a moment to check out Tiffany Haulton of Haulton Photography’s Blog post on this week’s theme!

 

by Scott

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Nat - March 16, 2012 - 17:43

It’s the little things that weigh the most in the heart isn’t it? :) Lovely.

Sharon Stokes - March 16, 2012 - 16:55

Oh, that’s perfect! And so sweet :)

Kaylee Greer - March 16, 2012 - 12:18

Beautiful image!!! I absolutely love it. and those boots are amazing!

Kelly Ladouceur - March 16, 2012 - 12:06

Love it!

Terran - March 16, 2012 - 11:27

I love everything about this image! :)

Dana Cubbage - March 16, 2012 - 11:07

I love the mood of this photo. Great lighting.

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