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Pet Photography with cute props
February 26, 2021 -
This week's blog post is all about the Photographer’s Choice (that's me!)– this week we are focusing on using props when...
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Using depth of field with Pet Photography
February 19, 2021 -
Ever wonder why some photographs you can see everything in the background crystal clear and others it’s just a creamy bl...
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Pet Photography with puppy love
February 12, 2021 -
Our last few weeks have been filled with puppies! Maxx and Me Pet Rescue has rescued several momma dogs and taken their...
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Using Symmetry in Pet Photography
February 05, 2021 -
Symmetry - what is it? In simple terms, this is where the two sides of a photograph are equally balanced if you split it...
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Pet Photography - Using Lensbaby Sweet 50 for dog portraits
January 15, 2021 -
This week our pet photography theme is "center" and as I thought about this - I thought, what better time to give the Le...
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Pet Photography - Theme Gift
December 04, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Gift" - and as I write this blog post I think of a couple of ways to interpret thi...
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Pet Photography - Photographing your pet from above
October 16, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "shoot from above". For many of us (unless we have really big pets and are very sho...
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Pet Photography - Reflections
September 25, 2020 -
This week's pet photography blog theme is 'reflections'. As I thought about this over the course of the last several wee...
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Pet Photography - Theme "BFF" (Best Friends Forever)
August 21, 2020 -
This week's theme is "BFF" and in this case, it means "Best Friends Forever" as I have noticed on google that this can h...
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Pet Photography - Filling the Frame
July 31, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Fill the Frame". One of the things that make photographs interesting and compellin...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Noses"
July 17, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Noses". We all know when we are walking our dogs and they catch a scent that they...
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Pet Photography - Theme Water
June 12, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is 'water' - as a family that has done boating, hiking to waterfalls and just hanging...
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Pet Photography - Photographer's Choice - Get those end of life portraits while you can
May 29, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Photographer's Choice" and I'm touching on a subject that many do not want to. Thu...
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Pet Photography - Black and white photographs
May 22, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is black and white - and most of the time when this kind of theme comes around, I'll l...
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Pet Photography - Early morning 'golden' hour
May 15, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Golden Hour" and I've noticed several things about Florida's "sunshine state" weat...
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Pet Photography - before and after photos
April 24, 2020 -
This week's photography blog for pets is "before and after". There are many photographs that I just do very simple and m...
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Pet Photography - Senior, older dogs in wide open spaces
April 03, 2020 -
Wow, I have got to say that I need to figure out how to find some 'normalcy' our of the crazy world that we are living i...
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Pet Photography using shallow depth of field
March 27, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is 'shallow depth of field'. As we continue to stay at home, and away from most all pe...
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Pet Photography - Theme Colorful - Abby in front of mural
March 20, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is colorful. Last year a local painter decided to paint the building where the restroo...
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Pet Photography - using the rule of thirds to create great images
March 06, 2020 -
This week's pet photography theme is about a basic guideline/rule of photography called "the rule of thirds". This is a...
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Shades of Gray - black and white pet photography
February 07, 2020 -
This week's theme for pet photography is 'shades of gray' - I decided to use Abby for this week's photographs. What bett...
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Pet Photography with texture
January 31, 2020 -
Texture - it's all about the light on your subject, in this case Tracker - a black dog with golden eyes. The lighting in...
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Pet Photography in an urban setting
January 24, 2020 -
This week's blog features Nana, a hound dog previously used for breeding who is now with the Maxx and Me Pet Rescue. She...
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Pet Photography - Light it up!
January 17, 2020 -
This week it's all about light - 'get lit' is the theme! There are all different types of light that can be used for pet...
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Pet Photography - Telling a story, find a way around the obstacles, just follow me
January 10, 2020 -
We recently have been blessed (at least my viewpoint) with some cooler weather! Yay - wearing pants and not sweating! Th...
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Pet Photography - Out takes
December 20, 2019 -
This week's pet photography theme gives a 'behind the scenes' look at what happens when rescue dogs have different ideas...
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Pet Photography - Monochrome - black and white
November 01, 2019 -
This week has been busy - we photographed 9 dogs on Monday for the rescue (Maxx and Me Pet Rescue - www.maxxandme.org)....
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Pet Photography - Paint it black
October 18, 2019 -
This week's pet photography blog theme is "Paint it black" - and for me, this is a look inside what happens when we go t...
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Pet Photography - Into the Woods
October 11, 2019 -
This week's pet photography blog circle theme is "Into the Woods". For us, that's a wonderful way to spend our time - we...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Orange"
October 04, 2019 -
This week's pet photography theme is "orange" - oranges (hey, it's Florida!), Gators (hey, it's Florida), or perhaps a p...
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Pet Photography - Season Change
September 20, 2019 -
This week the theme is Season Change for our Pet Photography blog - and well, since I live in central Florida, the only...
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Pet Photography - Theme Soft
August 30, 2019 -
This week's pet photography theme is "soft" - and our models this week are 'soft young girls' about 5 months of age - me...
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Pet Photography - Fill the Frame (with dog!)
July 19, 2019 -
This week's theme is 'Fill the Frame' for our pet photography blog circle. We met Axle this week - he is a rescue that i...
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Pet Photography - Doors
June 28, 2019 -
This week's Pet Photography theme is "Doors" and I took a little different approach than I originally planned. While vis...
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Pet Photography - Blue sky
June 21, 2019 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Blue Sky" and it comes when we here in central Florida have had a ton of rain. No...
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Pet Photography with the color Yellow
May 31, 2019 -
Wow, we have been busy doing a lot of dog photography lately as we head into the 'dog days of summer' when a lot of outd...
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Pet Photography - Photographer's Choice
May 10, 2019 -
This past week we hosted our first fundraiser for Maxx and Me Pet Rescue (https://www.maxxandme.org) at Advantage Pet Ce...
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Pet Photography - Dogs with People - behind the scenes of a photo shoot
May 03, 2019 -
This week's theme for Pet Photography is "Dogs with People". In my blog this week, I took a different approach than many...
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Pet Photography - Play Time
April 26, 2019 -
This week the theme is "play time" and with that said, these types of photographs are typically snapshots when I take th...
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Paying the model - Snack time in Pet Photography
April 19, 2019 -
This week's theme is 'snack time' which can be rather fun at my household of four dogs. I've taught them all they must s...
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Pet Photography - Theme Portraits
March 22, 2019 -
This week's theme for Pet Photography is 'portraits'. If I google the 'official' definition of the word portrait, this i...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Green'
March 15, 2019 -
As we approach St. Patrick's Day, this week's Pet Photography theme is "Green". This weekend they will do the annual 'ri...
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Pet Photography - Depth of Field - to blur or not to blur the background
March 08, 2019 -
This week's Pet Photography theme is "Depth of Field". That's a photography term, not necessarily a term that everyone i...
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Pet Photography - No Place Like Home
March 01, 2019 -
This week's Pet Photography is "No Place Like Home". Now, I personally believe it was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz who ma...
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Pet Photography - Road Warrior
February 22, 2019 -
This week's theme, Road Warrior, features Abby who loves to hit the road (actually, all the dogs do). I'm blessed that a...
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Pet Photography - Tale of Tails
February 15, 2019 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Tale of Tails". Interesting things about those little dog tails (tales?) Jimbo, my...
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Pet Photography - Composites
February 08, 2019 -
This week's theme is "composites" - enter the wonderful world of digital photography and the software that makes composi...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'The Eyes have it'
January 25, 2019 -
It's been a while since I have done the pet photography blog circle, but working to get back into the swing as 2019 is n...
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Pet Photography - Theme "In a chair"
December 14, 2018 -
As we get close to the end of the year, it's becoming a busy time - but the last month I have been working with some pho...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Get High" (so we went to the playground!)
November 23, 2018 -
This week's theme is "Get High" - essentially get higher than your subject - look down at your subject. The dogs and I w...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Bokeh'
November 16, 2018 -
This week’s Pet Photography theme is “Bokeh”. This term comes from the Japanese language, which literally translates as...
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Pet Photography - Rescue puppies from the Bahamas
October 27, 2018 -
This week Jim and I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph and play with three really friendly and wonderful puppie...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Photographer's Choice"
October 19, 2018 -
This week the Pet Photography theme is "Photographer's Choice". This week has been Jimbo's sixth anniversary - so we hav...
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Pet Photography - Theme Isolation
October 05, 2018 -
As we enter the last quarter of 2018, the beginning of October, our Pet Photography theme is "Isolation". My immediate t...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Natural Light'
September 28, 2018 -
This week's Pet Photography theme is "Natural Light". I've been busy with a few other things the last few weeks and have...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Brown'
August 31, 2018 -
This week's pet photography theme is 'brown'. At first I thought of a 'brown dog', then 'brown eyes', then 'brown backgr...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Golden Hour'
August 24, 2018 -
This week's pet photography blog is about the 'golden hour'. I guess technically, there are two golden hours each day. I...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Negative Space'
August 03, 2018 -
As we begin the month of August, our weekly blog for pets is 'Negative Space'. I will have to say, this is not a concept...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Head Tilt"
July 13, 2018 -
This week's pet photography theme is the 'head tilt' - you know when your pet gives you that curious? questioning? and i...
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Pet Photography - Theme "By a Nose"
July 06, 2018 -
This week's theme is "By a Nose" as we have now crossed the halfway point for the year 2018! It's hard to believe that h...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Blue'
June 08, 2018 -
It is interesting that this week's theme for pet photography is "Blue" and I've been down with a pretty good cold since...
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Pet Photography - Meet Nina
May 25, 2018 -
This week's pet photography blog features Nina who is looking for her forever home. She is a very sweet dog, loves her h...
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Pet Photography - Theme "Humor"
May 18, 2018 -
This week's pet photography theme is "Humor" and I find that there are several different types of humor within the canin...
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Pet Photography - Theme Colorful
May 04, 2018 -
This week's pet photography theme is colorful. A google search indicates this word means "having much or varied color; b...
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Pet Photography - Theme 'Head shots'
April 20, 2018 -
As we enter the middle of April, we are showcasing 'head shots' of pets. I doubt they are using them to apply for an act...
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A dog photo session with Bailey
April 08, 2018 -
This week's blog post is about a dog photograph session. Sometimes we arrive to photograph a pet aka dog and find that t...
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Pet Photography - Theme Minimalist
March 09, 2018 -
This past weekend I noticed another photographer at our local park - it's two blocks from my house and just about every...
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Pet Photography - Theme Wide Angle
March 02, 2018 -
This week's theme is "wide angle" which allows the camera to capture a large amount of the overall scene. One factor to...
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Pet Photography - Theme Depth of Field
February 02, 2018 -
This week's theme for Pet Photography is "Depth of Field" - this is a concept that is used within photography to control...
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Pet Photography - Theme Catch lights
January 26, 2018 -
This week's theme for Pet Photography is "Catch lights". For those of you that might not be familiar with this term, tha...
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Pet Photography - Theme Fill the Frame!
January 19, 2018 -
Pet Photography can be fun and rewarding and I love 'filling the frame' with the pet. I'm often getting really close to...
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Pet Photography - Theme Rule of Thirds
January 12, 2018 -
As we begin to get into the swing of the new year, our Pet Photography blog theme this week is "rule of thirds". Let's b...
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Pet Photography - Theme Blank Slate
January 05, 2018 -
As we begin a new year (2018), our theme for Pet Photography this week is "Blank Slate". As many of you know, I voluntee...
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Pet Photography - Theme Bold Colors
November 03, 2017 -
This week’s pet theme is “Bold Colors” so I began my quest with a few google searches to get some ideas on what ‘bold co...
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Pet Photography - Theme Unusual
October 27, 2017 -
This week's pet photography theme is 'Unusual' and several ideas come to mind when I think about this but being able to...
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Celebrating 5 years with Jimbo, our potcake dog from the Voiceless Dogs of Nassau
October 15, 2017 -
As October 16th rolls around, I recall the evening that Jim and I drove over to St. Petersburg to pick up Jimbo - he was...
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Dog Photography - using textures in your photographs
September 29, 2017 -
Week 39 of the Pet Photography Blog Circle - this week's theme is "Textures". I can't believe that it is already the 39t...
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Dog Photography - it's all in the eyes
September 22, 2017 -
This week’s Pet Photography theme is “Eyes” which in the world of dogs, are typically some shade of brown but there are...
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Pet Photography using beautiful bokeh - the blur behind your subject
July 07, 2017 -
Pet Project 52 - while this is a 52 week project, I joined late - so perhaps I will cycle back around to the beginning o...
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Gracie - Rescue dog portrait session
May 14, 2017 -
This week I photographed several dogs that were rescued and are now within the care of Maxx and Me Pet Rescue. Each of t...
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Gone to the dogs....
September 11, 2016 -
Just over a week ago, we were being pounded with rain and lots of it too. Then we got the joy of no electricity for a da...
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Pet Photography - Rescue Dog
September 04, 2016 -
This past weekend, Jim and I traveled over to Winter Garden, Florida to photograph a young male pit bull dog (Earl) curr...
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Rescue Dogs for adoption
July 24, 2016 -
Pet Photography is fast becoming one of my favorite types of photography. Jim and I volunteered to photograph these cute...
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Croc Encounters, Tampa, Florida
July 10, 2016 -
Croc Encounters is a sanctuary dedicated to rescuing reptiles. I did not know it, but this place is literally 10 minutes...
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McGruff - Rescue dog finds a home!
September 20, 2015 -
A week ago, one of our close friends asked if we could take some pictures of the dog she was currently fostering for a l...
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