This week’s theme was my pick 🙂  You might not be suprised to learn that I chose ::Rescue::

 

I’m incredibly lucky.  I work with one particular Rescue on a weekly basis and have met hundreds of dogs that have have been saved from death row and are now treated with every ounce of respect & love they deserve.  Humans really do disgust me sometimes.  The excuses given as reasons for giving up on an animals life see me astonished on a daily basis.  Animal Rescue quickly takes over your life once you’ve looked into the eyes of an animal and seen the terror left behind from an “owner” that should have never been given the opportunity to own such a selfless, loving & loyal creature.  My heart has been broken so many times, and yet every single rescue pup I photograph gives me hope that one day everyone will see the absolute beauty in each and every dog that has been brought into this world.

 

Yesterday I met 2 of our foster Mum’s at a local Park.  It was heavilly overcast & bucketing it down with rain, yet, to my suprise, both fosters still turned up – stood in the rain for 15 minutes each & let me take some photos to help their foster babies find their homes hopefully a little bit sooner 🙂  If you’re an animal lover you’ll know that the bond you form with them cannot be helped.  I’m such a believer that a foster baby KNOWS when they’ve been rescued 🙂   As I watched Emma walk in the rain with Lucy I managed to capture through my lens exacty what felt in my heart – the love & trust that is only experienced through Rescue.  To everyone who has ever shared a rescue pup’s photo, told a friend they should adopt & especially to those who dedicate their lives to helping the voiceless, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU xxx

 

 

Now head over to Pittsburgh Pet Photographer, Nicole Begley & see what Rescue means to her 🙂

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So . . this week’s 52 Project Theme was the digital darkroom.  I often get asked how much I “do” to my photos from when I download them to the computer unti my clients see their final gallery.  For an average 2 hour client session I can spend anywhere from 2-6 hours sitting at the computer individually editing every shot that I feel is my best work.  First of all I shoot in Raw.  For those that aren’t camera savvy it’s basically the format you take the photo in – a jpeg is a compressed version of a raw image – raw straight out of camera is basically a negative . . it’s got all the info I need, but in NO way is it ready to be hung on your wall!  As a general rule, I will always need to increase my exposure, enhance colours or sometimes decrease saturation of colours, increase the blacks, and get rid of any distractions that may have been caught in the corners or the background of my shots.  Client sessions (and rescue sessions for that matter) are not rehearsed, often I need to get rid of leads, drool, eye goobies, the seconds dog’s tail in the corner of the shot . . editing is a HUGEEEE part of my style – it’s like my signature & I know it’s part of what makes my work unique.

Here’s a shot of the beautiful Daisy & Zoe from a shoot last month – you can see the first image is dull, and Zoe’s lead is cutting straight through what is otherwise a beautiful pic of the two together (Zoe was kept on a long lead for the entire shoot as she quite likes to chase seagulls . . and not come back :p)

I’m happy to report Daisy & Zoe’s parents chose this finished image as part of their order – it will look fabulous on the walls of their gorgeous home 🙂

 

Please head on over to the awesome Boston Dog Photographer – Blue Amrich  and see what magic she creates in her digital darkroom! Remember to keep clicking on the links until you get back here 🙂

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My brother bought his girlfirend a Petography Voucher for Christmas.  Beautiful Mel adopted the gorgeous Puk from Staffy & Bully Breed Rescue as a pup after she saw a photo of Mum’s new foster baby.  It was love at first sight & Mel wasted no time in making sure that little man could be hers forever.  Puk is one spoilt little man – I love seeing her photos on facebook. . “Puk alseep” . . “Puk in the pool” (on a sun lounger i might add) . . “Puk in a bow tie” . .”Puk with a flower” . .”Puk playing with balloons” 🙂  He is loved so so much & there is nothing sweeter than seeing a rescue pup truely find a home where he is loved more than we can describe in words.  Here’s a few of my favourites from their shoot 🙂

 

 

  • Imogen - April 26, 2012 - 12:18

    Clare, this is an absolutely gorgeous set of photographs! I love the setting, and the colours and depth of field all work really well. I always enjoy checking your blog out and looking at your new material. Keep up the awesome work! Imogen (I found your website because I adopted a GAP hound) 🙂ReplyCancel

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Soooo this weeks (AWESOME) theme for the 52 Project was to pick a song title & create a photo to represent it.  As always my ideas & the dogs ideas were somewhat different :/  Whilst I planned to use the song “Me & My Shadow” (the CLASSIC Frank Sinatra) and get numerous sweet shots of Alfie & Jersey doing everything together (like the USUALLY do), unfortunately whilst we sat at the park to get the shots all Jersey wanted to do was anything BUT sit with Alfie!  So, in the most opposite of switches, the song of choice this week has been changed to “White Men Dogs Can’t Jump” !  Please enjoy my very lady like little girl doing what she does best . . .

 

 

 For more fun with song titles and animals follow the blog ring until you get back to Jumping Jersey!  Next in line is our  Toronto Pet Photographer, Posh Pets Photography 🙂  Happy Easter everyone!!

 

 

 

  • […] forget that this is a blog ring!  Take a quick trip to the land down under and visit Claire from Petography of Perth, Australia!   Keep on clickin’ and you will end up right back here. Posted in Project 52 « […]ReplyCancel

  • Sharon Stokes - April 6, 2012 - 19:26

    Awesome action shots! I love it when the models have their own ideas 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Kelly Ladouceur - April 7, 2012 - 00:54

    Wow, that is really some impressive air she’s getting! Nice!ReplyCancel

  • Dana Cubbage - April 7, 2012 - 00:58

    You know, they never cooperate when you want them to, do they? Oh to be a photographer’s dog!ReplyCancel

  • Kelly - April 7, 2012 - 02:16

    That is some impressive height. Does Jersey play with frisbees? Based on those shots it seems like she would rock as a disc dog.ReplyCancel

  • Steph Skardal - April 7, 2012 - 05:03

    Nice set of images!ReplyCancel

  • Nat - April 10, 2012 - 23:49

    those are brilliant! great flight captured 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Karen - April 11, 2012 - 02:41

    Look at that poor ball…it definitely gets a lot of play! Love the energy in these images!ReplyCancel

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This week the 52 Project Theme was a choice of Retro or Vintage!  I went with a recent shot of Mack with his foster Mum – I love everything about this photo & love that I could edit it ina completely different way to my usual style 🙂  Remember to click on the link at the bottom of this post & follow the blog ring until you get back to Petography 🙂  Enjoy 🙂

Mack the man

 

If anyone’s interested in adopting Mack just coment under the post & I’ll get some info to you 🙂  Now head over to Karla Ogilvie Photography in Encinitas and keep following the links until you get baqck to Mack!

 

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  • Dana Cubbage - March 23, 2012 - 20:16

    Love it! I almost did something similar but decided to go B+W instead 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Kelly Ladouceur - March 24, 2012 - 09:34

    This photo really does have a vintage feel – the texture conjures up the feeling of having a print in my hand. Very nice.ReplyCancel

  • Julia Koffel - August 28, 2013 - 22:48

    Hi,
    I am interested in booking a photo shoot for a friend and her 2 dogs. Do you do gift vouchers? How much do you charge for a photo shoot, and approx how much for prints?
    Thanks!ReplyCancel

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