Clearwater Pet Festival

  Saturday I drove to Clearwater, FL to check out their Pet Festival. This event was not as large as the on I attended a few weeks ago but there were still many amazing dogs there with their people. This first picture was taken at the Siberian Husky Rescue booth.  This sweet one has one blue eye and one brown eye. As usual I wanted to take them all home, these animals radiate nothing but love.

  Entertainment was provided by Twig the Skateboarding Dog. Twig seems to really enjoy this!

  It is amazing what these pets can be trained to do! Also amazing is what they can be trained to wear apparently:

  This was not the only dog I saw wearing goggles. I am guessing they are to protect their eyes from the harsh sun but I am amazed they are okay with wearing them! My family's dog I am sure would have no part of these!

  I just love how the spunky personalities of these dogs show through on these photographs!

  I especially liked this last dog who was having a lot of fun with a tennis ball. He seemed like a super fun one and I really hope someone takes him home soon and plays ball with him all day!

  I am looking for some unique/well behaved dogs to photograph in order to expand my pet portfolio. I enjoy photographing them running and playing as well as 'posing' them and am also looking to use some off camera lighting for some more creative images. Contact me if you or anyone you know have a dog they would like professional photos of-stephaniellen11@gmail.com

Bark in the Park!

  Yesterday I attended the 24th Annual Bark in the Park to benefit the Humane Society here in Tampa. The event included a charity walk let by members of Rescue Ink, vendors, contests, and hundreds of dogs of all kinds!  I LOVE dogs so wandering Al Lopez Park seeing them all have so much fun was heaven for me! The fact that the Humane Society is even necessary saddens me so deeply.  The unconditional love provided by dogs is one of the best things in this world, so hard to comprehend what goes on in the minds of those who mistreat them!

  

  This was one of the puppies up for adoption. I wanted to take home 3 or 4!  The most touching moment of the day happened when I was photographing some of the fenced in puppies up for adoption. I was kneeling on the ground looking over the short fence when suddenly I felt a paw on my leg-I turned around and someones dog wanted me to pet him so sweet! Almost brought a tear to my eye. I wish I had a photo of that dog but it happened too fast. So sweet!!

  Dogs have different personalities, just like people. Many were alert and curious, very excited to be among so many friends. This guy however lacked any energy at all. Such long ears!!

  This Chow was recently adopted by my friend Tanya, his name is Fez. He had a great time and was very well behaved as were almost all of the dogs I saw. All of these different dogs got along better than similar groups of people!

  These dogs were having fun running hurdles in pursuit of tennis balls. So much fun!

  This is the longest tongue I have ever seen! This dog is 12 years old and is slobbers a lot. The owner told me it is a good thing she has tile floors she can easily mop up!

  Cute and oh so perky in his green scarf! I love when they seem to pose for me and look right into the camera!

  Finally I think this is my favorite shot of the day. How amazing is this husky puppy?  Look at those blue eyes! And no I did not enhance them they really were that blue!  

  I love photography dogs and am looking to photograph some with professional off-camera lighting with interesting backgrounds. Especially looking for medium-large dogs for this particular project who are well behaved and will sit still for at least a few seconds at a time :) If you are interested please email me at stephaniellen11@gmail.com.  

Merry Christmas!

Hello and Merry Christmas to all!  I am spending Christmas in Orlando with my family. Wanted to just share a few photos of our dogs who love Christmas too! Elly and Nutmeg both love opening their presents and want to snoop in everyone else's as well!

These first 2 are of Elly, my brothers dog. She is very mild mannered and was nice about me dressing her in the santa hat and collar. She knows what Christmas is and periodically wandered by the tree looking to see if her gifts were there yet but they were kept out of reach until the last minute!

Nutmeg lives with my parents but I consider her to be my dog too. I picked her out from her brothers and sisters when we got her she is very fun and sweet! She removes the squeaker from all toys as fast as she can while Elly is more gentle and her toys last a long time.

I love this photo it looks like she just got back from a busy evening of delivering toys and is ready to sleep! :)

I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Stephanie

Scooter the Chef

  It has been some time since I took any photos of my neighbors dog, Scooter. As you can see he is one of the cutest dogs ever! He is very photogenic, sweet and patient though not too happy about wearing this outfit.

  My community had a vendor fair event where I was able to set up a table to promote my photography.  Scooters owner was helping out the man selling food there and Scooter was the mascot ha. He sat there for several hours and did not try to get the hat off! He is such a sweet little dog. I could tell he wasn't too thrilled with the whole idea though!

  Scooter is a popular dog here. He loves to go on walks and chase tennis balls on the tennis courts here as well as chewing on sticks.  He is a very lucky dog and everyone loves him of course!

  I think he needs to be a professional dog model as it is amazing that he will actually stand still for you unlike a lot of them. How cute is this?

  I hope I get the chance to take some Christmas themed themed shots of him. I love photographing dogs and would really like to get more work in this area.