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Eva and Paddy :: Ohio Dog Photographer

Mary — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:47:40 +0000

I’m so lucky to have friends with gorgeous dogs. These wonderful dogs belong to my dear friend and agility instructor. Not only are her dogs beautiful and well-trained, she has a yard that gets amazing late evening light.

Dearest Eva – the prettiest doberman, EVER!

And the No. 1 ambassador for the breed (there have been more rat terrier adoptions due to this dog, than just about any other breed I know), Paddy. This little guy has to be one of my favorite models. He’s completely cooperative and wonderfully patient. He’s just a great little guy (and, ahem, one of the top agility rat terriers in the country! Go Paddy!)

I used two of my favorite textures on these black and white images. One is Magic Veil, free from AlicePopkorn on Flickr. And another texture from Flickr, Aglarond by Max F. Williams.

And the winner is…

Mary — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:57:15 +0000

The winner of the drawing, pulled from all of the entries gathered at Saturday’s Dog Jog, is Marie Hemlinger and her dog, Rocky! They are the lucky winners of our special one hour photo cookie shoot!

How does it work? We spend one hour capturing some fun photos of your dog. Then we take your four favorite photos from the session and have them transferred onto these beautiful photo cookies!

Congratulations to Marie and Rocky! And thanks again to all of the nice people and their amazing dogs who we got a chance to meet on Saturday.

To purchase prints from the 2009 Brecksville Dog Jog, visit the online gallery (password: brecksville)!

Ellie Retouched

Mary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:06:41 +0000

Using this tutorial, I played around with painting over a photograph. In this case, I like the results. The process takes alot of patience. Something I’m not always very good at. I could have easily spent a few more hours on this to get it really looking good.

Textured Girlies

Mary — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:42:42 +0000

This was a bunch of fun. Following a textures tutorial from the MCP Actions blog and using some free textures that I found on flickr, I had some fun with these photos of the girls. I kind of like the results. I think Ellie’s portrait (on the left) has a Rembrandt feel to it. Katy’s reminds me a bit of an old print that you might find covered in dust at a hunting lodge.

The tutorial on how to use and apply textures is here.
Check out the free textures available on flickr here, here and here. Nice stuff!

Ellie at the Park

Mary — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:28:07 +0000

Getting the action shots in focus is an ongoing challenge for me. For outdoor action, I set my focus to AI Servo, with only the center point selected (then hope for the best!) I definitely need more practice with this because I get very few shots that are in acceptable focus. I can cheat a bit for presentation on the web – since shrinking the image and sharpening fixes some softness. But that is definitely a work-around and my goal is to start with sharp focus and not have to “fix” it later!

The running towards me shots are the toughest. In the lower right, Ellie’s eyes are still pretty soft, even with pp fixes.

(These shots are from a few weeks ago when the snow was still pretty deep! It’s all gone now.)