Sweet Spot
Posted: February 5, 2010 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info 5 CommentsOnce a week, included in Rick’s daily news from the Denver Post is a small pullout section called Your Hub. The focus is local, community oriented. Adding a small delight to my evening, I saw this…
And now wish I’d stopped to take a photo of the marquee at the entrance to the fairgrounds. Dark had settled in. Right up there, in bright lights, scrolling across the marquee along with other happenings was Dog Training with Ana’s number. It would have been a cool photo…if I could have captured it without blur. Or, perhaps, with a blur. Shutter speed, Deb. Remember your shutter speed.
A couple of weeks ago Elliot, Edie, Norma Jean and I – especially I, especially me – started agility training on Monday nights. I made the evening leap to dog class because of Ana and Lori. They are awesome dog trainers! I love going to class. Sweet Spot, indeed!
Dogs in Review covers…
Posted: February 4, 2010 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info Leave a commentMy mom subscribed to lots of dog magazines. I remember them all. Poodle Review. AKC Gazette. Poodle Fancy. Dog World (when its heart was AKC show dogs). Kennel Review was the elite all-breed magazine. I read them as a teen-ager. I devoured them, while in vet tech school, on visits back home. After I moved to Colorado, she’d save her magazines for me. Rick hated coming home with another 2-foot pile of more dog magazines!
After mom died in 1997, I took over the subscriptions to her dog magazines. On her dollar, I read Canine Chronicle well into the 21st century. As an AKC judge Mary receives numerous magazines. Like mom, she shares, in particular the all-breed magazines. Canine Chronicle. And the fabulous Dogs In Review. Advertising has morphed over the years, from black & white photos complete with a dog’s pedigree and owner contact information to brand building the name of a dog in contention for the #1 spot. While I love looking at the ads themselves, as a die-hard breeder I admit bias to Old School ads with pedigree info.
I love Dogs in Review! It is classy! Alongside the artsy ads are interesting articles. This morning, via Facebook, Dogs in Review posted an album titled Dogs in Review Covers. This particular shot was taken by the very talented dog photographer Lisa Croft Elliott.
Use the links in the upper right hand corner of the album – previous and next – to navigate the album of covers.
Photographers…
Posted: February 3, 2010 Filed under: Art and Photography, DRambles on Black Mountain 1 CommentMonday the coolest thing happened.
For several years, in an effort to take better photos and learn something new, I’ve been reading, looking at great photos, listening to podcasts and, yes, pushing that shutter button now and again. A favorite podcast is Camera Dojo, hosted by Kerry Garrison. The original focus was on wedding photography – think art photos. The podcast has grown and morphed into current conversations about technique. Several months ago Kerry interviewed Jamie Pflughoeft, Cowbelly Photography in Seattle. Her focus is pet photography, so I really enjoyed that particular conversation.
For the past year, every month or so, someone has come into my grooming shop, leaving issues of Mile High Dog Magazine. The cover is always a beautiful photo of, what else? Dogs. Said person picks up any left over magazines for recycling…which I thought was awesome.
A month or two back, an article featured Jaime Rowe Photography. Like some of the other photographers, I’ve ‘met’ via podcasts, I became a fan of Jaime’s on Facebook….which means I’m often treated to awesome photos…usually wedding photos and now dog photos.
Monday when a representative from Mile Hi Dog Magazine came into the shop, wanting the owner to know how an article in her magazine had enriched my life – added relish, as Cort would say – I inquired if she was the owner. No, she replied. I’m a photographer. Guess what?! It was Jaime! And guess what else?! Jamie Pflughoeft was her mentor! Talk about a small world!
Just this past weekend, via Facebook, Jaime introduced her updated blog, asking for input ‘pretty please with sugar on top’. The photos are stunning, including her photos from France. Be sure to scroll down if you hop over to her blog.
This world of photographers is unbelievable, really. So giving of time and knowledge. I’ve learned that often they help each other, assisting as a second shooter. I mentioned something about that to Jaime (not that I have the expertise to be a second shooter!). She said there’s a nice group of local photographers and made me feel welcome. How awesome is that?!
Vickie’s latest project
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 1 CommentFrom her blog:
Nine hours later….… we had two 8-month old Apsos home and clean. Not only matted but urine-soaked feet and bellies. It took three people and almost six hours to get them cleaned up. Matted to the skin in various places on their heads, muzzles and around the neck, chest and shoulders. Feces caked on the rear.
A new fetish
Posted: February 1, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 5 CommentsHi Debby,
Meet “Happy”. While looking through the native fetishes in a favorite store, I found this incredible carving of a lhasa apso. It was done by Felica Martinez, carver from the Zuni Pueblo. Surprising on so many levels–first just to find a dog fetish and second that it was an apso! Dogs in the Native American world are simply considered part of the working household, not ordinarily subjects for their artwork. Felica has been encouraged to try carving different dog breeds. Happy is less than 2″ and fits nicely in my medicine pouch. Keshi, a business based in Santa Fe, offers great examples of Native American art from the Zuni Pueblo.
http://www.keshi.com/
Kathy
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 