Into the Next Decade: Lessons and Growth from the Past 10 Years

The 10 year marker, one decade worth of time. Yes technically any span of 10 years counts, though in the calendar it falls on the even year ending in 0. (This will be the 6th decade to start in a leap year since 1900.) 2010, ten years ago: About A Dog Photography was no more than an idea (it came to fruition two years later) Mick & Icey were my pack. Axle arrived Christmas day 2011, Bender two Januarys afterwards Employment was RCC/Boot Barn & JCPenny Portrait Studio, both in the mall Photography was growing in skill, the Nikon D300s […]

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Pie for Everyone This Thanksgiving — Yes, Even Your Dog!

The turkeys are being bought, the stuffing stuffed, the cranberries are singing, being de-canned or compoted, while potatoes prepare to be mashed and smothered in matching turkey gravy. The end of the meal has released the belt at least two notches,  a statisfied sign, a burp then the wafting goodness as the last element of classic Thanksgiving is pulled from the oven. PIE! Around here pumpkin pie with an over generous heaping of whipped cream caps off the meal. Which got us thinking, could dogs delight in the same pie goods as us humans? In a way yes. Traditionally pumpkin

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Mr. Blue Sky | 52 Week Blog Ring Archive

Minnesota dog photographer About A Dog Photography |  52 Weeks is a blog circle with a theme for every week (which means we all link to each other, links are found at the end of the post). Oh Mr. Blue Sky, how welcome you are, especially when you blanket us with those lovely warm temps and dapple with poofy white clouds akin to drawings of children. Granted, those clouds often congregate, sewn together like a lumpy quilt to hide the blue or become whirling dervishes of teenagers full of thunder and deep greys, peeing everything in their path. Ah the bipolarness

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Mastering Leading Lines in Dog Photography

About A Dog Photography – Minnesota dog photographer |  52 Weeks is a blog circle with a theme for every week (which means we all link to each other, links are found at the end of the post). Leading lines, the well known & versed “rule” of composition where a line leads the viewer into the scene to the subject. The lines can be literal lines – roads, paths, fences, etc – man made or organic. They can even be lines that don’t exist – implied leading lines. (Implied leading lines often happen with eyes – we look the direction the

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Capturing Snacks + OCF: 52-Week Project Archive

About A Dog Photography in St. Paul, Minneapolis & St. Cloud MN |  52 Weeks is a blog circle with a theme for every week (which means we all link to each other, links are found at the end of the post). Mmmm… snacks! Those tasty little morsels found between meals, sometimes an indulgence, sometimes just for a big of a boost, often for both. Bender rather enjoys snacks. Cucumber ends, radish slices, lettuces and spinach leaves, carrots, cheese, table scraps, most people food and dog biscuits (aka cookies). Eating snacks is easy. Catching snacks seems to be a bit of

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