Tossback: Molly & Fred | St. Cloud

The rain threatened to unleash on us during Molly & Fred session downtown St. Cloud in 2013. Molly the petite springer spaniel rocked the classic downtown alley while Fred the golden retriever was a super star on the red of the St. Cloud Floral wall (this wall is going to be blocked by an upcoming condo being built). Since the rain hadn’t kicked up, we scooted out to Sand Prairie, snagged a couple of shots and wrapped up just before the downpour began!

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52 Week Project | White Balance for Mood

White balance for mood was this week’s theme for the 52 Week Project. Axle was the model, and I wanted to capture his impeccable “play dead” to create a different mood by pushing my white balance in Lightroom. We managed to get a couple of images but in typical Axle form he wanted to play more than play dead! Another benefit with Axle is those mega pouty jowls that make him look a little sad when he’s not panting.

White balance refers to the temperature of an image. Cooler colored images (more blues) tend to make things feel a little more sad and gloomy, while warmer images suggest a little more sunshine and happiness. Do you prefer the warm or cool white balance?

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And since we were in the yard playing with the new Orbee-Tuff Luna ball by Planet Dog (super durable and glows in the dark!) I couldn’t resist getting shots of Axle in action!

Next stop over to Charlotte NC based photographer Kim with BARKography and see how she worked with white balance to create a mood!

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52 Week Project | Sky

This week’s theme for the 52 Week Project was sky. Easy enough…. until the sky gods decided that those adorable poofy clouds were not going to be anywhere in sight. Icey, my rottie, was quite the trooper (she’s also been doing this for YEARS – pretty much since she’s been a 10 month old pup – she’s 10 now!). It may have also helped to have the tasty chicken treats with… She is definitely a food motivated dog! Her pink tag also attests to this (it reads: Feed me and tell me I’m pretty) and its from none other that the fabulous Bad Tags based here in Minnesota!

The first attempt we trekked over to the school, me with treats and my camera with my super wide lens on it. Day two had us on the edge of town by the soccer fields, once again with the super wide lens. With Icey being the pro model she is, she doesn’t have much in the way of looks… hahaha unless of course she’s barking on command!

Next visit Pet Love Photography, serving Greater Cincinnati and the San Francisco Bay Area to see her take on the theme of sky.

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Tossback: Honey | Florida

February 2014 I had the chance to go to the Hair of the Dog workshop in Florida. Who doesn’t love to escape the Minnesota freezing winter weather and learn more about dog photography?

Honey was one of our lovely models and this little pittie was quite the ham! She couldn’t have the chunks of Hebrew National hotdogs I had, but she posed for smells! Her coat pattern is super unique as pitties don’t carry a merle coloration. (Merle is splotchy coloration with a base color like red or grey with darker patches on it.) It is usually introduced from a Catahoula Leopard Dog somewhere in the background. Plus she was the only one of her litter that was merle!

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