Client Session

October 2013. The scene is set for an epic adventure into the west with my wonderfully amazing friend Jen from Maryland (she’s a photographer too, check out her lovelies: J. L. Gould). The plan: Jen was to travel from Maryland, snag me in Minnesota then we’d head west, armed with our cameras.  The trip was misadventure redirected adventure after a pair of 2 right shoes set the course rolling.  Many miles later, Jen arrived in Minnesota. And her back promptly decided that it needed to be all kinds of fancy and be extremely out of wack. An ambulance ride, ER visit and some loopy drugs later, it was decided that I would pilot the road tripping vehicle back the direction it had come. Enter in my first road trip to the east coast.

Jen, being impaired under some spectacular loopy drugs, wasn’t up for much activity when we arrived back to Maryland. Luckily she had furry companions who were happy to entertain me. Brie, her funky old man lounged and mostly was indifferent to my camera. (Fun fact: all of Jen’s cats have been named after cheese…)

*Brie passed away in May 2014

 

Afterwards I spent a lovely amount of time outside (who’s fall is 70-80 degrees?!?) doling out treats and snagging pictures of the antics of Jen’s gang. Chakotay the reddish husky mix who delighted in mugging for the camera and showing me where he kept his frogs and Bosco his brother and the big wimpy baby with fluffy black fur and a well aged face (the brothers were 14 years old at the time) evened out with the bit of crazy from the lard butt that is Townsend. They adored the treats I offered (after I left Jen said I broke her dogs because they now insisted on having treats whenever anyone would go outside – heehee).

*In the fall of 2015, Chakotay & Bosco passed away. I’m honored to have met and photographed them.

 

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!

This tossback goes back to a rainy fall day in 2013 when I met up with Daisy & Penny for the first part of their split session. The girls didn’t mind the rain and were happy to jump off the dock to show me their swimming skills. These two were total hams and it was a blast capturing their fall session!

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!

Bear was an awesome shiba inu I had the chance to photograph in Florida in February of 2014 while I was attending the Hair of the Dog Workshop. He was a rescue and was a little nervous around my fellow photographers and our cameras. Some solid one on one time and Hewbrew National hotdogs (they are a gold mine in regards to smelly treats, but man are those buggers greasy!) and Bear was working the camera like a pro!