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One of two shoots I did for Rover on an overcast Saturday recently, featuring Mary Beth + Skittles, the pup of the house.
The idea with Rover is to shoot sitters in their space for an online profile, to give potential pet parents an idea of what to expect when leaving their dogs to board. (Oh, and to tackle the job in about thirty minutes.)
Mary Beth + Skittles did a great job at their first-ever photoshoot, turns out they're both naturals!
Save for the wind kicking us out of Seward Park a bit early, I had a near-perfect Saturday with these three. It's such an honor to document family moments for friends, and capturing these images for Greg and Jana was no exception.
Here are just a few of my favorite shots from our day:
Now that the hum of the holidays has faded out, it feels good to be getting back into the swing of life, work, projects -- all of it.
My first assignment for 2017 was a shoot for Lee. She's setting up her Rover profile, so we took Marley for a walk around the neighbohood to get some quick portraits.
We only spent about thirty minutes together, but Lee's warm energy and infectious smile will definitely stay with me for the long haul!
Winter Solstice, 2016.
Finally getting around to posting my first shoot for Rover, which took place back in September. The specs called for shots of the home, people and pets -- so I treated it like a hybrid Apartment Therapy / family portrait session. Carri, her husband, their son + their pups were absolutely charming! We buzzed through all the setups in just under forty-five minutes, and this is the result. Can't wait to do more of these!
Barry and I had the good fortune to spend a few hours at our friend Colin's studio recently, on a gentle, dreary Sunday afternoon that had no particular agenda attached. I'd realized about a month prior that it had been quite some time since I'd done a full shoot just for fun: aside from the odd photo I'd grab here and there, every full-blown assignment I've done lately has been for an Actual Job.
What I found out at this self-assigned shoot was surprising: I was infinitely more relaxed, looking for images instead of trying to keep up with them; I shot *way* less (I probably came home with about 1/4 of the captures that I usually do), and as we discussed during our time together, that the intersection of accident and incident is a very important place to cultivate for when it decides to visit. Funny that this place I found was the place I used to live in, and that it's the place I wound up needing to remember and go looking for -- part of me didn't even realize that I'd wandered away.
Colin is an amazing artist, and it was fulfilling in ways I can't describe to be in the presence of someone who is living, eating and breathing their calling. To wake up every day surrounded by, and immersed in, an ongoing, shape-shifting body of work is a place I long for, a place I hope I can align myself with someday.
As I read once, moving towards your Higher Self is kind of like being in-between vehicles: you've left your old car behind, a burning and explosive blaze far behind you, and you have yet to reach your new one. Discouraging, painful and tedious as it may be, the only important thing is that you keep walking toward it, not giving up, not turning back, and not losing hope.
A toast to that walk, be it a skip or a trudge, as 2017 knocks and beckons.
I spent a wonderful, muddy, windy, warm, sweet few hours with little Evie and her parents this past Saturday. She was an absolute gem -- so excited to get to the rest of these images!
