Tag Archives: Art

Finding Nemo

June 10, 2008 – 8:00 am

In early 2007 I was really starting to ramp up my pet photography business. I had a steady stream of clients and I was looking to improve processes and start on the next direction the business was going to take. That’s all history now, because my ‘real job’ took priority when I was offered an awesome position in San Diego for three years. 

Just before I found out about the move, I had designed this postcard featuring a handsome German Shorthaired Pointer named Nemo. I had a whole bunch printed, but I never really got around to using them at all. The process was a lot of fun, and I’d really like to learn more about graphic design. Perhaps I should do a course, or…..maybe I have enough on my plate and I should just stick to experimentation :) A good start might be a redesign of the blog to make it look a little more funky. What do you think?

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How do you define your style?

June 8, 2008 – 8:23 am

I just love black and white dog portraits. There are few dog photographers I admire who seem to work solely in the medium:

Kendra Luck Dogumentarian

Kim Levin Photography

Frank Bruynbroek

And even though I love other people’s black and white shots, I just don’t seem to convert many of my own portraits to greyscale. I’m not sure why.

When I look at other photographer’s work I can see a clear style, but I sometimes think I’m all over the place with my images. I feel like I haven’t settled on *my* style yet, however I think sometimes we are a little too close to our own work, so I probably do have my own style and don’t realise it. Anyway, I guess it’s good to keep trying new things.

What do other photographers think about their own style? Have you deliberately defined it, or has it just happened over time?

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Oh My Dog!

May 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

Oh My Dog! is a Fine Art Photography gallery in Idyllwild, California. Frank Bruynbroek is the artist and an awfully nice guy to talk to. I discovered this gallery during our short break in March and on the Sunday afternoon I convinced Brendan that we didn’t need another hike, but we did need to visit this gallery. 

I’m so glad we did. Frank was inspirational. His life story and how he ended up following his passion with dog photography spoke volumes to me. It was then that I decided that I wanted to get back into it. I had closed down my pet photography business in Australia to move to the USA with my real job as an Aerospace Engineer. I was missing it terribly. It became obvious to me that dog photography really is my passion and to be happy I really should pursue it. This blog is the manifestation of this realisation. At the moment it is my one creative outlet, but I’m sure there will be more projects to come in the future.

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