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Happy Halloween

October 31, 2008 – 4:58 am

Is Happy Halloween the right thing to say? It just doesn’t seem right for some reason. If Halloween is all about ghouls and ghosts then why would we say that is happy? Anyway, I guess you can tell that we don’t really ‘do’ Halloween in Australia so the whole experience is new to me. Having said that, it’s all a bit of fun. 

The other morning I was walking Zoe past our neighbours house and when I checked to see what she was sniffing I let out a small scream (It was really small OK!). Our neighbours had planted a fake, severed hand in their front yard and I completely wasn’t expecting it. I think I made their day though. I could hear peals of laughter coming from their house.

Tonight I’m going to a small party at a friends house and we’re having cocktails and I’m carving my first pumpkin. I think they took pity on me when I asked what I had to do when kids came trick or treating. It’s so much fun living in a new country!

Kudos to Mel for the design and photography for this shot. We put it together for the ARF 2008 Calendar, and I think I was the dog wrangler for this particular session. Mel had the best ideas!

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Zoe in Autumn Leaves

October 15, 2008 – 10:45 am

In 2007 I helped out with the 2008 ACT Rescue and Foster Calendar. It was a fun project, although at times it was difficult to work in the studio with rescued dogs who had little to no training. In fact, difficult is an understatement. For the Autumn themed shot we had all these georgeous leaves filling up my studio. The dog we were working with was a little excitable. Leaves were flying everywhere and half way through the session, she peed all over my backdrop *sigh*. You might think that was bad, but then she was so excited that she swiped her tail through it and pee was flicking over everything. Trust me when I say I needed a shower after all of that.

Anyway, when everything had settled down, I decided that Zoe would look lovely on the leaves. Oh the joy of working with a dog who knows how to drop, stay and look at me! Plus, she’s so darn pretty.

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Jonty goes to sea

September 17, 2008 – 9:50 am

You’ve seen Jonty before in this photo. Jonty’s brother Bailey also dressed up as a sailor in this photo.

At one stage I had intended to produce a calendar of dog’s dressed up as different professions. My girl Zoe, was even photographed in a police hat and holding a baton. I really must try to find that photo. Anyway, that calendar never happened because I ended up taking on the job of photographing the calendar for the local dog rescue organisation, and I didn’t want to compete with a charity I was helping out :)

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Ms Chloe and her hundred puppies

September 11, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Yesterday we had Mr Knuckles and today I bring you Ms Chloe. What an amazing girl. For this shoot she had to sit patiently while we covered her with one hundred little miniatures of herself. Each of the puppies was sold off and proceeds went towards Pink Ribbon Day and the search for a cure for breast cancer.

I’m amazed what lengths people will go to in order to raise funds for worthwhile charities, and I’m currently tossing around ideas for my next act of philanthropy. I have some ideas, but does anyone have any suggestions for a dog charity doing great work who would be worth supporting. 

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Daffodil Day

August 22, 2008 – 7:39 am

This photo was taken for the ARF calender last year and was used for September (being Spring Down Under). I thought I would post it today becuase it is Daffodil Day in Australia. I have lost two of my Aunts to Cancer and I think the sooner they find a cure to this awful disease, the better.

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Puppies for ears

August 10, 2008 – 4:45 am

In 2006 I did some photography is support of Pink Ribbon Day. A lady I had met was raising funds for this very worthwhile cause by selling little stuffed toys which were replicas of her Black Standard Poodle, named Miss Chloe. I had travelled to Louise’s house to photograph Miss Chloe with 100 poodle toys. One of these days I’ll post those photos, but for the time being, here is her son hamming it up for the camera.

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Should ‘A Dog A Day’ take a break on the weekends?

July 19, 2008 – 7:50 am

When I first started A Dog A Day in April, I had planned to post a photograph of a dog every day of the year. I’ve recently started tracking the traffic to this blog and haved noticed a drop in visitors on the weekends. I’m considering make ‘A Dog A Day’ a five day a week thing, but I’d really love to know what you, the blog readers think.

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