News From the Studio
Updated: April, 2011
New Skete Shepherds Finished
We photographed the last three dogs, "Basta", "Jarus", and "Lila". Here are a few samples:
Pooch Paparazzi!
I was in New York City this week and, having some time to kill, spent a day at the Leroy Street Dog Run photographing whoever came to frolic. I call this type of candid work "Pooch Paparazzi" and it's really just for fun. Here are some of my favorites:
More Shepherds
We photographed four more German Shepherds this week, "Bella", "Esme", "Kahn" and "Petra" for the New Skete project! Getting close to finishing, three more to go.
Show Time
We opened an art show at the Spiral Press Cafe in the Northshire Bookstore, 27 images of dogs and horses. This will be in display until April 3rd. Stop by if you're in the vicinity and let your friends know.
Shepherds!
We began photographing the German Shepherds, starting with one of the finest dogs I have ever seen, "Dux". He is a therapy dog and is as warm and friendly an animal as you could imagine. We then moved on to "Zoe", "Jarus", "Xenia" and "Kyra", all great and very beautiful dogs. You would expect quailty animals from a renowned breed like New Skete, but these are wonderful dogs.
The treat of the day though was little "Namja", a young puppy. She had us all laughing!
We will be busy on this project through the rest of the winter.
2011
We bagan the year by meeting with Julia Gates and Brother John of the New Skete Shepherds breedeing program. We brought our leather bound portfolio and a large print of "Mowgli and Cooper" by way of introduction to our work.
They showed us around the breeding area and agreed that we would do some portraits of their dogs for use in the program. What lovelky people!
A Great End to a Great Year!
Thanks to all of you for making 2010 an exciting year for Leslie and Rick. We had a great time meeting and working with all of you.
Yorkie
"Cino", a Yorkie named for Al Pacino appeared today with his owner, Lori. I had a very soft light working on him and got this very expressive image. To see this image is to understand why people often see my work as paintings, rather than examples of fine pgotography!
A Pair of Huskies
Lyra and Strider came in today asking to be shot as a pair. The owners, Suzan and Alan were fantastic at posing these beautiful Huskies.
Sprockett
We photographed "Sprockett" at the studio this week, a black lab and very friendly. I renedered the background in yellow to contrast the dog's head and created thisiconic image of the Labrador.
Mowglii and Cooper
One of our patrons, Barbara Spizzirro invited us to photograph her dogs, "Mowglii" and" Cooper" at her home in Westchester on our way back from Florida. Barb is a huge animal lover and has been a wonderful supporter over the years. Great shoot! Here's one of "Cooper"
