OMG...I have fallen behind!  Yikes!  Well, I guess the best thing to do is get caught up!  NOW!

OK, so here goes.  I have met a number of wonderful doggies the past couple of weeks and have had the opportunity to photograph a few of them.  Here is another photo of Andy on a sunny day at the beach he looks so handsome!

Fun with Gromit.  Life with a Boxer is never dull.  For that matter, life with a dog is never dull, at least that's what I hear. 

 

I had been having issues with getting the tack sharp focus that I am used to getting while photographing.  No, it does not happen all of the time, but it happens enough to know that something is goofy when you can't get anything in focus...my eyes...age...?  I accessed the menu on my Canon 7D and reset everything to default.  Then went back and changed the few things that I know I want turned on or off - too many menus sometimes.  Anyway, I took Gromit out in the field with the neighbor and their dog and captured him trying to remove the shrub from the ground.  He does like to help while gardening.  Anyway, yup, there was something amiss in the 7D and the reset seemed to have fixed it.  YAY!!!!  Now to go back an "lens align my lenses - again!

Meet Roscoe.  I had so much fun photographing this wiggle butt!  He is so funny, and the looks he gives you...they will melt your heart!  He is a clown in a Boxer suit!  Here he flattened himself out on the sand and just started to scoot himself

I am working on a few more images that will capture your heart, just like he captured mine!

Here is another beautiful boy sporting his new hair cut.  Andy is a wonderful young man.  Not too sure about that camera pointing at him.  He is so sweet!

Say "Hello" to Mackey!  He is the cutest thing on 4 paws and smart as a a whip.  He is not very tall, but fast, fast, fast, fast, fast!  When he stops running, he sits.

What a beautiful day, what a beautiful boy!

I am still in such a wonderful frame of being right now.  I attended a PPGBA (Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area) meeting yesterday evening.  The speaker (Laurie Klein) was fabulous.  She spoke about how she was constantly having to reinvent herself and intention manifestation.   All right up my alley!  This was followed by a print competition where we were able to enter two prints (usually it is only one).  There were so many prints in the "Portrait" catagory, as each one went by, my heart pounded harder and harder, I could barely breath...then finally, the title was read, "Dinner Is Served"  The room exploded with chuckles of laughter and delight as my portrait of Gromit the Boxer Dog was turned to face the judges....still holding breathe....score of 83!  WooHoo!!!  To many of you that may not mean much, but in the grand scheme of things, it's really good, the print earned a merit. 

This was followed by "Bah Hum Bug"  which scored and 80...also a merit!  What a great evening for me.  "Dinner Is Served" was high print score in the Portrait category!