WOOF • WOOF • WEDNESDAY

Lot's going on this week!  Just received notice that Fog Dog Studios was voted #4 in the 2013 Beast of the Bay Awards for Best Dog Photographer!  I had to read the email half a dozen times before it sunk in! So, so, so excited!

Now, to change the subject, here is something fun for everyone to try!

One of the dog groups I follow put out a challenge this past week.  "Shoot from the hip" or "shooting blind".  This works best with a wide angle lens and can be a lot of fun.  Definitely a lucky shot because you are not looking through the viewfinder so you have no idea what you are going to get.  Get down low and shoot up, stay down low and shoot from a "bugs eye view", be up high and shoot down.   In this case and for the challenge, I literally shot from my hip.  What great fun it is to experiment!  That is what it's all about right?  Have FUN!

I just love that squishy face!

PPGBA Year End Awards

Last night was PPGBA's 2012 Year End Awards and I received this:

Pretty stinkin' excited!!!!

Woof • Woof • Wednesday

The later part of last week was just stunning outside.  We had our own local celebrity stop by the studio to update his portfolio.  He wanted to include his newly wrapped car in a few of his shots.

We had a blast!  The best thing about this young man is that he pretty much grew up in the lime light.  It doesn't hurt that his doggie momma knows how to push his buttons with scrumptious homemade doggie treats (chicken jerky).

Woof • Woof • Wednesday (February 13)

Woof • Woof • Wednesday     We're Back!!!!

Yes, we took a little vacation from blogging so that we could really get into blogging.  You know, figure it out, learn how to write and not just post pretty pictures.  Still working on the "learning how to write" part.  In the mean time, a lot has been going on since the beginning of the year.  So instead of trying to "catch-up", let's start with  this one, an unusual, artistic and fun installment.  Here is a link to a the wonderful story about the baby grand:  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Piano-sounds-its-last-notes-by-the-ocean-4267465.php

Here is our story:

There is a baby grand piano on the bluff tops above the sea (ocean). A lonely grand piano for every passerby to see. Tickle her ivories, the tune a little off. It won't be long now, before her music will be lost.

An art installation by a very talented pianist and sculptor. This piano was donated to him because she could no longer handle a tuning. Every evening since the 1st of February he has serenaded the setting sun. Crowds of people gather to watch and listen to the ever fading baby grand.

The installation was to last until the end of February, but will be removed by our city because the proper permits were never issued. Sad!

I wanted to see the piano and I could not have picked a more perfect day. There was a young lady sitting and playing beautifully out of tune music, but it was perfect with the thundering waves crashing below. Gromit and I stopped and chatted and then we had our turn. Gromit looks like he is guarding it. We continued our walk and on the way back, a young man wearing a hoodie who was riding his skateboard earlier was playing away.  It really is incredible!!! I wish you all could see!