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Hi, and thanks for visiting Vivid Visions Pet Pix, the Pet Photography blogsite for Vivid Visions Photo-Graphics. We are currently updating this site to improve our delivery of information about our Pet Photography services. So, right now this is a work in progress, but you if you would like to find out more about our services, just visit us at our main site www.vividvisionsphoto.com Come back and visit us soon! Just before the holidays, a client who called me for a holiday portrait session was pet-sitting for their friend’s senior pit bull, Mari, and it was impossible not to include her in some of the shots. She wasn’t very active that day (I later learned that she is not very active on ANY day), so we worked around her, and managed to get her in a few solo poses. Joe and Rob, the clients, loved those images so much that just from the review on the camera LCD screen they ordered a digital watercolor to present to their friend for her birthday. I have had this image ready to post for weeks, but I had to wait until the gift presentation before going public. So, Happy Birthday, Jenny. I hope this image of your dear friend makes you warm and fuzzy.
 Today, January 2 2010, my special favorite fur kid, Boris the black lab, will have 13 candles on his birthday cake. In labrador retriever years, this is like turning 80 in human years. And while many people reach their 80th birthday, and certainly many dogs reach their 13th birthday, so many of them are experiencing failing health and beginning to realize that their time on this Earth is winding down. But if Boris is getting on in years, he is barely showing his age. Certainly, he has plenty of gray in whiskers, and even has a dusting of white in his eyebrows, but except for bit of a gimp in his walk, our dear boy is ready for anything, and has even grown some courage in his senior years. The dreaded vacuum cleaner is no longer cause to cower in the farthest room, and those crinkling newspapers that used to send him running for cover at the first turn of the page, now barely warrant a glance in its direction. Boris’s partner in crime has been Hogan, the younger black lab at age 9, and together they enjoy weekly runs at the beach, chasing rabbits, meeting new friends, and even getting lost in the tall grass. Hogan, who takes his title of retriever very seriously, will take it upon himself to corral Boris if he gets too far afield. And then a bit of boost into the truck, and a careful hop out in the driveway and they’re ready for the next adventure. What’s so extraordinary about Boris being an active 13-year-old canine? Maybe not much. But, before my special boy came along, I endured the painful too-early demise of goldens Indy and Harley, who both left to wait at the rainbow bridge before they were 8 and 7 respectively. It was a difficult period and Boris’s arrival into our family eased our grief immeasurably. So please join me in wishing Boris, my baby-dog, a healthy and happy birthday, with a wish for many more to come.
It takes more than love to support the homeless puppies at Last Chance Animal Rescue Fund. They just launched their Save A Life Campaign where you can donate funds to help with medical care, food, and other needs while the pups await their forever homes. Every little bit helps! Thank you! More details here: http://lastchanceanimalrescuefund.chipin.com/save-a-life-campaign This holiday weekend brought an extra special reason for me to celebrate, for after literally years of trying to capture a breeding pair of American Oyster Catchers who nest at my favorite beach-Gilgo on Long Island-I finally was in the right place at the right time, with my camera in my hand. These birds are unique looking shorebirds. They are about the size of a seagull, with yellow stilt-like legs about 6 inches long, and a long orange beak that they use to dig in the soft sand looking for, well, oysters, and other sand-dwelling crustaceans. In flight they are just as distinctive with a hooting, laughing kind of call that demands your attention. A very dear friend has admired them for several years, as he would often share the same tidal flats while clamming in Orient. I have been hoping to capture a usable image so I could convert it to a digital watercolor for him to enjoy. And here are my results:
 This was a photo that I processed in Photoshop, using filters and patterns. If you would like to know more about how, just send me an email and I’ll give you some pointers to start you off. Hard to believe it started out as photo, isn’t it? |
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