Just a quick post here today : wanted to share some of my recent Dog Photography and Tessa’s Summer Portrait. If you don’t know already, Tessa is my Rottweiler. You’ve probably seen her before in my dog photography gallery…. she’s a professional model 🙂
I’ve found the most MAGICAL place…. and I wanted to take her there. I love how the grass comes up between the rocks, and the green bushes and ferns everywhere. I always see pretty butterflies floating around when I’m there… It almost feels like a dream.
In addition to looking totally magical and dreamy, it’s never too crowded and very quiet, which is what I need for a dog like Tessa. She’s naturally pretty shy and calm….. in fact she sat there and hardly moved the entire session…. but being able to let her off her leash without worrying about other dogs or people invading our portrait session was important to me.
I like this picture because this look is totally Tessa. I usually like dogs to perk their ears a bit, but Tessa hardly ever does. She’s very calm and relaxed. This is exactly how she looks most of the day, every day.
I added a slight texture to the top of the image, to enhance the overall appeal and give it more of a fine art appeal, which is characteristic of my Classique Portrait line.
The plan is to print this on fine art paper and then mat and frame. My consideration at this point is around a 24 x 36 or 30 x 40. A big dog like Tessa deserves a lot of wall space.
Hope you enjoy her portrait, and if you are considering the most magical portrait for yourself and your furry friend, feel free to drop me a note and let’s chat.
As you may or may not know, I’ve been on a quick trip to Florida for some business. On the way back we decided to drive along the Gulf Coast and find a nice stopping point. We settled on Dauphin Island, Alabama, and found a nice little place called Gulf Breeze Hotel. It’s a tiny 31 room hotel, but thankfully they allowed dogs and the beach was a short walk across the street. The entire island was more or less the width of the street + the beach on either side, sort of reminded me of Key West. It wasn’t too populated either so I can’t complain. We got there just in time for sunset, which I had big plans on photographing. Sadly there was a giant wall of clouds on the horizon so that meant the sun set earlier than it should have and it got dark quicker. I didnt have much time, but we took a quick walk and got one little shot of Enso walking with Jory. The following morning we took to the Dauphin Island Park for a quick walk and game of frisbee. Enso had a blast. Bonsai just watched.
