So in December, I photographed Seamus and Maddie. Seamus is what his owner Tracy calls "the ridiculously photogenic mastiff." And he is. I put a call out on my Facebook page (oh please stop by, it's fun there!) for a dog model and Tracy volunteered Seamus.What I was looking for was to add to my growing collection of "I Love L.A." shoots. This is where we go to an iconic place in Los Angeles and have a quick photo. Sometimes these aren't particularly long sessions... we're going for one thing that works... and that was the case with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art photo shoot at the Urban Light sculpture. That place is popular. Tons of locals and tourists all jam around the lights to ...
Sunday, December 28, 2014
I had an enormously good time photographing Seamus, the mastiff, and Maddie, the yellow lab. Their owner, Tracy, wanted one of my studio shoots, which worked out great on the day we scheduled the session because my car was already going to be loaded with studio equipment from a headshot shoot I had earlier that morning.On my drive over, I was actually thinking that, gosh, I'd really like to find a place that has willow trees because they are so majestic and flowing, they would look great as a backdrop to shooting dogs.Well, when I pulled up to Tracy's house, she had a greenbelt right in front of it that had pink pepper trees, which are very much like willow trees in the flowy/showy ...