Goodbye, Sweet Boy...

Clancy

1995-2008

My sweet boy, Clancy, lost his battle with cancer of the salivary gland today. He was diagnosed with the disease less than one month ago. We thought that we were going to have 4-6 more months with him, but we found out this past week that the cancer had spread to his lungs. He started having trouble breathing and didn't want to eat his food anymore, so we knew the time had come to let him go. Our hearts are left broken today but we are grateful for the 12 wonderful years that we had with him. We could not have asked for a better dog...he always jumped in bed with me in the morning to give me kisses, greeted me at the door when I would come home and keep me company in my studio during the day. Things won't be the same without him and I know my other dogs will miss him as well. Clancy has probably given me 10,000 kisses over the past twelve years but it is 10,001 that I will miss the most.

This one of my favorite quotes...

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.

You are his life, his love, his leader.He will be yours, faithful and true,

to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

I hope he thought we were worthy...Here are some photos from over the years I wanted to share of Clancy...Thanks to everyone who has supported me for the past few weeks, your friendship has saved me...

New Banner and Photoshoot...

So what do you think of my new banner??? I wanted to get rid of the Mixed Media Design heading and rename my blog after my business name...I am not sure why I did not do that in the first place? Anyhow...it's nice to have a new look and I thought I would share a few photos from a recent shoot...Have a great Day everyone!

New Victorian Sofa....I love antiques

Isn't this just the coolest??? I have been looking for a small love seat/sofa that I can use in my photoshoots and this is the one I decided on...The minute I saw it, I fell in love. It cost me $250.00 and it's from the 18oo's in the Victorian style I am told. Overall it is in really good shape...it could use to be re-upholstered, but since I am going to be using it for dogs on occasion, I think I will wait on that major expense...The color is just what I wanted, with no tears, only a little bit thread bare on the front edge. Here are a few shots with my guys taking turns trying out the new sofa...

Brianna Graham Workshop

Hey everyone...I am back from an incredible weekend in Raleigh. I attended Brianna Graham's Photography Workshop and had such a great time! I have to say, her workshop is one of the best I have ever been to. Brianna and her husband Patrick were so amazing. They were organised, the flow of the workshop itself went very smoothly, there was a lot of hands on experience both with indoor and outdoor lighting and they were both incredibly open and willing to share any information they could to help you. So many photographers out there act like you asking for their trade secrets when you ask specific questions...Brianna was very open with what she does and exactly how she does it. How refreshing to meet a confident artist who knows that what she does is unique to her and cannot be reproduced and therefore has no fear in sharing...I can tell you, they are not in this for the money. They earned every penny with the amount of work they put into this and I came away very inspired and somewhat overwhelmed, but in a good way! Thanks Brianna and Patrick! Here are a few shot from the workshop...I am still learning to work with the new post processing techniques...I can't wait to try out some of them with my dog portraits!