Here’s another one from the Big Dogs Huge Paws project.
Meet Grumpy, a Newfoundland/Bull Mastiff puppy.
My sister sent me this card once, for a birthday years ago:
I’ve always kept it for two reasons: one, I like the simplicity and two, because I love that my sister thinks I look cool when in fact I rarely do (my clients will know first hand that I am not prone to dressing in anything but the most comfortable clothes with little to no regard for what actually looks good. In fact, more than once I’ve been shooting away only to look down and realize I have two different, non-matching socks on). Anyhow, I thought of this quote when I met Kathy and her Newfoundland, Sam. Because they actually do always look cool. They are both beautiful, at ease with their surroundings whatever they may be, and always look as though they are effortlessly enjoying themselves, which just happens to be a fabulously photogenic combination.
I’m fond of these aerial shots of Sam + Kathy on the beach (that would be the river, not the actual ocean, although I love that fact that you can’t tell that in these photos).
Nain is a 2-year-old Newfoundland that I’ve been meaning to photograph for ages now. His mom, Ashley, dog-sits for us sometimes when we’re gone. She’s a sweetheart, and was up for anything in this shoot. We did the shoot in downtown Golden, CO, which is one of my all-time favorite places. I’d been wanting to do a shoot there for a while, so I was excited when she was up for it. Her boyfriend, Josh, was awesome too – and I can’t say enough about Nain. He just sits happily wherever you put him – basically the ideal dog model. (And he loves the snow probably more than any dog I’ve ever met. Around this time of year I get snow-dog envy pretty bad considering my dogs won’t set foot out the back door in bad weather unless they’re covered head to toe in gortex).
