Dog photography blog from Off-leash.ca

So, the Off Leash Photography, Playful Puppy Palace and Lostnhound teamed up to help Little Paws Rescue and party like is was … well you can imagine. Please enjoy the photos and keep in mind that the were taken in the chaos…

I have to say that photographing over 40 dogs, all in costumes presented quite a challenge. First the animals did not want to be dressed up and then had better things to do than pose for the portrait. I tried my best is a span of two and a half hours to do the best I can.. well judge for yourself.

[caption id="attachment_315" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Annie as a spider"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_329" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Coco as a witch"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_331" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Lenny, he was so sweet..he is a rescue dog too"][/caption]

If you thinking of adopting the small dog, give one a chance, there are a lot of abused animals that are waiting for the loving homes. And they are adorable!

[caption id="attachment_332" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Rio and Rondo are the rescue dogs too!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Bear as a bat"][/caption]

If you are wondering… the leaves that are in the background were picked up by me and my two little  helpers Jaden and Isabella. I have to say that the people who’s gardens we ransacked were very happy about it..

[caption id="attachment_333" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Jigger was dressed as a dragon, not the dinosaur like everyone else thought"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_334" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Asia is not too thrilled to be a hula dog.."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_335" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Stacie "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_336" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Sophie..acting properly to the occasion"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_337" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Francesca"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_338" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Kiddie won for the best costume"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_339" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="we cannot have a party without ...Pebbles"][/caption]

I am so exhausted today.. every time I close my eyes I see dogs, this is insane! Even for me.

[caption id="attachment_340" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Ellie"][/caption]

Ellie is a rescue dog too, she is so super shy…how can you not love her?

[caption id="attachment_342" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Lucy...smile for the camera!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_343" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Max... I can give my soul to you no charge!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_345" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Pocket"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_346" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Riley The Chocolate Lab"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_341" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Riley The Maltese"][/caption]

The name is the only thing they have in common, oh yeah and the fact the both are Canines…

[caption id="attachment_347" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Emmit"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_348" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Whelen"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_313" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Angel and Andy"][/caption]

My apologies to other doggies and their owners, I cannot possibly put all the photos in one blog..

Big thank you to Lisa from Puppy Palace, who organized the event and opened her heart and doors to Little Paws Rescue.

[caption id="attachment_349" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Lisa and Pedro"][/caption]

Glenn Renney from Lostnhound was serving hot dogs and pop, working hard collecting even more money for the cause! Thank you Glenn!

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignnone" width="427" caption="Glenn with one of his two beloved aussies"][/caption]

Thank you for all of you that came in and supported our event. I am sorry that I have not had a moment to chat with anybody, but someone had to take all the photos!

Happy Halloween!

Angie

So, my friend Glenn decided to help people and dogs by creating a new website, where people can register their dogs and post their photo in an event that the dogs becomes lost.

He was hanging out in the park spreading the word about his site LOSTnHOUND and I decided to help, since dog owners do not carry pictures to the dog park I did the snap shots while he got the info. we have lots and lots of dogs.

[caption id="attachment_191" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="That was just too funny!"][/caption]

Little Clio, with the funnies bark on the planet, met the big ones Abby, the Saint Bernard and Erys, the Great Dane.

[caption id="attachment_192" align="alignnone" width="399" caption="You can see little Clio rightbehing the Erys"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_193" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Abby, 160 lbs of love"][/caption]

The big dogs were quite popular and Jeter decide to make friends…

[caption id="attachment_194" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="From this photo I am not sure which on is scared more"][/caption]

And then Jeter wante to share a joke…

[caption id="attachment_195" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Hey buddy I want to tell you something funny.."][/caption]

And none of the dogs were eaten..

[caption id="attachment_196" align="alignnone" width="399" caption="Jeter now has some powerful friends.."][/caption]

We had so many beautiful dogs and so many great people! There was only one dog fight and there are no pictures…or irony just yesterday I go certified in Pet First Aid from St. Johns Ambulance and I was scared that I will have to put my training to the test today.. but fortunately there was not injuries. Some bruised egos maybe, but this is more of the human domain..

[caption id="attachment_197" align="alignnone" width="398" caption="Barley"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_198" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Give me that ball.....please?"][/caption]

As you can see on the photo above the dogs had lot of fun, there were treats for them and poop bags for the owners… well we all have our duties..dogs just have more fun ones!

[caption id="attachment_204" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="I am taller than you"][/caption]

Do you remember Lassie? I saw her on Sunday…oh, no wait it was Garcie..

[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Gracie"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_206" align="alignnone" width="398" caption="Izzy"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_207" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Kyla"][/caption]

Kayla was recently a star for a Modern Dog Magazine you can see her in all her glory in the Winter Issue.

[caption id="attachment_208" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Super star!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_210" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Maya"][/caption]

Well, so it was supposed to be a three dog session, but I am a sucker and wanted to include the puppies… ended up with one yard and six dogs. The puppies were, as expected, not interested in posing or staying in one place. Even the basket we try to use was no problem to get out of.. Eventually I gave up on puppies and we took the big dogs to the off-leash park, but I did came back next week to work with the puppies only since they all are going away to the new homes on Sunday and I might not get the chance to see them grow bigger. So in this blog post two sessions are  combined into one. I am no super woman, just a determined photographer that does everything to make the client happy.

[caption id="attachment_143" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="The proud parents Mocha and Freddie"][/caption]

Ok, so the shot below took forever to achieve, it took an hour and a half to get the puppies tired enough to stay in one place.

[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="The babies"][/caption]

Another interesting thing about photographing the puppies, they did not react to the usual sounds that get the grown ups looking. I had to develop all new repertoire of funny sounds to get their attention. Another thing about them the learned so fast and did not react to the sound they heard before.

[caption id="attachment_150" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Mocha, Freddie and Pumpkin"][/caption]

We could not get the dogs to stay together for the photo, so we used the leashes to keep them in position. The difficult thing with photographing the dogs of different colors next to each other is to get a good exposure so all the details are visible and the dark dog does not become the black blob.

[caption id="attachment_109" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Freddie with the toy"][/caption]

Freddie the Havanese Dog is such a gentle soul and he never gets to keep the toy, Mocha, the poodle, has an upper hand and she is always the one with the toy in her mouth. Holly, the owner was really happy that we managed to get Freddie running away with toy in his mouth.

[caption id="attachment_131" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Pumpkin puzzled after hearing me meow like an idiot"][/caption]

I just love these eyes!

[caption id="attachment_119" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Freddie"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_114" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Mocha"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_250" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="The puppies"][/caption]

Fall is the pumpkin season and I found out that can keep the puppies in they tracks.. and interested at lest until the eat the stem plus it makes it for a nice addition to the photograph.

[caption id="attachment_247" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Play that funky music..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_263" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="We are tired..but still cute!"][/caption]

Till next time! Happy Fall! Enjoy your pumpkins!