Fall-ing Away

Goodbye Summer, hello Winter...

With foggy-breath blowing mornings becoming a reality, we can officially say goodbye to our beautiful Summer.  
I am all for the heat and sun but there is something so special about Fall that you can't help but love.  The bright colours of the leaves as they float towards the ground, the way a bed of mist looms overtop of the school fields in the mornings, how it almost hurts when you breathe deeply from the sharp of the air.  It seems short lived as the mundane of the dark mornings and darker evenings inch toward us...
But for now, I'm taking it in!

I headed to a park where I spent a good part of the evening with my dog Kai and my camera.  
We go to this park quite regularly and I drive past it every day on my way home from work.   For the past few week coming home, I had I see the way the light  would hit all of the dandelions in the field and illuminate them with gold.  I had taken so many photos of this in my mind, but none in reality. 

So I dragged the dog out of the house (or he dragged me) and we went to play in the park.
I can't think of anything I love more than seeing my dog so happy.  It truly makes me smile ear to ear with a side of the "warm and fuzzies".

I wasn't planning on posting any of these photos but I thought,  these are really pretty and they make me smile, so maybe somebody else that reads this will smile and think so too! 

Enjoy!


This is a an artist that I came across while surfing for some fresh meat to add to my play list and I am now obsessed with:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rzoOVhXnbI&feature=related

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Jen, Josiah & Topper

I had a great time doing a photoshoot with Jen, Josiah and their recently adopted German Shepard, Topper.  It was Topper's first time at an off leash dog park and he was more than excited!  Not only was it his first time at the park, but it was also his first photoshoot experience!

Jen & Josiah had spent a lot of their free time volunteering at LAPS (Langley Animal Protection Society) as dog walkers.  When Topper came the facility, the two of them fell instantly in love with the big bear.  They had to have him!

It was quite upsetting to hear about Topper's life before Jen & Josiah adopted him.  He had spent the majority of his adolescent life tied up to a fence on a farm.  For the past 3 months the family of 3 have been working together with a dog trainer at the adoption center, continuing Toppers rehabilitation into a loving, social environment.
Having not had a lot of socializing with other dogs, Topper was a bit on the excited/nervous side...  He soon settled after we walked him around for a bit.

I am a HUGE dog/animal lover. 
I really enjoy working with animals and testing my patience when it comes to photographing them.  Topper was no exception.  He was a lot of dog to work with...  All 100+lbs of him.  However, he was a really good boy.  He listened quite well for the most part.  He sat, stayed and posed perfectly for the camera.  Something that many of my human subjects have a difficult time with. He he he...

Jen & Josiah were absolutely lovely.  They were such warm hearted people, we got along so well.  In fact, we are already planning a doggy play date to bring together Topper and my dog Kai. 
I had a great time capturing their happy little family.


Here is a song that I thought suited our shoot together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HORhWtXuOT4

Please find my favorite photos from our photo-date...

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