Three amigos

I had a canvas made from this photo I took at the Humane Society in August...Artistic Photo Canvas made the canvas and did a spectacular job and they delivered it to me in just a couple of days. I've had canvases made before at a few different printers but I think any of my future work slated for canvas will go to APC.  The canvas is now hanging in the lobby of the Humane Society of Vero Beach.

The puppies are part of a litter, I photographed the others individually but these three liked hanging out together.

Painting in the Parking Lot

When I drove into the parking lot across the street from Starbucks this morning I noticed a man setting up an easel and canvas and preparing to paint what, to my eye as a photographer, was a rather uninspiring scene. I kept looking at the building that was his subject and tried to imagine what he saw that attracted him.

Finally I went over to talk with him, learned his name is Alex, and after a bit asked just what it was that drew him to that scene. He explained that a group of artists will be using space in the building to display their work for a month or so in starting in July and he was putting his interpretation of the space on canvas to hang in the temporary gallery.

We had a nice chat as I watched him add blobs of colored oil paint to an empty canvas and slowly turn those blobs into recognizable objects as the building and its surroundings began to take shape. I really enjoy watching artists create their work, turning nothing into something, it's so inspiring. 

I left for Starbucks before Alex had finished so this is a work in progress.

Alex at work (or is it play?)

Tools of the trade.

Basset Hound

A portrait of one of the dogs we photographed last week.

Puppy-Lishious

This week we were able to photograph some puppies at the shelter...they're about 5-6 weeks old and just so cute. Although Sue and Linda, who have the job of  'wrangling' the doggies on the set, found that the cuteness wore off quickly. They had their shoes, shoelaces and ankles mauled by the 'ferocious' pups...and trying to get a puppy to hold still for second so I could get a photo was certainly no easy task.  After a hectic hour or so of making photos of each individual puppy, the little guys arranged themselves in their beds and gave us what I think are the best photos of the day.

Michael Boulton

A few pictures from the Michael Boulton concert at the King Center Sunday night. It was a darn good show, he has a really good band backing him up and he still sounds great. He sang a ton of his hits of course but he also 'rocked out' a few numbers and played a mean blues guitar ...which was a bit of a surprise to me.