Beyond the Dog Dish

Puppy Breath

In Your Bag
[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

I promise!! I didn't put the puppy in my bag - although the thought did occur to me! My camera was in my bag - for a very important photo shoot.

Fact 17 About Me
I have never seen a newborn puppy. I am really thrilled that the first new born puppies I got to see were also very special to me. These puppies belong to Becky's litter mate. Meet Lil' Girl; the lone female with 4 brothers. She may be the tiniest but I am betting she is first to crawl out of the litter box!

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Procrastination

Out and About

[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

Way behind here on my photo a day - but I will catch up! Day 16 was on the weekend and we had a bit of excitement happening! A very special litter of Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies that are quite dear to my heart, were born. You can count on me to be posting a few puppy photos in the future!

Fact 16 About Me
Sad as it is, "procrastination" is a word I am chummy with. However I am also good friends with "stubborn", so my 30 photos will be posted eventually!

Blooper Photo ~ Where'd Da Ball Go?!

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Polo For Heart 2012

Yellow

[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

It appears to be my month for horses - fine by me! This weekend I attended the annual fundraising event "Polo For Hearts" with a local group of 20 photographers. A great event for a great cause. Everyone was dressed up (well except rebel me), there was a hat contest complete with the background music from "Pretty Woman", loads of shopping (score a new purse!) and the weather couldn't have been more perfect.

Fact 15 About Me

I was a little pressed to keep focused on the game or the task of photographing at this event! Reason being - it was such a fun event to just sit back and watch the game, enjoy the skydivers, and well SHOP. Why yes I did score a new purse! Shopping and horses and cameras - my kind of day!

All Eight Hooves In Flight!

Always Keep Your Eye On the Sky

EEKS! Watch Out For the Other Horse!

Scored!

My husband rolled his eyes and stared at me when he saw this. Not a clue what he is thinking...

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Photo A Day June, and Your Sunday Best

Learning Post Processing

BEFORE | AFTER

Time

[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

Even though summer means longer days, I still seem to run out of time for everything I want to accomplish. So easy to click 300 photos - not so easy to sort through them, choose those to edit and then spend the time fine tuning them.

Fact 14 About Me

I am on a quest to learn post processing better. It is a very time consuming journey but with each little tool or tip I learn, I like the final results I am seeing in my photographs - little brighter, little sharper.

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Where I Go For Help
Campbridge In Colour
Kelby TV
Exposure Guide

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Ah the Connection Between Men & Wine

Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with. ~ Kathleen Mifsud

Art

[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

The hardest part of taking this shot, was the two drooling dogs standing over me as I laid on the floor clicking away. I am lucky to have a large living room window plus a nice deep golden room paint that gives off a warm glow. Rather than photograph someone else's "Art" I decided to try my hand at creating my own.

Fact 13 About Me

I tend to be a little forgetful! Today was no exception. No matter how many times I tell myself to check my camera settings before I begin to shoot, I always seem to forget. Today's flub was, the ISO was set to 800. Trash the photos and start again. In the end since I decided to add a texture layer, I suppose the additional noise wouldn't have mattered that much.

[Thank you to Shadow House Creations for the textured background]

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Fabulous Friday

Low Angle Shot

From A Low Angle

[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

We had rain all day. Finally at 6 o'clock the sun broke out. I grabbed my camera and laid on the wet grass just so I could get this shot.

Fact 12 About Me
I love the smell of the air just after a rainfall. I think walks in a light, misty rain are refreshing. I loath the smell of worms. Actually I can't say I like the sight of them much either!

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Go Away

Door
[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

Fact 11 About Me
I have a quirky sense of humour. I love my door mat. After visitors get over the initial shock upon reading it, it does help that two, very lovable and friendly greeters appear at the door. When I first brought it home, my husband was "Your NOT putting that at the front door?!" However, first visitor 10 minutes later was my neighbour. When I opened the door he exclaimed "I love your mat!". So at least I know, there are 2 of us with the same off beat sense of humor.

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Off to the Horse Races

Best Bit Of Your Weekend
[Photo A Day June Prompt For "30 Things About Me" Series]

What a weekend! Woofstock Saturday and Horse Racing Sunday! They were neck in neck for a bit but on the long stretch, the horses won out as the best photo (and fun) of the weekend! I really love the dirt flying and can just feel the hooves pounding the ground in my favourite photo of the week.

Fact 10 About Me
I used to compete in Equestian Hunter competitions. One of my horses was a chestnut thoroughbred mare named "Gossip" very similar to this beauty. I know my new interest in training Becky in Rally draws on my past experience as a rider and showing my horses. Both require a patience, understanding of animal behaviour and most important, the desire to work as a team.