I had fun seeing the images you liked best. So this is my favorite from the past week. I got to shoot this nine week puppy the same day I shot an end of life shot of a Giant Schnauzer. Tough day emotionally when you are seeing that end. This puppy made up for it since he is brilliant and really fun to shoot. Tough to pick one I liked the most.

PeggySue,
great image. I love the backdrop, too. Everything really works.

The end of life shots are very difficult to do but I'm always flattered when owners ask me to take them. Since most of the dogs I photograph at this stage are Rotties, we use those shots in the memorial ads we do for The Rottweiler Magazine. Still, it's hard to do them.

My contribution this week is a shot I took of a Rottie girl who was boarding with us for 2 weeks. Nikki came to stay with us while her family traveled to Puerto Rico on some family business. Nikki is just a wonderful girl: pretty, very sweet and exceptionally gentle. She loved the puppies and the puppies would come over to her and lick her ears. She ran in the yard with my entire crew without any problems. The only issue we had was having to feed her raw chicken every day by hand. Yuck. It ended up being my job and I hate handling raw chicken. But, other than that, she was an absolute delight.

So, here's Nikki.



Enjoy,

Jim

Nikki has a lovely head and it sounds like a great personality to go with it. Thanks for posting. She is very pretty.

There were so many nice ones from this session, I could go on and on and on. This boxer puppy was just *adorable*.

After their viewing session on Saturday, I will post a bunch

All very nice shots.
Julie, I have to say this is a fantastic shot. I love the framing and control of depth of field. Very nice controlled shot all comes together for a near perfect portrait! Well done.

Julie, this is the best use of Pink I have ever seen. She is sooooo cute.

Nice puppy, Julie, and great portrait. Very nice.

Jim

Beautiful shots, guys. Here are two from NH last week. The first is of Mahkayla at Fort #4. The second is of Chanthee and Mahkayla on top of Mt. Kearsarge.

James

Lovely shot, beautiful wife and of course I like your dog! The shot of them together is really fine.

That is so cool you took Mahkayla with you! I am sure she LOVED it!