Thanks Jim the rottie (who has a tail!!! Loved it!) walked up, got a load of Santa, hit the floor and went BAWHOOOWOOWOOOWOOOWOOOOOO. LOL it was all we could do to get him within touching distance. Santa is a handler and owner of the training center here so he was really good with the dogs (that helped tons). Ears were a problem on several of the dogs even with people practically doing gymnastics behind me. Good entertainment overall! As usual, after seeing the photos I see things I kick myself for not noticing at the time. And causing me a lot of extra photoshop time.

Thank you Julie! I didn't have much confidence in these so nice of you to say. I was really worried looking at the original shots, there wasn't enough backdrop for the larger groups so had to photoshop that in too which left a lot of empty space often. Like you I'm not a fan of the 4 x 6 format which this is so I helped it by adding the vingnetting. Still, should have a better background set up.

The people were all super nice and it was fun but I am really disenchanted with the studio shots and this will probably be my last one except for special ones of animals I would like to paint. (I usually do a trade of free photos for a release to paint them). And of course taking my usual millions of shots of Hallie! It is a ton of work to set up and take down, for one person and one little weiner dog, and I've never made nearly enough to make it worth while. I am already getting emails asking how much for all of one dog on a CD (even though the prices and things I offer are on my web site and that isn't one of the options) and so far everyone who has asked that, ends up not buying anything even after I lower the price. So now I have to stress over what to charge and be sure I tell everyone the same thing, and since I offered it for one person how to I tell everyone else so they won't be mad one person got it and they didn't know about it (my ordering systems doesn't easily allow changes like that for only one thing...I couldn't offer it for every event but it has to be across the board and my brother/business partner has to help me with it since he programmed additional ordering and we're way too busy with our computer work for me to ask him to help with that now).

It has been ok til now while I was learning but other than of course always needing to experiment, I know how to take the shots so no longer need to put so much time into learning the basics. So in the end it's a ton of work and time when I should have been home either working on the computer or painting. Then having to post process and get everything online to sell I am losing my shirt.

I don't know how you guys make $$ at this? I guess if it were a side thing and I didnt' have two other careers I am juggling (only 2?? Seems like more LOL) it would be OK. I am only talking about the studio and event shots, I am thinking it makes more sense to just take ones that I can use for art...