Joni Photo » Doggie Portrait

Bichons!

Joni — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:30:31 +0000

As I open the door of my car I am anxiously greeted by two white flashes of energy named Oscar and Lily. Their owner, Meredith, informs me that their namesakes are from “French” designers Oscar de la Renta and Lily of France in tribute to their breed’s origins. Breaking French Designer stereotypes of being “haughty”, these two are warm, playful, charismatic and very very entertaining!

For this home portrait session, I used the big bay windows to provide the back light separating the back of the doggies’ head from the leopard print background. A speedlight shooting through an umbrella on a light stand is placed just off to camera right. Milan get ready for these two adorable hotties!

Spencer – King Charles Spaniel Puppy

Joni — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:24:09 +0000

Okay this first image on the left is an outtake from Spencer’s portrait session but I couldn’t resist posting this. Doesn’t he look so suspicious of his ”Moosie” stealing the spot light from his portrait session?

Spencer is an 8 month old VERY energetic and lively moving target! My nickname for him during the session was “Spunky!” It should be fairly obvious that this King Charles Spaniel steals the heart of every passerby on his daily walks along the Riverplace Marina.

Here’s one of my other favorites from Spencer’s portrait session just to show you what a beautiful and handsome little guy he is.

This Collie: A Russian Beauty

Joni — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:30:44 +0000

Ladya is a Russian beauty and one who knows that she is “all that”. Our dog Murphy would stare longingly out our front window pining for her whenever she was out in her front yard. Jessica and Brett brought Ladya back as a puppy when they were in Russia serving for the Peace Corps. Ladya is very GIRLY – she prefers the fine warmth and comfort of the indoors and does not like going out in the cold and rain or getting her paws muddy. She is also quite the conversationalist and will let you know what is on her mind.

For those honing their photography skills (Amy D – talking to you!), this image was taken using Nikon D200 and Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 zoom lens with ISO at 100, f/4.0 at 1/400s. Shot with ambient light source (sun) off camera right and towards the back of the subject to give rim lighting around top of her ears. I slightly overexposed because my subject is back lit.

“Let’s Go to The Beach!”

Joni — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:59:01 +0000

When your dog looks as you as if to say “play hookey” and “let’s go to the beach!”, it is hard to turn him down when the weather was perfection!

Arthur

Joni — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:30:06 +0000

This little Pomeranian puppy altered my view of the “little yappy dog.” He never barked while I photographed his human owner. He is pretty stinking cute and such a natural in front of the camera. These images were taken within a short span of minutes while we were waiting for his human to grab a Christmas ornament. I learned from “Mom” that Pomeranians originated from Germany and worked as sheep herders. Originally Mom thought to give the new puppy a German name but the little girl, who is this adorable puppy’s new owner, dubbed him “Arthur.”

Furry BFF: Nora

Joni — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:48 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

My apologies to Vimeo – the technical difficulty was not on their end but lies with my G5 desktop. Please let me know if you are having issues with viewing this video.

This is more of Nora and you can see how truly adorable she is.

Nora

Joni — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:23:02 +0000

Nora is either saying “Give me FIVE” or “Lay some paw on me!” I’ve been trying to upload a slideshow of Nora but am having technical difficulties with Vimeo. Stay tuned…I hope to have it up soon.