Portrait Studio - Sitka & Sake

Today I wanted to get a good photo of our houseguests before they go home. Trying to take pictures with five dogs milling around was complete chaos!

Sitka in the chair, everyone else wondering how to get in on the treat action...

Navi in the chair, Sake peeking in...

My assistant bravely risked his fingertips to try and help get them in position.

Hmm, not bad, if they weren't both so white. Can't tell where one dog ends and the other begins...

Looking everywhere except the camera...

Blurry! Sit still!

Perfect!

And then Barclay snuck up for a shot.

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Playing in the water

It was a hot day, so this afternoon I pulled out the little water fountain and set it on low. Navi sat with the fountain between her paws and growled at anyone who got too close :)

Eventually she let Sake come play too...

 Sake got good and wet

Barclay stayed dry far away from the fountain

Sitka only got a little wet, mostly from wrestling with the wet dogs!

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Urban photography

I love looking at urban photography, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for yet so it's hard to do myself. Whenever we go into town I like to sneak in a little photography if I can.

Don't see many like this in downtown Vancouver.

While wandering down the path between two condos I spotted a cloud reflected in this bench and thought it would make a nice picture of Smith Tower. I wish there wasn't all that junk in the middle though.

I liked the shadow thrown by this bike rack.

Back at the theater, I set the camera up on the light booth and took a long exposure of the empty auditorium. I particularly liked the diffraction spikes coming off the ghost light.

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Dave's Leverage episode

Dave has been doing some work as an extra on Leverage, which is filmed over in Portland. He put together a bunch of screenshots of the episode he was in,  '"The Boiler Room" Job'. He's in a blue jacket, in the backgrounds. It's fun to play 'spot the Dave' when the episode first airs! He's got a good extra part in another episode coming up later this year.

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Eskimo Games

We have houseguests staying with us for the next week...

 Navi, Sitka, Barclay, Sake & Jack (love that look on Jack)

I love having these guys over, even if it is a little extra work. They all have so much fun together!

Sake & Barclay

Navi & Jack

Jack about to bite Barclay (I think) in the pantaloons!

Sake, Barclay and Navi - I think!

Navi & Barclay

Sake & Sitka watch while Barclay holds Navi down!

They're so much fun to take pictures of!

And they're so graceful looking with their fluff blowing as they run...

 Navi

 Barclay

Sake

Glad we got all this out of the way early, it's going to be hot today! I think they'll be inside with the AC on until this afternoon when it cools off again.

Barclay stays cool in the shade...

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