by Sarah Regan Snavely on August 11, 2010
I take a bunch of photos, and while I enjoy it immensely, I don’t know much beyond the basic photography class I took in college. I would like to learn more. Mostly my method is take a lot and delete many.
I keep a file for strange expressions on dog faces. Like this one:
Go, Winchester, Go! My favorite part? The exposed pink inside his ears. So Vicious! So Pretty!
How about this one?
Annie bouncing for joy. The Spoo mouthing Sage’s neck – trying to get him to run so the Spoo can chase. And Sage with one eye open, one closed?
Here’s another from that same dog park session:
Spoo checking Sage’s breath? A romantic moment between Spoo and Sage with a jealous Winchester looking on?
Probably dogs playing – Spoo barking to get Sage to run. I love the strange story shots.
by Sarah Regan Snavely on August 5, 2010
A couple of months ago, I began to make plans to attend the Greyhound Club of America’s National Specialty show in Lompoc, California. This is the big Greyhound exhibition in the US for the year. And the plan was to take Annie and Sage along.
Normally, the end of July is full-on, Dewey Beach-Greyhounds Reach the beach preparation-mode. By August I’m a demon – pretty much need my food and water slid through a hole in the studio door – who takes the time to eat? Really, I’m not fit for human companionship until the half of the “to do” list has been completed. By that time, the summer is gone and I’m left wondering where it went. Off I go making the annual pilgrimage to Delaware over Columbus day. And then it”s November. Just like that.
I wanted to try something a little different. Could I get all my work done to prepare for Dewey Beach AND make a trip to California? I’m happy to report the “To do” list is looking pretty good. The stress level is holding to a minimum… even though it’s a mere 62 days to Greyhounds Reach the Beach. 62 days! Eeek!
The California trip was wonderful. And hard. But really good. Met fabulous and generous people including the couple from whom I got Annie and Sage and Gus’s Mom (Annie and Sage’s brother) – better people can’t be found. Put faces with names. Watched Sage as strutted his stuff around the dog show ring. Tried to bring out the best of my sweet Annie girl when she did the same. Laughed as Annie realized that those fast plastic bags would be fun to chase – and as Annie and Sage jumped from bed to bed in the motel room.
The hounds were great in the car and handled the long trip with all the new stimuli nicely. I also realized that my Greyhounds are very, very spoiled – and that I’m not always doing them any favors by making their lives so easy. As I was lamenting this on the drive home, my Mom told me emphatically, “See raising kids isn’t so easy!” 
It’s good to be home. Tired. The summer cold I picked up along the way is leaving and the routine is going back to normal. Now to plan the trip to the other coast…
by Sarah Regan Snavely on July 26, 2010
Thank you to everyone who commented on the blog and on the studio page on facebook! I added the number of blog comments (24!) to the facebook comments (13!) for a total of 37 comments. Each of the comments was given a number – blog posts are 1-24, then facebook 25-37. Then I went to random.org to generate a number. And the winner is….
#25 - Carla J Myers! Email your address to me and I’ll get the tile on its way!
