30.9.08

photoshoot

some shots from a photo session with mukha and her new squeaky frog..
poor baby, she just wanted to play with it!
(( i'm sorry mukha~chan !! thank you for being the best little weimaraner model !! ))
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18.9.08

weimaraner memory game (for humans)

flickr memari beta, by ze frank
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click the pic to play memory with my 'most interesting' photos on flickr or enter your flickr info and play with your own flickr photos!

(omoshiroi means interesting in japanese)

17.9.08

s u n . d a y

mukha and i love sunshine! we love to play or relax outside when it's sunny. several weeks ago when the tropical storm was here, it rained for a week. we were trapped inside and bored the whole time. poor little mukha! anyway, one day (a sunday), the sun finally shined and it made mukha smile :)
l o v e . l o v e . l o v e
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and some photos from later the same day of the little sunchaser laying in a sunny spot inside..

w e i m a r a n e r ~ z e b r a
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"oops, i put my foot in my mouth!"
silly weimaraner chewing on her foot like a little baby :)

10.9.08

a weimaraner and her girl

i had been wanting to take some photos of us for a long time, i was just really resisting the fact that i was going to have to do it myself. after a couple of glasses of wine one night, i finally decided that we were going to do a little test shoot. it was a spontaneous test and i didn't even clean the room first or set up something more professional looking. i used the timer on the camera and we got in front of a convex security mirror, that has splattered varnish and white paint on it, and i didn't bother to clean it either.
it was a really quick session and mostly we were doing hi 5's and playing, and sometimes i was trying to get her to look towards the mirror or get closer to it. apparently we did a lot of kissing as well! i didn't know exactly when the capture was going to happen and i didn't know what we would be doing when it happened, so all of the photos are random.
i love them! they show so much about mukha~ how amazingly silly, smart, and loving she is, and how we interact with each other. this is exactly how we are. we have so much fun together.

i did a lot of processing and texturing. i used one of mine and some of others, with links to the others. plus there is the splattered paint textures on the mirror.

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busy!
doing nothing
this was an accidental shot taken while i was metering. i think it's awesome because this is so how we are, we are just doing our thing here and mukha is right by my side! i couldn't even dream of a better friend than mukha! i'm so lucky to have her always by my side :)
leschick's texture adds to our busy~ness and accentuates the messy room and my wife beater shirt. it's funny, i think.
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about to do a hi 5
she makes such a cute face before and while she does one :)
jaiel's texture
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m a g i c
not sure what's going on here, but it looks magical. like fairy dust and falling stars.
either we are about to hi5, already did one, or we failed..
az textures
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what's next?
she is such a smart girl.
i love how connected we are.
i love her expression~ her eyes and her funny mouth :)
i think this is my texture used twice, differently
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l o v e
i love this one so much! it's my favorite.
she is the sweetest girl ever. she's such a love~bug
2 of jaiel's textures
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p l a y
i don't do this a lot! honestly, i don't think i ever have. she eats raw chicken, so..
even after she's eaten i deprive myself from mukha kisses for some time, not very long though, probably an hour or so.
doesn't she have the sweetest face?
jaiel's + my texture
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hugs n kisses
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l o o k !
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5.8.08

rolyn & chanhi on a book cover!

rolyn and chanhi are going to be on a the cover of the book, 'mon chien stupide' ~a french translation of the novella, 'my dog stupid'~ by john fante.

thanks dom!
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book cover design by dominike duplaa | dke © 10/18, paris


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i had to rescan the images for the book cover, and ended up playing around with them..


time of their lives
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play. with me.
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yaay! way to live on, loves!

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20.7.08

!warning! cute alert! cute alert!

each one of these photos is fun to meditate on, most of them seem to tell a story. mukha looks like she's playing a different character in every one. she's so wonderful!
i'm posting a lot because i love them all :)
photos were taken on 2 different days.
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. e s s e n c e .

essence of cute, essence of mukha, essence of weimaraner..
my favorite shot from both days, may be my favorite one ever..

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so much emotion and thoughtfulness.
she really looks like an actress.
she's ready for a ride in a convertable :)

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. ready for flight .

she reminds me of an airplane pilot..
she realized she didn't need to wear her sunglasses on an overcast day ;)

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. little red riding weim .

big bad weim disguised as grandma disguised as little red riding hood?

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gorgeous from every angle ;)

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. it's tough being famous .

she really has a talent for looking famous!

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. 'heyy! do i have anything in my teeth!? aaaahhh..!' .

yes silly girl, you have cookies caked in your teeth!
one of my favorite ones from the first day, but unfortunately she looks unkempt from her black teeth..
her teeth were actually cleaned a few weeks ago and they're really white! she had her tooth pulled recently and her gums are tender so i soak her cookies in water first and they stick in her teeth for a while, apparently.
this shot inspired me to do the shoot all over again. if it weren't for this shot, all photos from the second day wouldn't exist. so my favorite shot from that day wouldn't exist!

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little ninja! great with the bamboo in the background, even though it might be hard to see and i cropped out most of it.

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little desert dweller

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mukha looking mildly appalled.. maybe by someones distasteful art or fashion.
looks like she's talking under her breath about it to a friend nearby.
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. art critic 2 .

i think she has sparked an interest in something: 'oh.. now, i do say, i like that..',
or she's asking a waiter if they serve her favorite expensive wine..

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something just seems rastafarian here

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4.7.08

latest weimaraner painting !!

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yaaay!
a commissioned weimaraner portrait of leo & luddy!
for amy, michael, leo and luddy!
amy, thank you for being so amazing!
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. ludwig & leopold playing stick tug~of~war .

professional photo of the painting
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these photos were taken at night, with regular indoor lighting
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weimaraner painting . com
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30.6.08

baldwin park dog park:. the lake

when mukha and i finished our first walk in the forest, she found the shade of a big tree and collapsed under it for a second, then immediately got up and walked to the lake and fell in the shallow water and rested! poor mukha, she was so tired and hot, but happy! the water was so clean and cool, and shallow for quite a way. even i got in and walked around, played fetch with mukha and took pictures of her of course! the water is definitely not always this clear and clean looking! so here's the phonepix of mukha in the lake!
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mukha has mad skillz! look what she can do with a little concentration. she's sucha genius :)
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my cute little sea sprite!
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wading in the water
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intense fun!
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girl knows how to have fun :)
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aah, refreshing water for the hot girl. love her little fingers and toes here!
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more info about this dog park and a couple of dog beaches in florida
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29.6.08

baldwin park dog park:. the jungle forest

fleet peeples dog park in orlando on lakemont by baldwin park, whole foods, and the va clinic :)
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mukha and i love this place! there is a little jungle to hike through, a lake to swim in, open space to run through and lots of dogs to play with! i love walking through the forest with mukha. she always runs ahead and investigates and after some time she comes back to make sure i'm still around and then goes on to explore some more, it's really cute. she does this over and over. so of course, sometimes i like to hide a little from her and see what she does! usually i just stop on the side of the trail and wait, or turn down a path a little. i always stay where she can find me though, because one time i 'hid' too well but i could see her and she started panicking! i just want her to be happy so i don't go too far away anymore. anyway.. it's just fun to watch her. sometimes she tracks me really fast, sometimes she goes back and forth a few times before she finds me. the time it takes her to notice i'm not around varies also..
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here are some phone pics from a few days ago of mukha in the jungle. she loves to run! can you tell? (i've noticed recently that mukha's tongue has grown.. a lot :))
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happy happy mukha!
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still happy! crazy tongue!
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mukha running through a beam of light in the forest.
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here is a picture of mukha in the forest from some time last year

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learn more about fleet peeples / baldwin park dog park and dog friendly 'off leash' beaches in florida!

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