Bubby and Girdy

Girdy relaxing at the end of the shoot.

Last week I was given the opportunity to work on some of my pet photography. An acquaintance who owns two little Yorkies allowed me over to their home. The two, Girdy and Bubby, were hysterical and it was great experience photographing them.

Girdy enjoying the outdoors.

Bubby hanging out in his corner.

We started off inside, using their favorite toys to try and get them to pose. Needless to say, they took that as us just wanting to play. So after a short time photographing them inside we moved outdoors to let them burn off all of the energy they were showing inside. However, our time outdoors was short as the heat wore them out faster than anything else. Once back inside I was able to snap a few shots of them just mellowing out. It was during this time, while I was laying on the floor taking photos of Girdy, that Bubby crept up on me and attacked me by relentlessly licking my ears. I guess it was his way of thanking me for snapping some shots of him.

Girdy perched on the couch.

Bubby outside with his favorite toy.

In the end, it was an extremely fun photo shoot. I have to thank Dorothy and Nick once again for inviting me over and allowing me to photograph Bubby and Girdy.

University of Phoenix Stadium

Hey guys. I have to say I've been really excited lately and last night added more to the excitement. So as my long term goal, I've decided to gear myself towards architectural and design photography. This in itself is motivating as I now have some direction with my work. But to add to this, last night I went out to start out and practice shooting the University of Phoenix Stadium and I am beyond happy with my results. The image seen above is the shot that I had in my head going into the shoot, so its exciting to actually see it as a work of my own.

This shot was something of a shock. Having never been to the stadium I had no idea that there was a fountain. Boy was I happy that they did. I had to take this shot several times however, as the shadows wreaked havok on the scene causing intermitant shade and sunlight. With some patience I was able to get the shot above though.

Finally, was the shot of the Pat Tillman statue. The whole thing was incredible, but both Samantha and myself were amazed at how the shadow played across the curved wall behind the sculpture. This was definitely a shoot that I am proud of.

I'm Back!!!

My goodness, it has been way too long since my last post. I've been busy reorganizing all of my photos and trying to gather a new direction for myself. As such, I haven't gotten out too much to photograph much of anything.

As I move forward however, I have realized that I need a good portfolio of work to showcase to potential clients. To do so, I've been working through the hundreds upon hundreds of photographs that I have, to narrow down some good sets in the different subject areas. I've decided that I would post some of my portraits that I've taken over the past several years (they can also be found at my new Flickr page as well http://www.flickr.com/photos/benelyphotography/).