"Read a good book lately? Have you ever thought what makes your favorite author such a great writer? Do you wonder what kind of pen they use? Of course not! Nor does a good camera "take good pictures". Although I recently upgraded to the newest, best camera on the market, it's still just a box that captures light, nothing else. People always ask about my lighting technique. Sure there are lots of technical things I can teach, but I feel that it still comes down to something personal. I think that with all artists, what's in your heart comes out in your work. I daydream about crazy ideas like a bride in a field of tulips, a couple in a waterfall, and babies in cute situations"
This was actually a quote taken from another photographer, but it is how I feel exactly...
So yesterday 5 police officers came to the studio to be photographed with their dogs, he told me it would be tough because some of the dogs didn't get along and that it might be hard to pose everyone. In a matter of about 10 minutes, I had posed and taken the shots needed. He said "really we are done?"--surprised that it was all done so fast. Well it was a good thing because about a minute after that, they got a call and all had to go because there was a bad guy on the run... Ah but the funniest part was that my little studio was surrounded by 5 cop cars, people must have thought "what the heck is going on?" A little humor for the day!
This weekend I had a booth at a little dog event in Beaverton called Pooches on the green. People came with their dogs and their were booths with vendors that were dog related. I was there with my friend and employee Jenny (she does dog paintings). We laughed at all of the people that looked like their dogs. I think later this spring we are going to have a dog look a like contest. It would be a hoot! 
