Dogs

A Proud Dog

He’s a proud dog, always full of expectation. Expectation that I’ll take him along wherever I’m going, which I often do.  He’s not one for pets and fussing over so his other expectation is that I refrain from doing so, which I often do not do.

We accept each other in a way that makes for a very solid relationship. It’s not like this with every dog. With other dogs there is a subtle, mutual annoyance about our faults always casting shadows over our relationship. He’s the only Kelpie that was born here so we’ve known each other since that day. I don’t have enough experiences rearing and keeping puppies on to know if those first eight weeks of being with a pup make that difference or if we’ve just hit it off. Lucky for me either way.

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Photographing What I Know

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Eighteen years of walking the same parcel of land, even a parcel as large as sixteen hundred acres, results in a particular sort of casual mindlessness. Not really a taking for granted but more of a forgetting that whatever habitat one lives in is extraordinary because you get to live in it. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Living a life with livestock and dogs means travel to different places is an option not often open to me. As a result I’ve learned to take photos right where I am.
But to see to the same place anew time and time again requires a willingness to lift one’s head and look up and look out. The camera and the dogs help me do just that. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2881″ img_size=”large”][vc_custom_heading text=”More specifically of late is the craving I seem to have for capturing photographs of the dogs amidst the prairie, in particular, on the prairie trails that crisscross this place or the one gravel road leading in and out of here. My aim is for the images to be more about mood and less about a particular dog so some distance between subject and viewer is required. It is far tougher than it looks to capture such an image since the moment I stop forward movement all the dogs take notice and look back or return to my general vicinity. But I enjoy trying, so much so that I started a new photo collection of these images (under the photography tab) which I’ll add and remove photos from as I get better at capturing what it is I am after. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2892″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Among the Crowd

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There are blissfully unaware of how they stand out in a crowd.

The flock had just moved into a new pasture when this photo was taken. The pastures looks a little bleak and they are, however, there are greens lying close to the earth and hidden by all the dying tall grass. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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