… then you’re a weirdo. i mean, seriously, who doesn’t immediately fall in love with those eyes and those ears, that face!
meet cinnamon …
a perfect example of everything to love about bassets. and she’s not as shy as she looks … in fact, she had her nose into everything, including my lenses, with no hesitation.
a real poser … although some of her looks gave her the air of a well-versed, been-there-done-that, yet underpaid model.
you might recognize the location in this shoot from Kiera’s shoot a few weeks ago. Kiera’s owner introduced me to this place in Elmira, and although i have great tromping grounds right here around the scruffy dog studio, this spot offers a great variety of backdrops, including it’s own beach!
you’ll also note in the previous two photos (and more to come) that i use a long-line for dogs like Cinnamon … 60′ of light mountaineering rope with a light caribiner. with a few instructions to owners, this line allows us some freedom and action shots without taking the risk of dogs like our darling basset here picking up a scent and tearing off. for images ordered, i always remove the long-line in post, but for purposes of the blog, it’s too much work … so forgive its presence here.
don’t you just love those ears??
did someone say something about ears? 
did i tell you Cinnamon had huge ears?
thanks, Cinnamon, for a wonderful shoot. and thanks Denis and Nat for bringing your girl to Waterloo for me to shoot. i hope you enjoy her huge gallery.
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Excellent selection on the blog. You show Cinnamon off so well. Nat and I are narrowing down our choices from all the great images you took; and such a selection at that. Natalie’s Mom loves them too, since she is like Cinnamon’s second Mom.
For those just finding Scruffy Dog Photography, I highly recommend a photo shoot with Illona. As you can see above she does excellent work, and that is only a small selection of what we can choose from. If you’ve been thinking about photos, book now.
That one in the forest is GORGEOUS! And I love the over the shoulder one too!
These pics are sooo great! What a cute dog!
Amazing shoot! What gorgeous pictures! Love the ear shots, for sure.
Basset puppies are my favourite…when they’re ears are so long they’re tripping on them!
Great shots, you did an awesome job capturing this gorgeous lady!
illona once again you have captured the essence of the dog! Cinnamon is such a perfect little basset hound. We adopted a huge 5 year old basset hound when i was in high school. these photos bring back fond memories of our Morgan, thanks !!!!
and who couldn’t fall in love with those ears!!!!!!??????
I’m knocked over by these photos. They are just amazing.
Wow, I absolutely love these shots Illona, perfect, her character shines in these photos, such a beautiful, wonderful girl!
Absolutely love these shots Illona, perfect! Her character shines in these! Such a beautiful and wonderful girl!
I like the one with the ears hanging. It’s funny. I love them all.
your photos warm my heart so! you capture everything one needs, to know that the world truly is a beautiful place …. if you look!
We had a Basset for 14 years. Her name was Bags. She did exactly what she wanted for 14 years and we loved her with a passion. After that, we had two Bloodhounds. Male named Memphis and female named Beulah. Amazing dogs and quite a challenge. Now we have 1 Standard Poodle named Juliet. We had Romeo, but he passed away at 12, 1 1/2 years ago. Juliet is 11 and as spry as a puppy. Love your shots.
what an ADORABLE face!!! all the ear shots are to die for — and i love that paw shot too. so many favorites to choose from; one of my favorite sessions from you ever!
First I must say that Cinnamon is an absolute lens hound. Then there is that the photographer has just the perfect name. Until today I thought that I was the only person in the Western hemi who had that handle. Congrats on just stunning pics of Cinnamon!!!!
These photos of Cinnamon are wonderful. Love those big floppy ears, they’re almost as big as her.