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get your scruffy dog / KWHS calendar now!

… makes a great Christmas gift and you’re helping the dogs and cats at the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society!

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calendars are only $15 (no tax) and proceeds help the animals at the centre.  if you’d like yours, they can be picked up from the KWHS at 250 Riverbend Road, Kitchener … or contact scruffy dog photography.  shipping is extra, but we’ll get ‘er there!

if you want to see the calendar cats, you can check ‘em out here … and the dogs are here, and here too.

so get your copies now before they’re all gone.

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a few shots from the mini-shoots for the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society calendar … available very soon!

first there was Eddy … not very accommodating when we were indoors …

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… so his owner suggested we move to the deck and backyard where he never runs away.  what a difference! he actually kinda seemed to like me outside.  :)

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then it was off to meet Mensa … who didn’t care for any kind of company and took a lot of coaxing …

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and finally sweet Ashley … the easiest and most accommodating of the lot … perhaps because she’s a bit of a diva and an affection slut…

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then i asked: “hey, will she go up in the tree?” and wham, even shooting blind with her high above me, i got the money shot …

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thanks, Ashley, for being a true model.  and thank you, all, for your participation in the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society 2010 calendar.

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thought i’d share with you a few more of the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society calendar dogs with a small selection of shots from their mini-shoots …

this is Buster … not even a year old he’s still got that puppy goofiness, but was very well-mannered for the shoot …

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can you say adorkable?  i loved this boy.

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then there was beautiful Bella …

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but i had my own name for her …

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Bella was a sweetheart, with a wonderful spirit and energy.

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and gorgeous Bear …

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hairy beast and ball connoisseur …

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and Meesha, whose recent diagnosis isn’t very good and had me forgetting about what i’d set out to shoot for the calendar.  all i could think about was shooting enough memories for her mom.

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and last but not least, lovely Sophie … frisbee nut and bundle of border-collie focus …

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one of my favorites …

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i’ll share the cats next … stay tuned!

calendars should be available soon and proceeds help benefit the animals at the shelter.

KW Humane Society mini-shoots

i’m behind … october is my busiest month of the year – always.  i’m sure other photographers feel the same pressure … clients desperate to take advantage of the cooler temperatures and the stunning fall colours, people planning for christmas … or maybe it’s just that the kids are back to school and Rover finally gets the attention he deserves.  i’m not sure what it is but fall finds me pulling 14 hours days seven days a week just trying to stay afloat … and this october found me with another major – but exciting – project on my plate …

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… twelve mini-shoots for the winners of the KW Humane Society calendar contest.  never one to do things “simple”, i scouted ahead of time around Kitchener and Waterloo, determined to shoot each dog and cat in a unique setting and thereby offer variety month by month through the calendar.

in most cases i’d visualized in advance what i was after for the calendar shots before even meeting the dogs.  of course, i had the benefit of their contest photos and a couple of short emails back and forth with the owners to find out what the individual dogs and cats could and couldn’t handle. but again, the goal was variety.  first there was Ebony (above as well) … i knew her black would stand out well against the red caboose parked down at the Waterloo Visitor & Heritage Information Service …

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then there was Jack … he seemed the best candidate for the landmark Seagrams architecture …

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then one-year-old Wrigley down by the mill …

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and little baby Triton … (and ignore the leash … it will be shopped out before the final image goes into the calendar)

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that’s the first four … stay tuned for the next group!