and here’s Chili ~ {Ontario pet-exclusive photographer}

as promised, here is Chili Pepper, Roy’s big (but younger) sister …

even though she has a little more wind resistance than wee Roy, she’s got way more leg … so it’s work for the little guy to keep up … a combination i’m more than familiar with.

Chili is two years old, and sporting a lion cut.  although spectacular to shoot in profile …

it can be downright impossible for portraits.  in her booking information, mom, Patti, was clear about wanting shots that showed off  Chili’s beautiful brown eyes.  but how to achieve that when this big girl resembles a black version of the easygoing, lunch-taking sheepdog in Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote?

sure, you can wait for the right breeze, and i captured a few of those photos … but those can be few and far between when your subject starts mimicking a bobble-head on the dash of a pickup along a back road of washboard as she tosses her curls into the breeze with the hopes of catching site of something, anything down the shoreline.  so, lucky for me, i had an extra hair elastic!

and when she lost that, i had a rubber band.

Patti assured me that she often does this with Chili’s bangs, so i knew the look wouldn’t appear unnatural.

for a Porty, she didn’t venture into the water too much … not a retriever, she’d go in just long enough to cool her butt ….

obviously, the best way to capture Chili’s eyes was to shoot her at a full run …

but then she’d loose her hair elastic, and … well … it was back to that timeclock-punching sheepdog look.

even moreso than her brother Roy, Chili loves her beach …

although rarely sitting still for long …

thanks, Chili and Roy, for showing me your beach …

and Patti, i hope you’re enjoying your double-wide gallery.  i’ll see you soon at your studio consult!  enjoy the rest of your vacation!