Oh gosh … I wish I could blame Covid on my utter lack of blogging these past years, but my delinquency in keeping up began long before the pandemic.  While it does take time to mount a single blog post and prep the images, it’s mostly the written content that makes the task seem arduous at times, causing even further procrastination.  I grow farther and farther behind, and as the time stretches between the sessions and the posts, I struggle to know what to write about sessions that took place so long ago.  So … I’m going to try to worry less about written content, and focus on the images.  After all, does anyone really READ the copy?  Or are you just all here for the pretty pictures of pets?

And then, of course, there is the question as to how many people actually DO come to see blog posts, as blogging seems like such a thing of the past.  So … PLEASE … if you are reading this, and you would love to see more blog entries, PLEASE drop a comment below so that I can weigh the value of posting more.

Today’s post is about two red dogs: Stella and her littermate Wiser.  I first met these two back in 2014 on a beautiful summer afternoon down in Long Point and the lovely shores of Lake Erie.

We captured so many fun images of these two jockeying for the ball and engaging in lengthy games of keepaway with each other.

At the time, Stella and Wiser were living in BC, and had flown with their guardians to Ontario.  But today – 8 years later – these two now reside in southern Ontario, and I was delighted when they made the trip to scruffy dog region for another session.  And what fun to be able to shoot a winter session for these two beach-bums!

Eight years hasn’t seemed to make a big dent in the energy level of these two.  Sure, Stella has a few more white hairs, and Wiser … well, he’s just gotten wiser, I guess.  And they’re still playing keepaway with whatever ball I throw at them.

Of course, with any winter session, the dogs always have a blast … while I am either kneeling hip-deep in snow, or even lying in it sometimes.  Note to self: do invest in a better pair of insulated, waterproof pants.

Also, in regards to winter sessions … so many people worry that a winter session with not only be uncomfortable (trust me, I keep my winter dates extremely flexible and work around the temperatures), but they assume that the images will be boring … that every image will  be a backdrop of just snow, snow and more snow.   But that is far from the case!  I choose our locations very carefully, and – no matter what the season – will always strive for a wide variety of settings, vegetation, light, tones, textures, etc.

Thank you, Bernadette and Jordan, for once again trusting me to be the one to capture these photo-memories of your two amazing companions.  It is always a pleasure to spend time with you and the red dogs!