lord, it’s time for another facebook recap … blog entries are so slim these days due to the backlog of fall shoots and now the big orders coming in from those sessions.  but as of yesterday we officially completed the post-production work on all of our fall sessions (yeah, with that many squeeze-in sessions, it took that long!), and we celebrated that completion by going out and shooting two Starter sessions yesterday afternoon. what is it that they say about no rest for the wicked?  people who know me and know how little sleep i get already think i must have been a very very nasty individual in a former life. 🙂

so, while i contemplate the possible sins in my former lives, let me entertain you with a few of the images that you may have missed on the scruffy dog facebook page. i understand that not everyone is a fan of facebook, and if you aren’t, you can always catch up here on the blog … but if you are on FB, you might want to join the fun over on the SDP FB page.  it’s a pretty rockin’ place.

first up, one of my faves of the week … and one of my favorite models of 2011 … Indy.  her finished gallery was just a wee bit bigger than the typical client gallery due to her non-stop expressions …

and then the highlight (or rather lowlight?) of last week was the sudden loss of scruffy client Sprocket …

this boy’s session (along with big sister Basil) was shot in November and we were just finishing the post work on their session when mom Jayne emailed me from the OVC with the shattering news.

Sprocket was one of those dogs with an unquenchable love of life, an incredible spirit and character that touched anyone who met him.  his sudden loss was the result of a ruptured splenic tumor … something that is familiar to me, and, unfortunately, not a rare enough condition.

as a tribute to Sprocket, i put together a little slide show for this amazing boy’s parents …

i consider myself extremely fortunate to have met this boy and been able to capture his spirit and energy in these images.  my hope is that his premature loss is a message to others on the importance of having photos of your 4-legger.  take photos (and video) yourself, and if you don’t feel competent in capturing those images, hire someone to take some photos for you.  they are so important as these beloved 4-leggers of ours aren’t with us long enough.

and let’s not forget Sprocket’s lovely sister Basil …

over the past week, we shared a number of before-and-after shots from the post-production side of things. little Gizelle … i have got to do a blog entry on this snippet of a scruffy …

for those inquiring, this is Lightroom.  all SDP editing is done in combination with LR3 and CS5.

and a little before-and-after of Charlie showing off his Karma collar …

and no week would be complete without at least one photo of resident scruffy merrick goobernuts mcscruffy … believe it or not these shots were taken mid-February in Ontario!

and then there was little baby Harlow … since she was another squeeze-in session this past fall and the post-work was delayed, i’m pretty sure this little girl is easily twice the size now!

and that wild Indy again …

and Jack and Fergus … these two scruffmuffins belong to fabulous photographer Chris Dupuis-Kufske of Click Photography.

and we’ll close out with an old archived image i stumbled upon the other day … taken almost two years ago during the goobernuts’ very first official photo session … when he was still terrified of the camera, but working hard to overcome that …

i hope you’re all enjoying your week!