Pam Biasotti Photography Blog

Yesterday (well now it’s more than yesterday since it’s the early morning hours right now) I traveled to San Francisco to photograph a family and their beloved toy poodle.  The mom and dad are proud parents of a 7 month old baby boy, S.  This little guy has the biggest brown eyes and happiest face you would ever want to meet.  I promised a few sneak peaks before I get swamped this week.  First we have Mr. Adorable…

Mom and Dad are crazy about their son.

One of the whole family.  It was a challenge to get Toby the dog sitting pretty with baby S.  While I managed to get Toby’s attention, S. thought his hand tasted pretty good.

It was Fleet Week in the City.  Loud planes rumbling back and forth.  My clients were only a short walk away from Alamo Square and we thought it would be fun to capture some shots of the Painted Ladies while watching the Blue Angels buzz by near us.  Unfortunately S. fell asleep on the way up to the park, so Toby decided to strut his stuff and pose.

Thank you B. Family for the nice time together.  I always love a beautiful day in San Francisco.

I am playing catch up this week!  I have many blog posts to show and things to talk about but I wanted to shout out to Jamie from Cowbelly Pet Photography and thank her for her hospitality and workshop!  There are many workshops out there for photographers to attend but I felt that this one was something I was very interested in as far as investing my time.  I have been fascinated by how Jamie runs her business and her success as a pet photographer was shared last weekend in her hometown of Seattle Washington.  It was a long long long weekend but I walked away with some new friends and colleagues.   The weather was typical Seattle unpredictable, but we made the most of what we could and spent a little time with some of her Pug clients, Charlie and Seymour.  I haven’t had a chance to edit them all, but I wanted to share some cuteness with you so you can see why I love dogs so much.  These were some of the best behaved little dudes I have come across in a long time and it just reinforces what some good obedience training can do for you.  We as pet owners are responsible for making our animals good canine citizens.  No one else is–meaning it’s up to us to train them well and love them up.  The more training you can invest in your dog, the happier you will be, the happier he/she will be and the happier other canines will be.  Trust me–obedience training NEVER stops.  Even though Riley is 9 we do our daily obedience exercises in heeling, sitting, staying, recalling, sits and downs, stand for exam, you name it.  I told you I was going to get a CD on this boy someday and I am!

So, Jamie, thank you for spending time sharing your knowledge and skills with me and the others.  I had a nice weekend away from the hetic work schedule I have waiting for me here.  I have a lot to think about and look forward to taking my pet photography to the next level.  I loved your dog Fergie–she has so much spunk and attitude.  

2 of my favorites so far from last weekend

Not quite the Beatles’ Abbey Road, is it?  I didn’t think so.

Abby requires quite a bit of exercise and eventually she becomes more mellow.  The funniest thing is watching her stick her head out of her owner Liz’ car window while driving.  I didn’t get a chance to capture that funny sight but I did manage to capture her at Sunol Regional Wilderness park playing with her mom.

I believe she is Portguese Water dog but Liz thinks she might have something in addition to that in her breeding.  Abby has been featured in the local magazine Bay Woof and can be seen around pulling Liz on a scooter.  That’s a working dog in action!

Whatcha doing to Liz, there, Abby?  Looks a little painful!  Oh, you are just being silly I see.

She’s actually laughing at me.  Seriously. The dog is laughing at me.

Abby is mastering her sit and stay skills here on the wagon wheel seat.  She did excellent!!!

At this visit, the pups were 6 weeks old and acting crazy. Meaning, I had 13 little guys and girls climbing all over me and my camera. I was kissed, nibbled, scratched (not on purpose) and basically destroyed by the end of the meeting. All the puppies except two females had homes waiting for them when they became old enough to leave.

Riley is going to be 9 next week. That’s a senior Golden age, and we lost Paddy at 10 so I often begin to watch for signs of age in Riley. He’s an old man lately. If I open the fridge and as much touch a package of cheese he does snap up and come running though.

Here’s some snapshots of the puppies. Two litters by the way. Can you imagine 13 puppies coming out of one dog? I don’t think so!

First off, let’s study the gait on these babies. Since their breeder (Riley’s breeder in fact) shows her dogs, I imagine gait is very important.

How well does a puppy respond to being touched and held, etc? This one seemed to be fine with it.

Often dogs that aren’t conformation quality still compete in obedience trials and agility trials. This is Miss Raspberry collar, showing us (with a doggie smile I might add) what she thinks of the tire. I secretly wanted to tuck her into my camera bag and take her home. Resist! Resist! Think about something else, Pammy.

Here’s the other girl I coveted. She was Miss Orange collar and sassy. Next Golden I get I want to be a girl this time. I have mentioned that I live in a home of Y chromosomes and am tired of all the testosterone. I am tired of cleaning up the bathroom floors. Why does my kids’ bathroom remind me of a mens’ room at Dodger Stadium? Ummm…don’t ask me how I know what a mens’ room smells like at Dodger Stadium.

After much wrestling and soon losing interest in me, the puppies became bored.

They all started getting tired.

I plan to visit these lovers at least once more before they leave for their new homes.

Apparently I am getting more and more of the combination together which I enjoy. We just returned from Southern California for a little downtime after the “termination” of my IT career. Sara Evans was playing at the Ventura County fair and my husband is a huge fan. Me, not so much but I admit she’s a good singer. We also stopped off in Camarillo to grab a few shots of this little miracle girl and her siblings. I hope her parents don’t mind me sharing the story with you–well actually Dad gave me permission (but I was hoping Mom would speak up.)

I just want to say that it’s never too late to have the family you always dreamed of having. No matter how your child comes to you, the opportunity to parent a child is by far one of the most rewarding lifetime experiences. S and R tried for many years to conceive a child on their own and finally adopted their first child, a boy. M came along and guess what happened one month later? R found out she was pregnant! At the age of 40 she delivered a brother to 10 month old M.

It gets even better! We received a call a few months ago that a happy surprise was coming. R was expecting another child–a girl–at 45. Congrats to the family and to her big brothers M and M. Ha ha…sounds like a candy plug doesn’t it?

By the way, Maggie is the new family dog. Sweet addition to an already full house!