Musings About the Calendar

[F, Calla & Luca]

This post is not about me or any known DK member. Just musings as the midnight hour of the calendar deadline approaches at least here in the East. What if you are a world class photographer? But you have a unattractive less attractive doodle.We could ask the question, are there any such things? Aren't all doodles attractive? Especially to the people who love them. Should your doodle be in the calendar? Great picture, sharp, clear, gorgeous setting. Ordinary doodle. But then in the hands of a great photographer the soulfulness of a doodle's eyes comes through doesn't it? What if you have a spectacular doodle. But you are not at all a photographer?

Needless to say all the calendar submission preoccupation has gotten to me. Should I have carried a brush and camera around a lot? Should I have bothered the doodles so much? Aren't they dogs and entitled to be messy? I have seen some fabulous pictures of wet doodles though. But then the dogs did get dried liver treats for today's last minute shoots. Maybe they thought it was worth it all. At least I don't force them into costumes : ) But at times it reminds me of the Westminster Kennel Club and the backstage primping that seems insane to me.

Can anybody capture with a camera the love you feel when you look at your dog? Any thoughts?

[Adina P]

I don't think a photo can capture the 'love' because the love is in your heart...in the eyes of the beholder.  Not in a split second image of the beloved, anyway.  

[F, Calla & Luca]

True.

[Sally]

I made an album on facebook called "stuck like glue". It's a great visual series of the love that duncan and i have for each other. That or maybe i'm just comfier than a doggie bed. Hopefully you can view them with this link.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4479121897838.2188065.128...

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Wonderful pictures, Sally.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Nice shots that doe express a lot. Luca is like that. He loves to come and lie on a body part, usually a foot. And I wake up to a doodle face.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Oh my goodness, that is the sweetest thing. Daisy puts her head on my arm, or back or right in front of my face - she doesn't bark or whine, I just feel her...talk about waking up with a smile on your face. LOVE!

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Sally ~ great photos.

[Bonnie and Kona]

soooo adorable! love this series!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I need to walk around with tiny scissors for eye trims.  I get what I think might be lovely shots of my guys but when I load them onto the computer, I find that they have no eyes!  :-}  Ned is usually a smiley dood, but I have some of him soooooo pouting. So I may not capture the 'love in his eyes,' but I can capture the "Geez, aren't we done yet?" poses pretty well.  Here is one of an unhappy camper:

[F, Calla & Luca]

I know those well : )

[Sally]

I swear the fur around their eyes grows faster than anything. I found myself yesterday trying to fix a "cowlick" type piece of fur that was poking him in the eye like a mom would fix her son's hair. 

Ned is definitely saying "I won't look at you for any more pictures."...

[GBK]

Sally, I call Kona my chia pet, her hair just grows out and surrounds those eyes!!!