Category Archives: 52 week project

Sunny Saturday #3-”The Climber”

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Sunny has turned out to be quite the little climber and thinks things are there for him to scale.It may have begun with Sunny and his brother Clancy, scaling their grandpa Finn’s Clifford the Big Red Dog slide… Or maybe he was inspired by the mountain pillow… Getting on top of deliveries…. An (almost) the …

24/52 : Kona – The Clown

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Nikon D60 : 35mm : shutter 1/160: aperture f /8: ISO 800 Wishing all our Canadian friends a happy 1st, and all our American friends a happy 4th this long weekend!

22/52 : Kona – Watching Surfers

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Nikon D60 : 55mm : shutter 1/320: aperture f /13: ISO 200 : circular polarizer My view of Kona watching surfers during an overcast day at the beach. He sat for nearly an hour, fascinated. I wonder if he would have liked to join them.

21/52 : Kona – Lettin’ It All Hang Out

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Nikon D60 : 18mm : shutter 1/50: aperture f /6.3: ISO 200 We can all learn a thing or two about relaxing, from dogs…here’s a prime example, Kona gets a head start on the weekend after a busy week at work. We hope you all have a good weekend!

20/52 : Hollywood Kona – Who Loves You Baby?

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Nikon D60 : 35mm : shutter 1/80: aperture f /6.3: ISO 400 We were goofing around to get a project 52 picture and Kona was really into posing with sunglasses. He’s gone all Hollywood on us:) I don’t know why but this picture cracks me up, maybe because he’s smiling and probably because glasses on …

19/52 : Kona – In The Garden

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Nikon D60 : 24mm : shutter 1/50: aperture f /9: ISO 200 Kona loves to hang out while we work in the garden, which has gone crazy with poppies and snails. I like when he walks through the lavender and rosemary…he smells great after that:)

18/52 : Kona – Glamour Shot

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Nikon D60 : 55mm : shutter 1/100: aperture f /5: ISO 400 Kona strikes a pose after his bath, pre-pet therapy rounds today. Promptly after I took this photo, he dug a massive hole under the lemon tree and sat in it. So much for clean:)

17/52 : Kona – Red Dog

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Nikon D60 : 200mm : shutter 1/80: aperture f /5.6: ISO 400 Great light tonight as the sun begins its decent on the horizon, looked amazing reflecting off Kona’s fur, as a noise in a tree caught his attention. With things being insanely busy for months, I relish these small moments we sneak in to …

16/52 : Kona – Crooked Smile

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  Nikon D60 : 90mm : shutter 1/80: aperture f /8 : ISO 400 : 2 x 20″ softbox Kona shows off his beautifully crooked smile…I joke with the kids in pediatrics on our hospital therapy rounds that he really needed braces when he was a puppy. Almost every time they ask “Really?!” Guaranteed smiles …

13/52 : Kona – The Assistant

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Nikon D60 : Tamron 10-24mm @10mm : shutter 1/100: aperture f /10 : ISO 400 : Exposure Bias Value: -0.66 :bounced fill flash The boys hard at work in the composition studio. Kona has to be in there like a dirty shirt, watching every move…and sneaking a few pets. The hardest thing is playing instruments …

12/52 : Kona – Big Block Head

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Nikon D60 : Tamron90mm  : shutter 1/125: aperture f /5 : ISO 200 : Exposure Bias Value: -0.3333333 I’ve always loved the big blocky heads of retrievers. Spencer had the classic big block head.  When we adopted Kona, I didn’t feel that he was as square. but lately his head actually seems blockier. I attribute …

10/52 : Kona – The Expedition

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Nikon D60 : Tamron 10-24mm@24mm : shutter 1/100: aperture f /18 : ISO 200 : Cokin graduated ND grey filter The boys hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in the Whitewater Preserve, California.