Sunday, December 27, 2009

Finally--A Christmas Card Picture!


For the last 10 years, we've taken a picture of our dogs for our Christmas card. This year proved to be a bit of a challenge. I think because I had in my mind the picture I wanted, and despite all the effort, it just wasn't coming together like I envisioned. I lost track of how many rolls (yes rolls) of film I've taken the last several weeks trying to get the "perfect" picture. Last Saturday during our big snow fall, with a little bit of film left, I took my 35 mm camera out into the yard and I snapped a few pictures of the dogs enjoying the snow. As I was walking back to the house, the dogs were in a line in front of me and a couple of them had laid down in the snow...I snapped this picture...When I saw this picture, I realized that even though it wasn't "perfect," I loved it, and I knew I had the one I wanted to use for our Christmas card. I also remembered a lesson I'd learned when I started taking "dog pictures" 10 years ago; which is that if you want a good picture, just let the subjects be themselves and the camera can and usually does capture that.

12 comments:

  1. This is outstanding, how beautiful!
    Yep, I'd say this is the Christmas card for next year.
    Now you can say you have one thing finished for Christmas 2010!
    Misha

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  2. Gotta love it! What's interesting is trying to make out the dogs and figuring out how many dogs are in the picture.

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  3. love this picture! so perfect!
    (i found you through Sue)
    your pack is beautiful!!

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  4. Wow. What a great photo of all your canine "kids!" I stumbled across your blog and found it really fun and interesting. We have dogs (just 2 though) a Weimaraner and a Dachshund, and they're the joy of our lives. We'll be checking your blog often now! Happy New Year. Rob and Tom

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  5. beautiful!! I want more snow! xxx

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  6. what a stunning photo......I love how they are walking one behind one another,

    Gill in Canada

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  7. I loooooooooooove it! You are so lucky :) What a great fur family you have...

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  8. Wow!!!

    I can see a caption forming in my mind for the Christmas Card next years.
    Santa's back-up reindeer squad in training of course.
    Beautiful picture.
    Thanks so much for sharing.

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  9. Hey Kim! We got ours in the mail, and we loved it, especially Corinne! She said it looks like they are pulling a sled :)She likes to name as many as she can, and can always pick out Josh, because he looks just like Copper!
    Sending love and hugs to you! Have a wonderful New Year!!

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  10. Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

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