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Meet Erin Vey

I am a dog lover first.

A photographer second.

By some random chance of fate, I was able to combine the two loves into the coolest job ever: A Dog Photographer

I grew up in a family where dogs were always an integral part of our lives and most importantly, members of the family. Most of my childhood was spent with various Basset Hounds of the lovable but extremely stubborn variety. We never had less than 2 at any given time, sometimes 3, and the occasional stray that one of us would bring home for a visit.

After a short stint doing portrait work, which I still love, I realized my true calling is capturing the essence and personality of dogs. Upon reflection, I feel that my time doing portrait work was not wasted. Because of it, my experience with portrait work flows beautifully into working with people and their dogs.

My husband and I are owned by the fabulous Miss Gracie, a 5 year old Great Dane who brings energy and life into our house. You’ll see her around here a lot, she loves having her portrait taken (at least I like to think so).  She is a complete Diva and if you stick around long enough, you'll know what I'm talking about!

What an amazing adventure this has been so far. I’m so glad you are here experiencing it with me.

Friday Goodies

Friday, May 30, 2008

Lots of random things on my mind today. How about a little bit of this and that?

FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

If you are in Photoshop as much as I am, there are certain things that you do repeatedly. One of them is Flattening layers. Instead of going up to the Menu bar and selecting Layer/Flatten, save yourself some time and create your own action that flattens the layers for you. Even better, assign that action a keyboard shortcut! Your wrist will thank you.

Dawn Mikulich, an awesome photographer from Chicago, has me spending yet again more money on fun things. Check out the the post on her blog complete with images of her fancy new keyboard decor!

If you landed at Photojojo, then you may as well just add the magnetic photo rope to your shopping cart because it is the coolest thing ever.

DOG LOVERS

If you haven’t been over to Pampered Puppy yet, make sure you bookmark their site. Gracie looks forward to getting her newsletter each month!

Have you met Chuck + Coco yet? Their Mama is Dooce. This video makes me want to go out and get myself a puppy right now just so I could watch the endless entertainment.


Chuck has the growlies from dooce on Vimeo.

PERSONAL

Hey did you see the little splash of red that I added? Bark! was needing a little color around here and I thought red was nice and spicy.

I love weddings. I especially love being a wedding guest. We haven’t been to a wedding in ages because all our friends are now married. But I am excited to second shoot with Seattle’s very own Michelle Moore this July.

If I was brave enough to get in front of the camera for another photographer, then I would hire Sean Flanigan, because I adore his work and his portraits are nothing short of incredible. Lucky for me he is in Seattle, but I’m not brave enough yet :)

I am in love with the Roomba that we recently bought. My husband came home the other day and I said “Look! I am cooking and vacuuming all at the same time!”

Hey, I need a new printer + a new scanner, so why can’t I combine the two into one? Does anyone have a good recommendation for me?

What fun is a post without a picture? Here is a great one of my niece (left) and her friends from last weekend. Too cute!

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Michelle Moore - Thanks for the shout out Erin, I'm super excited to have you along! :)

kelly arnold - i love my roomba too!

Erin - I love Chuck. He almost doesn't look real to me. I would love to shoot that pup and actually a shoot with Heather + Chuck would rock!

Great Dane Addict - I've been reading Dooce for years, and in fact, hanging on the wall directly behind my monitor is a Chuck calendar.

Erin - Jen you HAVE to get him one from www.fetchingtags.net. I absolutely adore it!

jennifer kitrosser - erin, i will make sure to check out all of your recommendations! thanks chica! also, where did you buy gracie girl's id on her collar? i have one from petsmart - it's icky from going swimming so much and wanted to treat him to a new one!

Deb Schwedhelm Photography - funny b/c i just emailed sean a note the other day about how much i love his work. amazing, huh?!!! you must contact him ;-) and wow, second shooting with michelle moore...that's so awesome. can't wait to hear all about it. see you soon pal. hugs, deb

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