~*Shell*~

Pretty!!

Eep - I haven't done my selfie for this week. I'll have to have a think about it. I don't even have any ideas. I'm still in holiday mode!

Actually, the second one is the hills district kennel and training club one on the 28th January.

Details are here: http://www.hillskennelandtrainingclub.com/trial-schedules.html

Just did a session with Zero after a beach trip, long car ride, a bath and a blow dry. My exhausted boy was on fire :D Not a paw wrong in a 4 minute course.

Hope he didn't use it all up! Bring on next weekend!

The 50mm 1.8 is just about the cheapest lens out there and is great value for money because it's fast, sharp and light. That's why so many people have it. I wouldn't be without mine (though I have the 1.4 for the better build quality).

Updated the OP - let me know if anything doesn't look right.

The OP has been updated - let me know if anything is incorrect!

Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm shooting flyball shots for example and want to concentrate on one angle, i keep them both open so i can see the dog coming. If i don't need to keep the other one open I don't.

They are alternating with Sydney now. It was in melbourne this year and is in sydney next year.

If any one is going to the sydney one come and say hi. Zero and I are doing flyball demos in the main arena both days. Pretty easy to see who we are - he's the only sibe helping out on the day I think. I don't think the other sibes are coming up from canberra for it.

Nope! You can use whatever image host you like or attach it to your posts - we just use flickr to host our photos and keep everything together. If you let me know which dog you're going to photograph, I'll add it to the OP.

I think it happened because I copied and pasted last year's OP - it should be fixed now. Thanks for the links!

52 weeks for dogs is a flickr group that can be joined but as we have learned in the past, not everyone is welcome so we run our own here on DOL and in a special DOL 52 weeks for dogs flickr group.

The orginal group is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/52weeks4dogs/

The special DOL group is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dol52weeksofdog/

Another flickr group that can be joined by everyone is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/52weeksofdogs/

If you post or PM me the name of the dog you intend to photograph this year and a link to your album for it, I'll start putting names down here:

~*Shell*~ with Zero

Snook with Justice

Ellazpupz with "as-yet-un-named-mini-poodle-pup" (coming home in February!)

DogSportObsessed with Jess

DogSportObsessed with Bailey

Anniek with Phoebe

Helen with Tilly

ktig with Paddington

tlc with Lacy Jayd

Rozzie with Jezebel

Esky The Husky with Esky

Monet n Diva's Mum with Benson, Diva and Monet

Lovemesideways with Roscoe and Riddick

KumaAkita with Kuma

This thread is for all those people who want to participate in a 52 weeks for dogs like challenge but who don't want to focus on a dog/one dog

Post what your theme will be (aka 52 weeks of all of my dogs, if you want to photograph just one member of your pack a week) and if you have a link to an album (flickr, photobucket or a blog etc) post that too so I can add it to the OP.

~*Shell*~ with 52 weeks of Mow (or self portraits... maybe I'll do both)

Anniek with 52 weeks of Greyhounds

Misteri with 52 weeks of stuff

Snook with 52 weeks of self portraits

CrazyCresties with 52 weeks of Dogs, Cats, Bugs and Birds

MTD with 52 weeks of anything goes

Redangel with 52 weeks of living at home

Jessca with 52 weeks of stuff/whatever's around when I remember to take a photo

Dogfan with 52 weeks of colour

Gapvic with 52 weeks of self portraits

Whiskedaway with 52 weeks of self portraits

Monet n Diva's Mum with 52 weeks of Animals - Domestic, Exotic and Native!

Flaves with 52 weeks of ?

Butternut with 52 weeks of ?

Gila with 52 weeks of self portraits

dwynwen with 52 weeks of improving photography skills

Shall I create a new thread?

PM me with your photostreams :D

What a lovely idea for a thread!

I don't think I could list all the reasons why I'm thankful for/love Zero. He is my heart - that's the best way I can describe it. Besides, he looks like this and how can you not love that:

Lightroom isn't part of CS3 - it's an add on It's really simple to use.

Just got a quote for my kitty and it was $95 I was very happy with that as I know they do not cut any corners with pain relief or any other part of the procedure.

Sorry to continue going OT, but when I got my male cat desexed they charged me $60! I had to pick myself up the floor. I was expecting it to be around the $100 mark. He recovered very quickly too.

Mow (my cat) was done at 6 months for the tiny sum of $40. He woke up and came out for a cuddle. The ear tattoo bothered him more than the incision.

I have a pound dog and my next will be a registered puppy. I plan to keep on rescuing sibes though I'm not sure when the next one will be. I understand why the extremists say the things they do but I don't agree with them. Rescue dogs aren't for everyone. Zero was very very broken when I got him. I shudder to think what he would have done in a home where he could do whatever he liked and where his issues weren't properly dealt with.

Don't do it. I did the same thing for a friend, was told they were hiring a professional and when I turned up on the day as a guest who would take a couple of photos because I had my camera there, ended up being "the photographer" because the girl they "hired" was actually just a friend with a 300D and a kit lens. The second the sun went down, she was screwed and she lost interest about 20 seconds in when she saw my camera gear so I got dumped with the whole thing.

The wedding was in may... I'm still having problems with the bride and groom whinging about photos. I'm so over editing and re-editing them and because of all the whinging and bitching they've done, I don't want to be friends with them anymore.

Even though I said no in the first place, I wish I hadn't actually gone to the wedding.

Canon and Nikon are similar in quality and really, you can't go wrong either way. I would always recommend getting one of the two because of the range they have and the quality of the images. I have canon (5D II and 7D) because i prefer the way they feel in my hands but if i didn't have canon, i'd have nikon.

I use the bath down at the local pet barn for Z - he's too big to fit in the bath at home and is petrified of the shower so it's just easier. If he was smaller, I'd put him in the bath but I can't actually get him in there to wash him! The pet barn bath has a disinfectant cycle after every dog and is well maintained so I'm not worried. They do a big clean out every day too.

I would kill for a hydrobath but it's just not going to happen at the moment.

Great Photos everyone! I'd love to attempt a couple myself, but how do you do it? Shell - how did you work out what to focus on? Did you have a tripod?

That one was taken with my old 450D on the step and a remote trigger in my hand - it just auto focused.

Lucky shot that i'm looking at him and he's looking at the camera with a smile on his face.

Here's a selfie with Z :D

4 weeks until the first trial here. Z is getting his game face on for it so I'm excited. He's really loving being back in proper training again so hopefully he does well!

Of course! I'm not sure what Z will get this year but he'll be happy I'm sure.

If i'm going to wrap something, I will usually get him a pigs ear, some treats or a new squeaky toy. I don't bother anymore though - he has a stocking i put stuff in.