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Everyone likes a Good Howl-oween Party | Olsen Dog Park

Hey guys, did you know I’m a celebrity? That’s right. I was asked to be a celebrity judge for the Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation’s Howl-oween costume party on Tuesday. Yeah, I’m completely joking about the part, although being a judge and picking the dog with the cutest costume, maybe not so much. :p

It was a super hard decision to make, but I have to say my favorites were Ty the Goldendoodle Beanie Baby, Count Choco-la (b), and Roscoe the Friendly Ghost. Then of course, I have to give an honorable mention to the lab that stole the boxer’s hot dog costume (see images below). Seriously, this dog was such a naughty boy, lol. I think it took like 5 people and 20 minutes to get the costume back, and watching the antics totally made my day. I guess every dog loves hot dogs no matter if they’re real or not. ;p

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Horribly sad that he lost his costume, lol.

“Hey ma, you’ll never believe what I saw today. A real, live full-size beanie baby!”

I’m pretty sure if I was a dog and had their face, the world would be mine. How can you say no? Seriously.
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I love this dog! Kept coming up to me every time I raised my camera. All they wanted to do was get their photo taken, lol.

Beginning or middle of the hot dog fiasco.

Can’t catch me!

The puppy’s little tongue sticking out while it begs for a treat—ugh, absolutely kills me. So adorable!

And that’s it. I love dog parks. Hope you have a safe and happy Howl-oween! Be sure to share photos of you pet in costume on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/katkuphotography

Can your photographer do this? :)

So I think there is a common misconception that when it comes to photography, that photos look awesome out of camera. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Well, that’s not true–sometimes they do look awesome, especially if you have the luxury of time to perfectly compose the shot. :p Most of the time though, most photographers spend a significant amount of time post-processing their work, as I do–which is sometimes why it takes a little bit longer for people to see their images from their session! I want them to look perfect! :)

When it comes to pet photography and working with pets, I often have to move fast–working with a quick shutter speed and taking multiple frames just to capture the right expression. Sometimes I’ll get the right expression in one image but the composition might be a little off, or the composition might be just right, but the expression is a little off. When this happens, I work my Photoshop magic to create the final image.

Here’s one setup that I really loved, but the images that came out, I wasn’t the greatest fan of. The first image here of Scrappy–his expression is not the greatest.
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Then the second image, while I love his happy face, I cropped him a bit too closely in camera. So what to do?

By using my experience and skills, I overlaid the two and did some re-positioning to create the best of both images. There’s some subtle differences in the before and after images, but if you don’t know what to look for, I don’t think it’s too noticeable, right? :)
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Bane & Raven | Canton Pet Photography

I first met Bane and his humans at the 2013 HSHV Walk & Wag event in May where I held a Doggy Portraits for a Cause fundraiser. I think he was a little nervous about having his photo taken because he gave me a super serious face. See below.
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But I think after Bane saw how handsome he looked, he decided he looooooooooved being a doggy model, which is good, because his parents decided to book a session with me to photograph him along with his new sister, Raven. :)

Honestly, I know pitbulls get a really bad rap, but Bane and Raven were super sweet to work with, and I kind of wanted to take them home with me after their session… (shh, don’t tell their parents). Not only were they so much fun to work with, they are also super photogenic–picking out my favorite images to share was near impossible. Thank you Dana and Ray for such a wonderful photoshoot!

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(This is my “I’m so happy it’s Friday” face.)

(Bane’s “Give me treat” pose and expression, lol)

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