Best Buds

Jed and I just visited my best friend from college, Brit and her hubby, Hunter. They live on a private lake in Lakewood, WA. I think we are all still a little shocked at how quickly we grew up. It wasn't long ago that Brit, Hunter, myself and three other housemates were sharing a four bedroom house with a dog, a cat and two lizards. Wow. Time flies and great memories are made! Here Brit and her best bud, Augie, on the wooden barge that we took out on the lake the day we arrived :)

Adorable Adoptables

Steele and Hutchess are two of the adoptable dogs from Maxfund this month. Both are gorgeous, one more serious than the other. Steele is big on keeping his cool, while Hutchess found my jokes absolutely hilarious.

Mica & Jasmine

Such lovely ladies. Don't they look wonderfully proper? Lisa Sickles of Wag Wag Enterprises e-mailed me the other day to take photos of these girls for her husband as an anniversary gift. The shoot was undoubtedly easy, given that Lisa is a fabulous dog trainer and she has had Mica and Jasmine for over a decade.

Oldies but Goodies

These two are my favorite Flagstaff canines. Mr. Solo and Able Treacy. Solo and I were roommates for a few days last month, and the San Fransico Peaks were only a few blocks from the house. He has been on numerous back-country trips with us, and I cannot stress enough how unbelievably awesome he is.

Able's dad once told me that he just wasn't sure what he would do without him when that day comes. I'm not a fan of thinking about that sort of stuff, but I couldn't help but hear those words during the shoot. I am soooo happy that I caught Able with this look on his face. I'll be sending his pops a wood block wrapped up nice and tight with ribbons and bows so whatever happens, Able will be still be smiling.

The Product

I have decided that since I am not only a photographer, but I am an artist and a craftswoman, and I really enjoy wall art to spice up our house, why not offer all of the above to people that love their dogs as much as I do. These are my products: I offer them with a flat wood edge, or framed; as singles, doubles, or as a series of three or four. Each piece is custom mounted, by yours truly, to a wood block and is ready to hang when I deliver it!

The first two that I did were a birthday present for Jed... believe it or not, better than last years skydiving gift!

David: Flagstaff Musician

Dave Logan... the ultimate jack-of-all-traits. We befriended at Northern Arizona University and became family through Four Season Guides. This man is unbelievable! He is smart, handsome, funny as hell, and brace yourself ladies... he's single! He is a scientist, a musician, a backpacking guide, and an old soul. You can imagine how I felt when I received this facebook message:

"I can't believe it didn't hit me before! Wesley, I need you. Being that I'm now diving headlong into the uncertain world of music-for-a-living-ness, I need to create a website, press pack, etc. These things require photos. And so I would like to hire you, Miss Jackson....
...Your picture-taking is superb and I don't want anyone else to do it!
What do ya say, Weezie?"

My heart melts re-reading this! Thanks for this unbelievable opportunity to work with you, Dave!
I can't wait 'till you are famous!

You Know You Want One

Two of these sweethearts are spoken for. The rest are up for grabs! My mission... get them adopted! MaxFund is a no-kill shelter in Denver where 7 of the nine pups below reside. I spent some time with them today, and I will say if I didn't already have two dogs at home I would have taken every one of them back to la casa with me! There are many, many, many, more animals in need of love and attention at MaxFund and throughout the city. I need public spaces to hang photos of the pup's portraits to get the word out that adopting is super cool!!! Please, let me know if you know of spaces, places, and people to contact that might be interested in hanging some awesome artwork to promote and even more awesome cause...