Sports Photographer Photographing Hunting Dogs

We had a little different shoot last week. I had brought along one of my digital cameras and a long lens while I was helping a friend train his champion shorthair and german wirehair pointers. These dogs are "unbelievable". Faster then you can imagine and catch scent of a chukar while doing it.

Derek Plyler has trained and raised quite a few award winning hunting dogs. He's located outside of Medina Ohio and works these dogs almost ever night. Last week was another big push to tune this pointers for the upcoming competitions. We set out chukars - a very cool looking game bird.

A dog is then released on a command - "bird" - and a dog is off so fast it's hard to keep up with him.

When the dog finds the bird he goes on point. Which makes for quite a cool photograph.





The hunter or trainer then moves in to flush the bird.

He then shoots the bird and if he hits it the dog is released to retrieve.

On location Award and Event Photography

We are often asked to shoot award and recognition photography. These corporate events are usually at hotel or at the companies location. The event typically happens once a year and it brings together employees and management in a fun
care free evening. Here are a few shots from last nights shoot in Akron, Ohio.

Portrait Event High Speed Photography

We"ve been keeping busy with what I love best: photographing people. People winning awards, photographing families, and individuals trying to improve their careers.

We've just recently put out a promotional piece that I was able to produce with the help and design of my web designer:
Rick Shaffer = http://www.shafferdesign.com/




We actually just shot an interesting shoot: Product photography - but dropping the product from eight feet up and smashing
into the floor. I was able to shoot the product with my new Canon at a high shutter speed and stop the action. We shot
five for five - what a mess.

Automotive, Manufacturing and Event Photography

After the winter we've had it was nice to shoot in studio and more importantly indoors. If you can't travel to warm climates
then you make do inside. We have continued to shoot automotive accessory product photography with models. Always fun.
Somebody has to make the handles for rakes and shovels. We get the opportunity to shoot them. The photography wasn't that
hard but the graphic designer whined when it came to outlining rakes. Not my job... but someone is willing to do it.


We also shoot events. Event photography, award recognition are also a staple of many photographers. We are not
the exception. Lots of fun and demanding.


This particular job was for Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland. Award winners include Dawn Southard, Glazen Creative,Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic and Glen Renwick of Progressive Insurance.

Travel Aviation Manufacturing Photography

January was a month to hit the road. The road to Michigan to shoot some on location portraits and manufacturing
photography just outside of Detroit. It was nice to get on the road again. Especially if you can drive. Flying and hauling
all my gear is not fun.
Then we actually did fly out of Cleveland Ohio and shot in West Palm beach, Florida. It was a quick 24 hour trip but what a
day and what a location. We shot on the runway shooting models and private jets. Of course we had to take commercial
airlines to get down there but we had several models of private planes to photograph. Must be nice to shoot in Florida
all the time.