What an amazing morning I had. I got up at 5:30 a.m., 27º here in the valley, and headed up to Truckee, up in the mountains (where it was 19º), to take more (better) images of my friend Barb training for the Iditarod. These images were shot specifically for Honda's Red Rider magazine. When I first met Barb and found out about how she trains her dogs with no snow, she e-mailed me some pics and I sent them over to a friend I have over at Honda. He forwarded it to the PR firm that puts together their magazine monthly and now they're doing a small story on Barb and her Honda-trained dogs. It is an incredible thing to watch! I feel lucky to even be a part of the entire process, and of course it's exciting to know my pics will be published again. It's all great for the new web site (coming soon) and my portfolio. I got some great sunrise shots up there this morning, and great shots of the dogs, too. They are so amazing. When they were done running and eating, I went and sat down on the ground next to Corey (pictured yawning at left) to try to get a nice close-up shot and I was pummeled by him and his lead-dog partner and smothered with kisses and beaten with wagging tails. I was leaned upon and shed upon and generally smothered with love. It was great! What incredible loving animals. I would take them all home, given the chance. :) Then I came home and processed images for Red Rider and got those sent off, and now I'm thinking food might be a good idea. I grabbed a Luna bar on my way through Tahoe because I was falling asleep (the coffee I grabbed at 6 a.m. had long since worn off). Just wanted to take a moment to enter my first Multiply blog.
Cool, Christi! And hey, you can refer to me that way NOW, even if it isn't true. ;) And thanks, buttercup. I do really love the photography part of my job, for sure!
very cool. You know I love your pics, I was gonna say especially the ones with animals... but who am I kidding - you're an amazing photographer, I really love them all. Very cool project :)
