Fun in the Art District!

Thank you everyone for attending the Art Walk! What a busy place! We saw some stunning oil paintings, photographs and sculptures. We stopped at the Reed Gallery where John Fielder showcased his work. This was my first time seeing his work in larger than 8x10 (yes - I know he is the local celebrity and I am ashamed that I don't know his work better). His depictions of the beautiful Colorado landscape takes your breathe away.
You can feel his passion through his work - I quote Gandhi - "Passion is what brings sense to our life". That is what life is all about right?
I want to extend a big Thank You! to Mary Beth from Mary Beth Graff Photography: http://www.mbgpics.com/ for taking the Art Walk Photos! Thank You!

Art Walk

Calling all Shutterbug Divas! WOW - do I need a night out! You too?
I hope you can join me for the Art Walk Friday night. I can't wait to walk around - look at beautiful art and sip some luscious red wine. If you want more info on the Art Walk - check out this website http://www.artdistrictonsantafe.com/- Looking forward to sharing some photography tips and having a fun night out with some Shutterbug Divas - remember "Anyone can be a Diva - you just have to wear a skirt!"

Love it!

DivaJ

Lightroom 2 Help!

Hey Divas,

Ugh! I have been dragging on completing some editing in Lightroom 2. I finally broke down and surfed the web looking for some online tutorial about Lightroom 2. I found this awesome website called: http://www.jkost.com/lightroom.html. Her tutorials are super easy to follow (and she goes slow enough for even me to understand!). She calls herself the "digital imaging evangelist". If you have Lightroom 2 and you want to learn a new feature or you just want to get the thing up and running - I highly suggest you check her out.

Always here to help another Diva out! Rock on!

Diva J

The Battling Brothers

Hey there - I have some new pictures from a recent photo shoot with the "Battling Brothers". Wrigley (the instigator) and Leo (laid back - kind of like Towely on Southpark) gave me a run for my money during the shoot. Wrigley (or "Wrigs") is a Jack Russell with a lot of spunk -he thinks he runs the show but Leo has a gentle way of telling Wrigley to "Chill out buddy!".

Leo's owner (Tony) is from Chicago and he was on his way to New Mexico to do some mission work (such a "do-gooder" guy (insert sweet smiling here)). Tony stopped at a gas station and saw this little puppy hanging out by the gas station. He saw that his collar was too tight and asked the gas station owner whose dog it was. The gas station owner said that the dog has been hanging out there for a few weeks - no owner. Tony went and bought a donut. Tony gave it to Leo (hey - who is going to turn down a free donut?) and stole Leo's heart all in one swoop. After some debate with some people in the car - Leo was welcomed in the back seat and away they went to New Mexico. Leo's owner never put him on a leash during the entire trip (Tony didn't want to force Leo's to be "his dog"). They visited the Grand Canyon and completed their mission work. Leo never left his side during that trip and ever since that day (I think the donut sold the deal...).

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them - Cheers, Diva J

Welcome Shutterbug Divas

Welcome to the first posting of Shutterbug Divas! I am Jaime Rowe - master dog tummy scratcher and cold ear cat toucher (I will explain later...) of Greens Paws Photography.

I am calling out to all Shutterbug Divas out there to come along my journey with me to become a professional photographer of four-legged animals that lick each other to say "Hello there!" and kick their legs in a quick random motion when you scratch their tummies (aka dogs...and crazy cats too).
This blog will be my journey through the steps it takes to "break" into the photography and pet industry. I will share EVERYTHING...learn from my mistakes (or run away with your bag of snausages in the other direction).
I also will be starting a group called Shutterbug Divas in the Denver area. It is a crossbreed of a camera club and a women's group (no we will not burn bras or put our husband's picture on a bullseye).

Shutterbug Divas is all about Eating (my favorite part), Laughing, Learning, and Dreaming.

Anyway - we will meet once a month for a "Diva Photography Workshop" in a hip, modern gallery and then have a "Divas Night Out" once a month where we have a few drinks and then go out on the town with tripods and take some sweet night photos.

I look forward to your comments and silly dog/cat stories are always welcome!