Things are going really well here in Phoenix. The response to my work is incredible and today I had a great session with an actor/model. Huxley is a sensitive dog and suffers from a little bit of separation anxiety, probably because I spent practically the first year of his life hanging out with him. Unfortunately, Huxley spent some time outside today while I was working and before I let him back in the house this is the face he made, begging to come inside.
The busier I get the harder it is to focus enough energy on this project. I am afraid that I’ve been slacking a lot lately. Hopefully I can get back on track this weekend.
Today I just ran out of time to actually make an image of one of my dogs. So this image is a substitute:
This image was made in Northern Arizona as we first traveled here (on vacation at the time). And the wind from that thundercloud actually broke our tent in half shortly after this image was taken. Below Squid is actually a cave and to his right a 100 ft dry wash that we called a canyon, quite an adventure.
I’ve known for quite some time that the images I post on flickr end up taking a hit in saturation and contrast, I didn’t mind figuring if someone stole the image it would at least be an inferior one. This is the first time I am disappointed. This image is actually very vibrant and it made me laugh how plastic everyone looked. Especially Huxley with that vacant stare on his face.
My wife hates this image but I think she is beautiful, even when she isn’t made to look plastic.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and keep up on my Dog a Day project, I hope you are enjoying the images I’ve created. If you want to offer any suggestions for future images, leave ideas in the comments and I will do my best to complete them. Only twenty days left…
Also check out the “Dog a Day” gallery here: tysoncrosbie.com/Dog_A_Day
About the Day 7 photo: I thought it would be fun to illustrate the differences between Squid and Huxley’s personality by photographing their collars. If you like this image make sure to click on it and make it a favorite at flickr.
This image fits my own personal rule for Dog a day by having one of both of my dogs in the image. They have both owned these collars since puppies, Huxley’s is on bottom and Squid’s on top. Even though Huxley is nearly a year older than Squid his collar still looks brand new. Squid on the other hand nearly chewed through his the day he got it.
Squid is an obvious extrovert and Huxley considerably more introverted, which is quite odd for a Jack Russell.
This “Dog a Day” project while forcing me to work everyday is also forcing me to post a new blog everyday. Being very new to this social media trend I am frankly a little unnerved. In a lot of ways I am still trying to find my place in the new media world. Still, memories of being beat up in 2nd grade keep flashing into my mind, because I was not the most sociable person in the world, I preferred to sit back and observe the group, keeping only a few close friends that I would open up to. So all this openness and rapid fire exchange in social media scares me a little.
Recently I ran into this article: Instant Messaging for Introverts by Joe Kissell. It really resonated with my own experiences, especially when talking about how introverts in general choose their words very carefully in social situations, and how exhausting that process can be. This inevitably drives my wife Jamie crazy as I spend several minutes working on a short email to a client, rereading it several times just to make sure that it is clear what I am saying.
Social Media is an exciting new tool and one that I hope has a place for me even when the newness wears off for me and I can no longer devote all my energy into it. However, statements like Gary Vaynerchuk’s most recent post cause me to doubt it. What happens to those of us that want to just do one thing? Who don’t want our personal brand to be so inclusive of every detail of our lives? Does that mean we automatically are irrelevant to the tech world? I agree with Gary that this is an exciting time and that the possibilities are vast, but could we hold off on excluding the thinkers from the experience just yet?
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