I do declare the deepest discount of the year is going to my fabulous returning clients. Thank you for everything! Stay tuned for your Clients Only Email and jump on it. It’s headed your way after the 4th of July holiday.

Everyday sessions are currently being booked and won’t be around long.  Jump on it.  It’s cool and stress free.

I hope you all have a safe wonderful Fourth of July weekend. Do what you can to help save the planet and preserve our way of life.

I leave you with a top 10 list of cool things I have discovered on the interwebs. In no particular order!

10. Got a complimentary one of THESE. I am hooked.

9.Orb Element – reusable personal filtered bottle. I bought one 3 months ago. Have not bought bottled water since. Totally rock star. No plastic bottles in the trash and it tastes great.

8. The iphone meets photography and it’s totally sexy -

7. I just searched for this for 10 minutes. If you love pizza like we do DO THIS as soon as possible.

6.  The double shot camera! SO fun.  I have yet to get my film developed but I’ll keep you posted

5. The ipad. I don’t have one but if i did. I would keep it in THIS.

4. GasLand - Sundance Film.  Eye opening for certain and I think it’s worth watching.  Read Reviews.

3.  7th Generation – If you have not bought this product at Target.  Give it a whirrl.  I use the free and clear dish soap and laundry detergent. Love it.

2   PicClick – If you haven’t seen this run don’t walk.  Etsy. Amazon. allrecipies.com all in one place.  My friend Shannon has led me to heaven.

1.   Everyone should read THIS.

and and the animated bonus of this cool little video, I thought was well done

The Seed from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

These dogs in particular, 20 of them, were saved from a Hesperia KILL shelter nearing their last day. Paige hand picked each one and I can tell you they are all such sweet hearts. The love that they have for her just shines in their eyes and even after just a few days didn’t want to leave her side. She, and The Pet Rescue Center saved their lives. Period.

Not only does The Pet Rescue Center save our future furry friends they also have a state of the art veterinary facility that blows away anything I have ever seen and Dr. Wheaton and the rest of the staff visibly care for your pets.

JUNE SPECIAL:

Pet sessions booked in the month of June I will happily donate 15% of my print sales to The Pet Rescue center to help care for these critters.

Session must take place between the months of June-August 2010. Space is limited. Contact for details.

Amy Boring – info@aboringphoto.com or 714.883.5654 for more information on booking your session.

If you are interested in any of the animals seen here or to donate go to: www.thepetrescuecenter.org

The pup above was the most attentive of the bunch and loved having his/her photo taken.  I am not normally a fan of the pit bull but my goodness my heart was stolen.

above:  This sweet girl lost a whole litter of pups.  Such a lover.

above:  Really?  Could you be any cuter!

Melty puppy love for Paige.

above:  This girly got dropped off at 4 years old.   She is mellow, sweet and probably just wants a place to stretch out and relax for the rest of her golden years.

above:   Obviously sweet sweet sweet.  She adored Paige and the stretch into the scratches behind the ears is probably my favorite shot of the day.

above:  Puppies and more puppies.  7 of them all together.  Look at those markings.  swoon.

I am not a cat girl but seriously even I wanted to take the above kitty home.  She was playful and so cool!

above:  Kittens!  Teeny tiny kittens!

The above lounge lizards have been around for a while.  Someone take them home already!  Garfield lovers we need you! ….keep an eye on your lasagna.  The black kitty…LOVE those whiskers!

You can see it in their eyes!  All good catches right there. Ready for their homes!

So, I thought I would pop in, say have a great weekend and share a portion of my San Fran iPhone road trip with you. I love love LOVE taking photos for work and pleasure but sometimes taking photos with my Nikon just makes more work for me. The iPhone 3GS is a simple and incognito way to shoot what I see and do quick studies of light, color, composition, and texture without much thought at all with out a lick of editing.  The ability to upload to both flickr and facebook in just a few seconds is a total bonus and makes my phone the ideal point and shoot.

I made a really quick 7″x7″ book from blurb for under $20 and I was quite pleased with the finished product. It is what it is and I love that the imperfection of it all makes it…well…perfect.

Enjoy,

amy b.

Staus update: I venture out Wednesday morning up to San Fransisco to shoot a newborn. I am officially a traveling photographer. So just as a heads up… I will be out of the office with limited access to email and all that jazz until Jan 21st.

No, I won’t be in SF the whole time…. You see…I heard about this blog contest for a seat to StyleLab, (a workshop for wedding photographers) over at the Wedding Chicks blog site. Enter as many times as you like? It’s was ON! There were about 10 people that were not messing around. I was going.to.win. I could feel it. I was determined. I went nuts posting random facts of all kinds. Wedding facts, nutrition facts, state of CA facts, a bit of thanks and small talk with other competitors. I did manage to edit some photos in between. It’s the farthest extent I have even gone to win something. Let’s just say I probably would not speak a word of this if the outcome were different. HA! I am pretty sure we crashed the server around 9:30pm with just under 2000 comments. Or they cut us off. Either way I was relieved. I got off my computer feeling slightly crazy. Did I really just do that? Well, my time invested paid off. The winning number 1172. My new favorite number.

Weddings? Yes, I know I said I would never shoot weddings. Doing so was never in the initial game plan. Here’s proof of (excuse me while I eat my own words) that wise ole saying of never say never. Turns out I quite enjoy the challenge and honor of telling the story of “the big day” and doing my best at making it more memorable than they could ever imagine. With Style Lab and the Jessica Claire Workshop in February I guess you could say I am jumping in head first, much like Ashley in this shot I snapped while working with the wonderfulCourtney Allison back in September.

I want 2010 to be a year packed full of creation, collaboration, inspiration and taking it to the next level. 2009 was good to me and I am so thankful for each and everyone of you that I have had the pleasure of working with as well as those of you that leave comments, ask questions, and inspire. You all make my day and keep me moving forward. Cheers to all of you! May this be your best year yet. Truly. If I have yet to meet you…I look forward to it.

Seems like a good day to start a 365. Using my iPhone. Here goes nothing.

Day 1

People have been asking how he is so I was able to have a little shoot for me session. I guess it was a day for vertical images. Happy Sunday!

Dean and I tromped around in the field in the front of the house this morning at 7am. 7am!! and snapped a few. It was all foggy and cool. Here are a couple D snapped with my D200. Pretty much straight out camera. I love them.

People often ask, How did you come up with his name?” If you know anything about Weimaraners you know that they are referred to as “gray ghosts” Well, Shrine by definition means “holy” So it seemed fitting to deem him the “holy gray ghost.”  His full AKC registered name is Shryner Izznot Boring. …..for obvious reasons and I just prefer the letter “y.”

He is the reason my camera skills are what they are today. Truly. He is my best pal and most favorite model and he literally knows when he is in the “sweet light” and stands for 5 sometimes 15 frames. He’s incredible. He has brought so much joy to friends, family and dog lovers all over the world. He’s pretty famous on Flickr even. He is gentle and kind and I often wonder how I got SO lucky.  Surely I deserve one of those crazy dogs that take turkeys out of the oven.  Shrynies worst trait is his stinky gas attacks!  He is such a GOOD boy!  If you have ever met him you know that he is one of a kind. I hope that he is up running, playing ball again and back to his normal self by the beginning on the new year.

If you would like to help support S Dog we would be so thankful. All proceeds go directly to covering the cost of Shryner’s surgery and if for some reason this blows up, all excess proceeds will be donated to a good cause canine in nature.  The goal – $4500.  Even half that would knock my socks off.

Donations of $30 or more will receive a limited edition 5×7 print of the big guy himself. Sure to put a smile on your face and bring some happy to your home or office. (Be sure to include a shipping address)

With love, a million thanks, and anxiety…….

Amy B. & Shryner the Weimaraner

The morning of the 11th I walked down stairs and the first plane had just hit the tower.  I just recall the strange feeling that kind of crept in as I realized what I was watching.  Anxious anyone?  I was glued to the TV and then the other plane hit.  My mom was there but I don’t remember our reactions really. Other than disbelief.

Confession: I am a total scardy chicken when it comes to war. It just doesn’t make any sense.  Anyway,  I like to blame it on Red Dawn at the age of 8 with a mixture of exposure to the nightly news.  Long stayed the visions of “The Russians” para-trooping  and invading some random high school. It was just what my imagination needed.  It ran marathons in the dark.  Nightmare city warehouse.

The social climate on campus was odd to say the least.  I could not sit in class. It was suffocating.  Math?  Our world was at a standstill. No planes in the sky.  No jobs in Orange County.  What did I decide to do?  Get a refund for my classes and books  and go on an October camping trip with my boyfriend all over California in my little Tacoma with a North Face tent.

I think about the people on the planes, in the buildings, on the phone, loved ones watching the coverage. How can you not? What it would have been like to be there?   With a camera?  I have always been fascinated by the coverage and stumbled across THIS blog with some really amazing video that was pieced together from people that witnessed the attack from all over the city. It’s amazing.  Be warned that it is raw footage and I’ll be honest I lost it momentarily and had to walk into the kitchen during video two.

I hope this day, eight years later, those that were greatly affected find themselves in a good place.

What were you doing?

photo by my mama.  nice sunnies.

WINNERS! – Joe & Lisa and Patty Woods. I can’t wait to see you guys. The heart stings were pulled here more that I ever could anticipate with both of these families. I can’t wait to see you guys. I’ll be in touch.

UPDATES – There are a few changes happening over here and may be down for a few days. I am hoping for a smooth transition as I change web hosts and fast CS from Blu Domain…..

MUSIC! – I would say I am a fan of iTunes. Always looking for something to move me. I am one of those annoying people that can play the same playlist 10 times in one day and never get sick of it. So, this is what a picked up with my pool net.

It’s my first official ITunes iMix – See, hear and purchase: a boring everyday happiness

Now I can be like all of the other cool kids in the industry and call myself an “Award Winning Photographer”  My next goal… A full page Nikon ad.  What?  A girl can dream.

I’d like to thank my mom…..Hi Mom!  In all seriousness.  Thank you all so much for your support and Leeanna for nominating my behind.   It’s a nice place to be 1 year into this adventure.

and like just like I said in my contest post I am doubling down on Just a few days left to enter THE CONTEST OF THE YEAR!!

The proof…