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Thankfully the rain cleared out for us to get this morning’s session in at Borderland State Park. I love fall mornings and apparently a LOT of other families and photographers do too. I can’t imagine that any of the others were as gorgeous a family as my clients though. 
See for yourself with this fun sneak peak…
I’ll be honest; I was never much of a pet lover. That was, until I got my own dog… But even then, almost a year ago when we rescued our black lab, I had rules for the dog that were not to be broken- after all he was a dog. Well… lets just say all the rules except eating table scraps have indeed been broken because this dog has stolen our hearts and is loved like the child we don’t have. Yes, we’re THOSE type of dog owners. I know, I’m a bit ashamed myself, but I love every minute of it. So now, when I tell you what I did yesterday, it should not come as that much of a surprise… ha!
Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 AM and joined my two *boys* for a duck hunting adventure. Two things I probably would have put money on never doing a year ago. But, ever since Smokey brought his first duck back a few weeks ago, I was eager to join them and do some shooting of my own 
. I have to say, while the wake up call was tough, once we got out there, it was beautiful. There were no duck retrieves, but I did get some new favorite photos. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get his mug on the cover of a Delta Waterfowl Magazine! I know I’m a bit bias, but there is no denying he is one handsome dog!
See what I mean??
I tend to photograph more toddlers and babies than school aged/tweens, so it was really fun to spend some time with H & S last weekend. The best part – mom and dad said H never smiles. HA! The same boy I was photographing? I don’t believe it for a second! These black and whites are for mom. But I couldn’t resist a couple in color.
I just realized the other day, this is our first fall with Smokey. He’s so loved and makes our family of three, its like we’ve had him forever, but it really was just last January we got him. So of course that means we have no fall photos of him! There will probably be more once we rake tomorrow, but for now, here are a few from our Wildland Trust adventure today.
There just still might be hope for him to be a hunting dog after all! 
