new blog!
The time has come for me to upgrade my blog to something more fantastic and fun to look at! More customizable, bigger images, and oh-so-lovely. Please update your bookmarks and subscriptions to: www.sarahbethphotography.com/blog This blog will be up indefinitely, but from now on, all new posts will be to the new blog.

lily
That's right folks......this is NOT Gracie! But they look so similar, even I have to look twice! You might remember Lily from this shoot with her brother and sister. She's a miniature schnauzer / shih tzu mix, (notice the cute little underbite!) and she's just as sweet as can be. Lily wanted to have her own personal session to show off how pretty she is with her new haircut :)

killian
This big beauty is a 10 year old Newfoundland, named Killian. Most live to be between 8 and 10, and she's still doing amazing. Killian works as a therapy dog for disabled and at-risk children. She was so sweet, and so well trained, and by far the biggest dog to ever grace the SBP home studio! We'll be doing an outdoor session with Killian, hopefully next weekend if the weather cooperates, so look for more to come....

dan + olive + fafnir
I had a good "field test" with the new camera today, and got back to my roots with a location shoot. My friend Mary has three wonderful old dogs, who are all very photogenic. It was great to see how the d700 would perform on a dreary day, inside a fairly dark house, and I'm very much impressed. Here's a just a few of the great shots I got in our casual little session....

share the love
Dustin showed me this today....... it's a PSA from musician Neko Case. The posting is part of a special promotion where the label will donate $5 for every blog that reposts the song to Best Friends Animal Society. Learn more about the promotion here. I couldn't figure out how to make the song playable on my blog, so here's the mp3 download:

Niko Case: People Got A Lotta Nerve

i'm in love.
Well, with Gracie, of course, (how cute is she all bundled in the blanket??) but this time I'm talking about my new camera! (Nikon d700) I took these photos tonight, fairly dark with just the living room light on. The first one is at ISO 1400 and the second one is at ISO 5000. Crazy. I predict many more sessions on location in people's homes from now on!

shucks.
Thank you to everyone who voted for me, however, I did not make the top 30 in the Star Tribune contest. Ah well. We'll get 'em next time :)

lucy
This beautiful little lady is Lucy, born on Christmas! She was so good during our session, she never even cried.