Michele Whitacre Photography

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Sweet Lexi Lou

I wanted to share a handful of photos of Lexi that I took recently. Lexi is just the happiest, sweetest girl in the world. Just seeing her cute face brings a smile to mine!

Do I see treats?...

I think I should have some!...

Ahhh! Nothing like a good roll in the dirt...

Adorablness...

Just chillin'...

Lot's of good sniffs around here...

Maybe a nap...

Love my sweet girl, dirty face and all! ...

As always, thanks for stopping by the blog.

Michele Whitacre used to be a portrait photographer serving Phoenix, Arizona. Now she just takes photos for fun when the mood strikes.
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Run, Ivy, Run

As I mentioned, Ivy is a tough dog to photograph! Not only is she afraid of the camera in general, but her mostly black face gives the camera focusing fits.

After several attempts, I managed to capture a few images of her while running across the yard towards me. Normally when I pull out the camera her ears droop and she won't look at me, so I love seeing how happy she looks in these!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas!

I decided to put that Christmas background to use again for some family photos! I set everything up, put the camera on a tripod, and enlisted the help of my parents to get the dogs' attention and push the shutter button. I couldn't decided which photo I liked best, so I opted to just post all of my favorites:

From our famliy to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS! And a very Happy New Year! Here's to hoping 2021 is better than 2020.

Sunday, December 20, 2020

The Underbite Crew

Lately I have been coming to terms with the sad reality that this will probably be the last Christmas that Zoe and Lexi will be with us. Both of them will be 14 years old next year and they each have a lot of health issues. I really wanted to get some photos of all four of the dogs together while I still have the chance. So, I purchased a Christmas photography background to use for some portraits of them.

I admit that I went a little overboard taking a TON of photos of my fur babies, so it was really tough to narrow them down to a reasonable number to post. It probably took me more time to whittle them down than it would have to just edit them all but something tells me that everyone but me would have been bored to tears looking at hundreds (Yes, Hundreds!) of photos of them.

So instead....

Here are a few of my favorites of Lexi:

Zoe:

Olive:

And Ivy: (As I've mentioned before, Ivy is so challenging to photograph!! The camera comes out and she looks like she's terrified. I assure you she is just as loved and spoiled as the other three, even if she looks tragic in all of her photos.)

I thought this one was cute of Olive, Lexi, and Ivy...

And a couple of all four of them...

All of our dogs have underbites. So, we call them our Underbite Crew! We joke that it is a requirement to live in our house, and any future dogs will need to have one before they can be adopted.

Monday, December 7, 2020

Peter + Family Sneak Peek

As I keep mentioning, I decided to order a Christmas background and take some personal photos this year. I figured since I had it, I may as well put it to use and offered to take photos for a handful of friends and co-workers. One of my co-workers decided to take me up on the offer and brought his whole family along for the fun.

I've known Peter for about 8-9 years. I worked with him years ago, shortly after relocating to Arizona, but I had lost touch with him when I left the office where we worked together. When I made a job change back in July 2019 it was a pleasant surprise to find out that Peter was at the new office. It's been a pleasure working with him again!

Please allow me to introduce you to Peter, Sam, Kenzie and Masen:

I have to say that they did an awesome job planning what to wear! I love how the black stands out against the blue and white of the background!