Susan and Kelly - Portraits

A couple weeks ago, I met my good friend Susan in downtown Palo Alto for a quick portrait session.  In a short time, we borrowed a staircase, a courtyard, and a very surprised man's dog, all in the name of creative photography.  Susan is a dog person.  Her dog, Kelly, was a rescue dog, and Susan regularly volunteers at the San Jose Animal Shelter.  Kelly passed on to Doggy Heaven about a year ago, but we did a pet portrait session late in the fall of 2008 on Stanford University's grounds.  Here's a mish-mash of photos from both shoots.

This was one of my favorite photos from our Palo Alto shoot--  it just captures Susan's Susan-ness!

I grew up in Michigan, and though the fall foliage isn't quite as impressive in California, we had some great colors to shoot with Kelly.

Being the star of a photo shoot is exhausting....