I’m so excited! We finally got the camera I’ve been wanting for a long time, thanks to God’s amazing blessings and David’s patience in deal-watching. I’ve enjoyed taking pictures the past few days and not having my child run out of the frame between the time I push the button and the time it takes the picture!

One of the things I’ve been eager to do as soon as we got a good camera is take good pictures of rescue dogs for their adoption pages. It combines the passion we have for animal welfare with the desire to use what God has given us to bless others. Even though I’ve barely scratched the surface of the camera manual, I just couldn’t wait to start practicing taking pictures of dogs. So on Saturday morning we loaded up the car and headed down to the All About Labs ranch. (You may remember that All About Labs is one of the rescues that helped us save the abandoned dogs this past spring, and the rescue we were fostering Russ for.)

So I was using the “Creative Auto” setting, which gives me a little bit of exposure control but still does most of the work. I think Saturday was more about getting used to photographing large, excited, rambunctious dogs that wanted to get right in my face than learning how to use the camera settings. I’ll work on that for next time.

And I should add that Anna did great around those big dogs, and they did great around her as well. They would run up to us and jump on us, but they would run up to her and just stop. It’s amazing how many dogs instinctively know to be gentle around a child. Anna giggled as they sniffed her and ran all around her and wasn’t the least bit afraid them!

So here are a few of my favorites:

This is actually one of the pups from Rescue #2. He’s grown!

This is Donna, who has been our main contact with AAL. She pours so much of her time and energy into these dogs, while also working part time and serving on the Race for the Cure committee. I don’t think she ever sleeps.

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