English Cocker Spaniel

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to photograph a friend's English Cocker Spaniel. It proved to be very interesting shoot indeed. I had my backdrop set up, props in place..now only one thing remains, to place the dog on in front of the white backdrop. It proved to be quite a challenge as all he wanted to do was to play and run around the garden but as you can see, he did finally decide to pose (with a little help from the owner) against a white backdrop. 

He just didn't  care and all he wanted to do was to play with the ball. So, I gave up on the backdrop and started taking photos around the garden. That made it a little easier to take the shots although not too easy. 

Eventually, after running after the ball, he decided to strike a pose. Lucky me.

Getting him to smell the flower involves two people. One to photograph, one to entice. And he needed lots of enticement! 

A great shot of him, resting after a long day. It was a very hot day for all of us.

He was such a great dog, nothing could distract him from squirrels from the garden. Not even a stuff toy on his back!

It was a good day. Yes it was hot, and it was especially hot for the Spaniel. He kept running back into the house and having lots of water. However, he kept returning to the garden, looking for squirrels. The shoot proved to be successful and thank you my friend for allowing me to take photos of your little one. 

These are only some of the shots I took on that day. There was a total of 111 shots. I can't possibly put in 111 shots in my blog. So I hope you enjoy looking at the shots as I enjoyed taking them. As a final photo, here he's smelling the flower. :) Finally. Till my next photo shoot, have a good day everyone!

2nd World Belly Dance Day

It was the 8th October 2011, it's the 2nd Tribal Belly Dance day organized by Aiza and Zoe. It was the day that all bellydancers were looking forward to. After weeks of practise, they get to show off their movements and choreography. The beginning, the MC introduced Zoe and Aiza on stage and a small welcome speech was made by Zoe as Aiza had lost her voice due to perhaps too much stress. Followed by a demonstration by Aiza on tribal bellydance and a narration of it.

Then a fun began for all performers. There were, definitely tribal bellydance, flamenco fusion bellydance by Sherlyn Koh, bollywood fusion bellydance by Sirroco Dance, the cane dance and the combination of sword and veil dance.

Here students from belly dance schools took the opportunity to perform their dances. After weeks of practise, hours in the dance studio floor, this was the chance to show off their belly shaking moves and of course their costumes. Colours that ranged from white, black, red, green filled the room and allowed the audience to feast on the colours and moves of the dancers.

There the cane dance performed by Sirroco Secrets Dance school. They showed their skills on handling the cane while dancing. It takes skill to swing those canes.

The Bollywood Fusion bellydance was an interesting mixture of bollywood dance and bellydance. The costumes were colourful, the dance vibrant and the crowd loved it!

There were children that dance and thrill the audience! Ah such a refreshing change.

Eager to show off her skills in undulation or stomach rolls.

Then there was flamenco fusion..where a mixture of flamenco dance and bellydance performed by Sherlyn Koh, the director of Sirroco Secrets Dance. The fluidity of the dance, the music, was just breathtaking to watch.

She is barely 10..I think she's only around 9 years old and such skills for a 9 year old.

Everyone had fun that day. The audience enjoyed it, the dancers enjoyed performing and I think a little relief that the day was finally over. Now they can take a rest until the next rehersals for the next performance!