California Adventure #1
Monday morning bright and early my friend and business partner Susan Stoltz and I load up the truck with camera gear, props, Chalupa (Chihuahua), Sharkey, Charm and Foxy (Jack Russell Terriers) and head to California to shoot the next in the series of Sharkey and ChooChoo books. So 5 and 1/2 hours in the truck with 4 dogs….. interesting to say the least…… While that is not the only project we were there to do, it was the first! Our first stop is to meet up with Nancy Black who is our host for this part of the journey. Foxy is being left with Nancy to foster, (although, I think the dog, really found her forever home with Nancy…….) so one less dog in the truck. Off to Nancy’s condo in Port Hueneme, right on the beach where we had all four dogs, plus Nancy’s beautiful corgi Sadie. More on Sadie later. Can you say perfect and beautiful?!?!?! But before we can begin shooting we need our fearless prop guy Bill Diller. This is working into a party!! Off to shoot we go, overcast, and somewhat cold, Sharkey, ChooChoo and Charm were all great sports. 1700 shots, 2 wet, sandy and cold dogs, a ton of props and camera gear later we head back to the condo, tired, hungry and anxious to see what we caught on film. While we wait for those to download, off to Mexican food we go. YUMMY! Back at the condo we check out the photos, and then off to bed for a busy day tomorrow……………….. Stay tuned for the next chapter, it gets more interesting!