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Labor Day & The American Flag

"PAWtriotic" VS. "PAWlitical"

HAPPY UPCOMING, FLAG FLYING, LABOR DAY!!

LIFE SNIPPET: I started a NEW body of work this past March that features my own dog, Delta, at various historical locations with the good 'ol American flag. These new images have been aptly christened "The PAWtriotic Series" and will be available soon as a boxed set of notecards. It is my hope to partner with an appropriate organization to "give back" some of the proceeds.

FYI: Initially one of the above two images was to be chosen as a promo piece for a mass mailing to announce an upcoming Animal Show at a local Malvern Art Gallery.  Unfortunately, both were declared "TOO political" to use.  I personally think a dog carries no biases and crosses all classes, easily representing everyman anywhere.

So to ALL the everyman, everywhere Americans across this great country--what do you think the flag represents?  Please take a look at the rest of the PAWtriotic images and write an opinion. Am I barking up the wrong flagpole?  My inquiring mind wants to know!!

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"PAW-triotic" or "PAW-litical"

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

THE SCOOP:  Please be sure to vote for stayMor.com photography as the Best Pet Photographer on Philly's HOT List to be counted before September 9th.

LIFE SNIPPET:  Summer's winding down and my kids and I (sans dogs) are heading to the beach for their respective birthdays and a little bit of R&R.  For the last 9 young
years of their lives, I've taken pictures of them on the beach in Ocean City, NJ.  They are boy-girl twins that happen to be born over the midnight hour (20 minutes before and 20 minutes after), so they each have their own special day to claim as their own.  Their birth dates (8-26 and 8-27) always fall near Labor Day weekend, so usually there is an American flag involved in the photo shoot.

Funnily enough I started a NEW body of work this past March that features my own dog, Delta, at various historical locations with the good 'ol American flag.  These new images have been aptly christened "The PAWtriotic Series"!  I am an American and LOVE my country's flag!  I do NOT believe this work to be "PAW-litical" in any way, but just the opposite--a dog crosses all political biases.  Everyone can relate to the high flyin' flag of the United States of America depicted with Man's Best Friend.

Two of the pieces from "The PAWtriotic Series", one was to be selected as the promo piece for an upcoming animal show at a local art gallery were declined for being "TOO Political"!  So to ALL the everyman, everywhere Americans across this great country--what do you think the flag represents?  Have a look-see at the rest of the dog-n-flag images and write a comment to me, Stacey P. Morgan (aka: stayMor.com photography), ONE inquiring mind wants to know!!
HAPPY UPCOMING, FLAG FLYING, LABOR DAY!!

Happy HoliDOGs & A Nippy CHEW Year!

"Silver Balls"

Silver balls, silver balls,
It's Dogmas time in the city.
Jing-a-ling,
Hear the leash ring.
Soon it will be Chewtoy Day!

LOCATION:  Hartford Dog Park 
                  260 Gulph Creek Rd.
                  Wayne, PA 19087

DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 2nd, Noon to 2pm

THE SCOOP: Dog Park HOWLiday Party!

LIFE SNIPPET: DOGmas is around the corner and every good dog deserves a romp and a "pawty" all their own. The Hartford Dog Park party accomplishes both!  Delta (my Vizsla seen in his above yearly HOWLiday "PETrait"), my two kids and I have been going for the last three years.  It's a chance to mingle with like-minded dog lovers, eat (bring something, if you want), have your dog sit on santa's lap, pay your yearly club dues (a miesley $15) and let your dogs run amok with their friends. 

The dog club culls some killer items from area businesses like Dogma Premier Dog Spa, Spots, Radnor Veterinary Hospital, Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals, Family Pet Resort, Buzzy's Bow Wow Meow, Lucie's Pet Grooming, Braxton's and this year, stayMor.com photography (aka Stacey P. Morgan), donated a copy of my book -- "AlphaPET Zoup A to Z".  So come "pawticipate" and join in the festivities.

FYI: Guard your food!  A couple of years ago my kids were tailgating and some savy dogs sniffed, snatched and ran away with their yummy ham croissant sandwiches. Afterwards, they were looking around with their doe eyes saying -- "Please Sir, may I have another?"  (said with a "ruff" cockney accent)!

HAPPY HoliDOGs & Nippy CHEW Year!!

"Mudday Style" VS. "Holiday Style"

LOCATION: Wayne, PA

THE SCOOP:  "Mudday Style" (B&W film with Sepia tone) vs. "Holiday Style"(B&W digital with Hand-painted colors).  Post a comment and VOTE on your favorite!

• FILM vs. DIGITAL: So I've gone ahead and asked Santa for a digital camera (my research has brought me to a choice between the D90 and the D700). I'm leaning toward the D700 due to the full-frame capability.  I've been waiting for Nikon to get the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) thang going on a pro SLR camera for a while.

LIFE SNIPPET: All I know is what a difference four months can make! Not only in the growth of my children as seen above in the two photos but to the demise of my lab in CT processing traditional black-and-white film, to borrowing a neighbor's digital camera, to realizing 2010 is the leap into the digital world for me!  Plus, I don't know if it's the digital thing or not but my kids and dog "clean up real nice" in the "Holiday Style" picture and are the shiny-est silver balls of all to me!

FYI:  If you gaze into the silver ball of the future you can see I'm -- "Having a Ball" (pun intended) with a digital camera.  Nothing better than instant visual gratification!

Turkey Day - An American Holiday

"Bleeding Out"

LIFE SNIPPET: Thanksgiving is coming to an end and I am sufficiently stuffed--with mashed sweet potatoes, string beans almondine, cranberry-raspberry mold (my contribution), stuffing and yes some turkey.
I was reminded about this photo story I did for the Philadelphia Inquirer almost 25 years ago.  Funny how alot of animal rights have come to the forefront since that time and yet getting a turkey to the table really hasn't changed all that much.  Chew on that for a bit.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Happy DOG Day!!

"Nice To Smell You"

LOCATION:  Skunk Hollow (behind The Willows Mansion)
                  490 Darby-Paoli Road
                  Wayne, PA  19087
THE SCOOP:  Great Fall foliage, off-leash, dog friendly trails with a stream!

LIFE SNIPPET:  Well it is my Vizsla's birthday today--he is 9 years young.  And if you know your seven times tables (dog years), that translates into a ripe-old, middle-aged number of 63 (human years).  We actually celebrated it on Sunday by going for an off-leash hike at Skunk Hollow and buying a couple of bully sticks and a Pheasant squeeky toy for him at Braxton's.  We also scheduled a special day of spa treatments at Dogma Premier Dog Spa to celebrate his "dog day".
In our house, we are what you might call "dog gaga".  I, Stacey P. Morgan, am not only a fine art, black and white, still film photographer (stayMor.com) but actually specialize in photographing dogs, something I call "PETraits".  I also have a home based business boarding dogs known as Dogville Bed-N-Biscuit.
Needless to say, Delta has allowed a myriad of dogs into his own doghouse over the years bestowing the  perfect phrase--"some kind of special"!

HAPPY DOG DAY, DELTA!!