Dog Photography

I love taking photos of all animals, and one of my favorite subjects is Koda. He's a mixed (very mixed) breed that belongs to a good friend. As you can see, Koda loves his jolly ball. Looooves it. And Koda loves water, too, as you can see. The nastier, smellier, gunkier water, the better.


My friend and I were taking glorious headshots of Mr. Koda last week, all resplindent and soaked to the skin in nasty dirty water.

Isn't he cute? You just want to reach down and give him a good scratch right? Or maybe not, because he smells like a combination of cow manure, rancid pond water, and that dead thing he rolled in.

We were using his jolly ball as an attention-getter to keep him focused for the camera, and it was working great. His ears were perked and he had a cute happy expression on his face.

He loves his Jolly Ball.

Then he started to get a little irritated.

"Seriously guys, gimmie my ball back."

"C'mon, guys. This isn't funny anymore!"

Of course, we were both prior victims of the lovely "Monkey in the Middle" game when we were kids, and it was Oh So Much fun doing it to someone else. We laughed, being the evil little devils that we are.

Koda didn't laugh. He got even.

We gave him his ball back.

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Howdy everyone!



So glad you got my memo! This will be the first installment of my blog: Little Ranch on the Prarie ~ more episodes to come soon. This blog will be dedicated to horses, photography, horses, retarded dogs, horses, and the trials and tribulations of daily ranch life.



For those of you that don't know me, my name is Andrea Boody. Yes: Boody. Go ahead. Laugh. Giggle. Snort. Get it out of your system, and then we'll get along famously. Just don't ever call me at midnight for a "Boody Call."



I'm a manager of a large horse ranch in central Oklahoma, and take care of over 100 head of horses. I do all the foaling, breeding (the horses that is), sales fitting, feeding, doctoring, general maintence, office work, and records. In general, I get paid to pull out my hair. I also get to hang with some great people out here. I'm honored to work with the best farrier, vet, and some pretty cool cowboys, too. You'll get very acquainted with them as we go along.



My other big passion is Photography. I love it. Loooooove it. I do plan to go Pro within the next 5 years, and start my own photography business, focusing mainly on the horses and their staff, um... owners. For those of you that are new, my website is http://www.shooflyphotos.com/ It's still under development, but we're getting there. Please sign up for the e-mail notification as well ~ I plan to keep the blog updated every few days.



Check back soon for more episodes, and in the meantime, check out my website. I'm also on facebook and myspace ~ just look for Andrea Boody. I HEARD THAT SNICKER!