Berners & Blooms

Memorial Day 5-31-2010

2010-05-31T12:19:00.001-04:00

Thank you to all who have served this country in the armed forces.

Some images from Bethlehem's Memorial Day Parade & Services at Memorial Park

Bethlehem Police Color Gaurd

Memorial Park Service

Bethlehem's Mayor Callahan

Charlie Dent

Mr. Ray Houston directing the Legion Band.

He was the band director at East Hills Middle School when I was there.

January Snow!

2010-02-17T17:26:00.001-05:00

We had a big snow storm the other week, new 18" of snow fell on top of the 8" that was there from the previous week. Here's some photos of the dogs enjoying the powder.

After the 1st snow storm that left about 8"

Flurry & his little buddy Spuds

Air Spuds

Runnin' & Playin' together

Flipin in the snow

Snow twisting

Best Buddies

On the run, can you see spuds in the back?

Hangin' out after a ruff day of play

The Big Blizzard That gave us about 18" of new snow

Flurry

Kelsey

The snow is stickin'

Pretty trees

Kels might be stuck

New Snow!

2009-12-27T16:06:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since I posted anything new here on the blogger site for the dogs.
we had our 1st snowfall, only about 5-6", we missed out on the "big one" that went coastal.
But the dogs had fun in it.

Berners + Snow = FUN!!!!!

Flurry & Kels waiting to go romping in the "big yard"

The old girl....Misha, she will be 9 yrs old 1-24-10

slurpin' some snow

Kels & Misha.....the two old kids on the block.

Kels will be 7 in June! Where does the time go.

downward dog snow yoga

run's with small stick

old girl on gaurd

runs with bigger stick!

Above 2 are Flurry

Kelsey

Bethlehem Steel Photos

2009-05-18T21:44:00.003-04:00

http://bethlehemsteelshoot.blogspot.com/

blkcat123@rcn.com

3-2-09 fresh powder

2009-03-02T17:11:00.007-05:00

Misha the happy old lady trotting in the powder

Kelsey ready for take-off

Flurry

Kelsey pondering.....

Flurry launching down the hill at me full speed

with a bone in his mouth

Kels

Misha

Happy Kels on the run

Snow-stash....

The old & the young

Misha, 8 years old & Flurry, will be 4 in June

The chase.....but Misha gives it back to him in the end..

Flurry ready for take-off down the hill

today we had a nice snowfall, wish it would have been more

the dogs loved the fresh powder to romp & roll in

Mocha's Visit

2009-01-31T17:41:00.005-05:00

Playing w/Flurry
The happy girl!

I am not on the sofa!

The girls......with the little heads ;0)

Last weekend there were 4 berners in the house!

Mocha came to stay overnight while her mom had to upgrade the computer systems where she works. They all got along well & I think Mocha enjoyed the company of the other pups.

Flashes vs. Natural Light

2009-01-07T09:02:00.006-05:00

This one above is Natural light coming from a window on the left in the late afternoon sunset.
No flash was used. f4.0 1/50th ISO 250 I metered off of her white & then overexposed it a stop or two in the camera & then fixed the white blowout in camera raw with recovery slider.

This one of Misha above was shot the same way w/the flash below as I listed it.
f2.8 1/60th ISO250

f 2.8 1/60th iso 250 with a 50mm prime lens

This was made with a flash on a canon 30d, external flash w/a home made diffuser on top of the flash. I made it from a rubbermade water bottle that I cut the top so it would fit over the head of the flash & the flash shoots into it & then spills the light all around. idea for the diffuser taken from here: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101-bare-tube-style-lighting.html

Trumped

2008-12-30T21:19:00.002-05:00

A Trump Tower Christmas

5th Ave SnowFlake

2008-12-30T21:15:00.004-05:00

5th Ave water tank by St. Pats

Empire State at dusk

Grand Central Station

Herald Square

Night Lights in NYC

2008-12-30T21:11:00.005-05:00

Land Rover Ad on Broadway

M&M's store, there was a line to get in! C r a z y

Hailing a cab in Fur

Saks 5th Ave from Rockefeller Center

"the" tree

Cartier Jewlers

NYC Christmas Window Trip

2008-12-30T21:01:00.005-05:00

Windows at Lord & Taylor's on 5th Ave.

Sera....The Princess of the Rock

2008-12-23T19:29:00.005-05:00

Crazy little Sera stayed in place for a nano-second to have her photo taken, then she was off tormenting the Berners & trying to steal their toys & bones, or jumping on them.

It's always fun when Sera comes over because she races around & keeps the berners on their "paws"

New Snow!

2008-12-23T18:27:00.003-05:00

Kelsey, Flurry & Misha

Kelsey always looks so lost, Flurry happy-go-lucky & Misha Ms. Serious

The Trio Sniffing for Rabbit Poop ;0)

The Boys

Kelsey & Flurry

Flurry..."I wonder if I can fit both of those bones in my mouth at once???"

The Old Girl Standing Gaurd in the Yard

Misha will be 8 on Jan. 24th, 2009!

This past weekend we had a small snow storm & some freezing rain & sleet.

Finally on Sunday the dogs could romp in the little be of thaw we had.

Happy Holidays 2008

2008-12-06T18:22:00.003-05:00

click on photo for a larger view

Rambo & Spuds

2008-11-30T17:01:00.002-05:00

Rambo & Spuds have fun racing around the yard

on Thanksgiving Day

Basel's Photo Shoot

2008-11-30T14:36:00.003-05:00

Moravian Tileworks

2008-11-30T14:28:00.004-05:00

dog play date

2008-11-30T14:16:00.004-05:00

Riley

Rocky

Mocha

Spuds & Sera sniffing something out

Flurry, Riley, Sera & Spuds w/Robin

Spuds diggin' a hole to China!

Flurry bothering Riley yet again!

Some sniffin' going on...

Flurry trying to catch Rocky

Mocha's fuzzy butt collecting leaves

Sera & Spuds on the move

Sera pesting Riley

The little ones on the move

The chase is on!

The Singing Bernese

2008-11-21T08:31:00.003-05:00

This is the welcome my mom always gets when she comes to visit.
They don't really sing like this for anyone else!
It is a sight to see & hear!

Misha-soprano
Kels-bass
Flurry-tenor

Fall Photos

2008-11-11T18:42:00.003-05:00

Misha, Kelsey & flurry this past weekend
enjoying the fall weather & leaves

Flurry relaxing in the leaves

Kels off in space.... ;0)

Kelsey, Misha & Flurry(watching a squirrel)

Sunshine Flurry

2008-10-27T15:07:00.003-04:00

Mother Nature provided the wonderful light

this weekend for some fun in the sun in the yard.

Flurry is keeping a watch on his two little playmates

Sera, the English Cocker & Spuds, the Westie.

They had a lot of fun!

Brown Boston

2008-07-29T14:08:00.000-04:00

A brown Boston terrier that we met at the "Art Walk" last saturday night.

I have never seen a brown one & he was very tall too!

What a cutie...didn't get his name

Lola's Puppies...week 3

2008-07-29T14:04:00.003-04:00

a puppy pile...they love to all snuggle together

The Milk Bar!

Libby say "AHHHHHH"

Betsy the model

Sleepy Betsy

A tired Rocket

I just love those puppy toes!

Training night meeting

2008-07-16T15:19:00.006-04:00

Debbie & her golden lap dog

golden love!

a puppies big new world in front of her

Mr. Calvin

Sera on the way to training.....
Doesn't she look like the hush puppy dog!

Miss Darby

Darby out for a romp

Rye

It was meeting night at ADTC so I thought I would take my camera along & catch some of the dogs & their owners just chillin' at the meeting.

New Fence is done!!!!

2008-07-08T09:19:00.002-04:00

Flurry romping with Misha in the new yard

Flurry checking out the new land

middle yard was redone after the 10year old rotted fence was taken out

the lower yard now connects up to the middle yard, more room for them to run.
I only let them out down there when I'm with them.

ABE fence did a great job. Julio & Eric worked for 5 1/2 days to get it done, they hit
a lot of rock which slowed things down.
http://www.abefence.com/

Hopefully this all will last another 10+ years!

Poodle Club Agility Trial

2008-07-03T14:02:00.006-04:00

Tully ears are flying

Poncho on the run

Basset cleared for take-off

Kaiser on the run

Agility limbo a new sport!

Run Tully Run

Max the Pom...what a cutie!

Hope this pups dad had good deodorant on!

Love the hair fluffing up in the air

A fun hot weekend at the agility trial getting soaked in a thunderstorm & then steamed in the humidity & then baked in the sun!

It was a fun to practice my timing on the agility shots, hopefully one day I can make money doing this!

BMD Picnic/Family Reunion

2008-07-03T13:52:00.006-04:00

Katie

Elise doing the "paw thing"

Kels & Elise, the "twins"

Elise

Andy w/Mocha & Kelsey

Elise tollerating little Ms. Sera

Flurry flirting w/Elise, it didn't work ;0)

Kelsey's sister Elise stopped by on her way to VT w/her mom & dad & sister Katie. They are treking across the country in the motorhome from AZ to VT. It was fun to see them again.

Dog Toys

2008-02-17T09:29:00.002-05:00

They are all ove the house...this one looked cute laying there w/the shadow growing alongside it

Happy Holidays 2007

2007-12-01T18:36:00.001-05:00

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas

and

Best Wishes for 2008

Lehigh Gorge

2007-10-24T21:24:00.001-04:00

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/StateParks/parks/lehighgorge.aspx

Went to Palmerton on Saturday to check out a gallery show on old tombstones from a cemetary in NY, very interesting....then went up to Lehigh Gorge to check out the colors

WD & BOW

2007-10-09T09:28:00.001-04:00

I showed Flurry yesterday at the BMDCW Regional Specialty in Bethlehem, PA We won the Open class, then went on to win Winners Dog for a 5pt major & then went back in w/the big dogs & took Best of Winners. A very exciting day to share w/so many Berner friends! Check out Flurry blogger page on the right for some photos of the event.

Misha & Flurry play date

2007-07-03T15:51:00.001-04:00

Silly dogs playing & Misha is showing who is the boss of the house!

The Battle for Sheep

2007-07-01T18:14:00.001-04:00

you think there was only one toy in the house

the boys have to battle for the purple sheep that Flurry got yesterday from U of P's bloodmobile

Hosta Study

2007-06-24T16:00:00.001-04:00

Hosta study for Thursday nights class. I'm to concentrate on my plant photos & try to build a body of work around that. See how it goes. . .

BMDCA 2006 Yearbook

2007-06-21T17:39:00.001-04:00

It was a honor to have my photos picked for this years yearbook front & back cover.

The photos are of my boy Kelsey!

http://www.bmdca.org/ ways & means to order the yearbook

prints are available, please contact me

blkcat123@rcn.com

Watch Dogs

2007-06-21T17:32:00.000-04:00

Misha & Flurry doing what they do best

B A R K !

at the neighbours dogs I'm sure.

Birthday Boyz!

2007-06-21T17:13:00.001-04:00

The June Bug Boyz
celebrated their birthdays
Kelsey, June 4th
Flurry, June 17th

grandma made them their very own special cake that was gone in a minute, well not all of it, but they sure did make a big dent in it!

June 2nd Wrightstown Show

2007-06-18T19:41:00.001-04:00

Judging for AmBred Class

Flurry's first show with Malissa doing the handling

The go around in AmBred

Judging for Winners Dog

Winners Dog Line Up

we weren't the winner this day :0(

Tulips

2007-05-03T09:56:00.000-04:00

Practicing taking photos of the tulips w/the 180mm Macro

Lockridge Furnace Park

2007-05-03T09:32:00.000-04:00

grape hyacinth fields at Lockridge Park
Entry way to the museum.
There was a big piece of caution tape haning from the door handle, going to the right side tied to a trash can. . . .got it all out with photoshop!

Fresco finished photo

black & white conversion

photo I started with

http://www.lehighcounty.org/Recreation/rec.cfm?doc=rec_lockridge.htm

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/delaware/loc.htm

March 16 Snow Storm. . .Happy Birthday Gift!

2007-03-19T11:50:00.000-04:00

Spring is almost here & we received hopefully our last snow fall of the season. After having beginning of the week temps in the high 70's Friday arrived the snow & sleet. Photos of the dogs were taken on Saturday after digging out. Misha is out & about for a little bit enjoying the snow before she needs to get in & let the boys out to play for a little bit. Difficult having 2 dogs that have to have limited to NO play time w/the others!

Check out each of the dogs "blogger links" for more photos of them in the new snow

Total Eclipse of the Moon

2007-03-05T12:34:00.000-05:00

Photos taken at Miller Heights School in Bethlehem Township

It was getting too cold & I didn't want to stay out anymore to take the "full moon" shot

Taken w/Canon EOS Digital Rebel 75-300mm lenses out to 300mm (480mm digital)

pieced the shots together in CS2 to get the progression of the eclipse.

We Have Snow!!!

2007-02-18T16:33:00.000-05:00

Finally the 1st real storm of the winter season & it was an icey one!

Had off from work on Wednesday due to the storm & the dogs had

a blast in the snow

Lily

2007-02-02T12:44:00.000-05:00

Lilys

project from Wed. nights digital journal class

no I just need to figure out a lighting setup for home!

Sailor

2007-01-03T11:17:00.000-05:00

This is my friends dog "Sailor"

playing a cute little game of keep the tire away from us

If you would like a print of this photo please contact me.

Happy Holidays

2006-12-07T20:47:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Bethlehem Halloween Parade

2006-10-30T14:26:00.000-05:00

October 29th, 2006

Bethlehem Halloween Parade

Great fun, Great day

Wagon's Ho!

Bethlehem Steel Photos

2006-07-16T14:47:00.000-04:00

The link is on the right to more of the photos from the trolly tour that I took in June of the Bethlehem Steel Plant.

Both my grandfathers & great-grandfathers worked at the plant.

For more info on the tours www.steelworkersarchives.com

The Blooms

2006-05-27T18:27:00.000-04:00

In for a landing. . .

Playing w/my new Manfrotto tripod

this morning taking over 200 photos of my flower pots

used Tamron 180mm macro lense on EOS Digital Rebel

Filters added in photoshop CS2 & some cropping done from orig.

I love this one!

Visit to Lehigh Valley Zoo

2006-05-13T21:38:00.000-04:00

I took a class today w/Dan's Camera City

www.danscamera.com

It was a class room talk & then a outing to the Lehigh Valley Zoo

The 3 artic wolves were amazing!

Monet Misha

2006-05-08T21:06:00.000-04:00

playing with filters in photoshop elements

added a dry brush, then accent edges along w/dust & sratches

to get this texture

2006 BMDCA National 1st Place Digitally Enhanced

2006-05-05T20:15:00.000-04:00

Mr. Flurry was awarded 1st place in Digitally Enhanced

at the National

Not too bad for my entries this year!

Thanks to all that voted for my photos.

2006 BMDCA National 3rd Place Digitally Enhanced

2006-05-05T20:05:00.000-04:00

This little flower sniffing puppy took

3rd place in the digitally enhanced category

2006 BMDCA National 1st Place Black & White

2006-05-05T20:02:00.000-04:00

More news this photo of Kelsey took 1st place in Black & White

at the specialty.

2006 BMDCA National 2nd Place Black & White

2006-05-05T20:00:00.000-04:00

I just got word that this photo took 2nd place at the BMDCA National's Photo Contest in Frankenmuth, MI

This is Kelsey gazing off into the distance. . . .

Sniffin'

2006-04-26T17:00:00.000-04:00

Sniffin' the Spring Flowers

one of the Wingfield Farms puppies

Prints available

contact for price & sizes

This pup is also one of the designs in the card pack.

do not duplicate any photos in this blog

Carts

2006-04-26T11:58:00.000-04:00

This is a photo of the carts lined up at a draft test

at the BMDCA National Specialty in Gettysburg, PA in 2005

Photo can be made into 5x7 greeting cards

or prints

filters & effects added in Photoshop Elements

Snow Fence

2006-04-25T18:39:00.000-04:00

This is another photo of Snowden

This photo won 1st place special effects

at the

BMDCA 2003 National Specialty

in Long Beach, CA

Cards & Prints can be ordered

contact me for prices & sizes that can be printed

do not duplicate any photos in this blog

Snowden

2006-04-25T18:15:00.000-04:00

This is a photo I took of my 1st Bernese

Skyland's Storm Front, CGC, TDI

"Snowden"

2/7/98-7/4/04

This photo won 3rd place in Special Effects

and

a Professional's Choice Award

at the BMDCA National Specialty

in 2004

Prints & Cards can be ordered

Please Contact me for prices & sizes that can be printed

Bernese Puppy Cards

2006-04-25T18:07:00.000-04:00

These are boxed note cards of some photos that I took of

puppies at Wingfield Farms Bernese

http://wingfieldfarm.homestead.com/

There are 12 cards & Envelopes in this boxed set

The photos were all edited in Photoshop Elements

and filters were added to make them look like paintings

Prints can be made of these photos also on Fine Art Paper

contact me for prices & sizes that can be printed