I met Marina & her parents at Tourmaline Beach for her photo session recently, and I learned very quickly that Marina loves the beach! Luckily, her family lives a short walking distance from the coast, so this is their favorite beach to visit together after work & on the weekends. Marina was so excited to be there, tugging on her leash and dashing from side to side as soon as we hit the sand – you’d have thought it was her first time there, but nope, she’s a regular! Haha! Don’t you love that contagious canine excitement?

Marina is a husky/pit bull mix, which means she has a LOT of energy. And boy did she let it out – every time she fetched the tennis ball, she’d sprint off & take it for a big, winding “victory lap” all around the beach! It was so cute – she paraded the ball around, as if to say “hey everyone, look what I got!” She’s a total sweetheart, and wanted to play with every dog that walked by, too. I absolutely loved capturing her spirited action on the beach – she definitely kept my shutter finger busy! :)

Here she is, happy as a clam to be at the beach again. Look at those eyes!

Sometimes (rarely) Marina likes to slow down and enjoy the view. (Only for a minute, and then she’s off again!)

Her face is so beautiful… isn’t she a unique dog?

Okay, okay, one more photo… I caught this blooper as she was shaking off from one of her many laps around the beach!

Sarah & Steve, thank you so much for introducing me to your gorgeous girl! And now, I have plenty of action photos to sort through… :)

If you saw my previous blog post, you’re already familiar with the handsome face that I recently photographed: Aberdeen the CCI service dog. He’s a beautiful golden retriever/labrador mix, and he lives in Ocean Beach with his mom, Patty. Although we started our photo session on a beautiful day, some dark clouds came rolling in & prevented us from visiting the San Diego Yacht Club & playing on the nearby beaches –  so we got together just a few days later, and continued our session with cooperating weather! Aberdeen was excited to see me again (I think he considers me The Treat Lady) and I was thrilled to have him in front of my camera a second time. He’s such a happy dog! :)

Oh, and I want to make one side note to these photos, as well as the previous post’s: Aberdeen was always on a leash! It’s important that service dogs stay leashed at all times, so we made sure he was safe & sound, close by our side, for the entire session. I know it doesn’t appear that way in these photos, but leashes can be awfully visually distracting… and the magic of Photoshop is a powerful thing. ;)

Here he is at Liberty Station, where he & Patty can often be found.

Here’s Aberdeen on the beach! Despite being a labrador/golden retriever mix, he doesn’t like water. So we played on the sand for a while, and eventually he got comfortable – and ended up going in deeper than his paws, for the first time ever! We were so proud of him!

 I love Aberdeen’s features. He’s so handsome.

 He got deeper in the water than ever before! (I know this isn’t much for most labradors… but for Aberdeen, this was a big deal!)

 But I still think he’s happiest on dry land. :)

Patty, thank you for an amazing multi-day photo session! I can’t wait to see you & Aberdeen again soon!