Jeanette Smith Photography

update

jeanette — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:34:50 +0000

As you can probably tell, I have not been posting. There’s a reason for this – I am not doing photography, at least as a business, anymore, and actually haven’t been for some time. I have decided that as much as I have loved doing it and loved meeting all of my great clients, I just do not have the time or passion for it that I used to. I am doing graphic design full-time and that seems to be taking all of the creative energy I have these days. So thank you to all of my clients and those who have commented on my posts and work. I am hoping to turn this into a personal blog at some point; when that will be, I don’t know.

the last two weeks at the shelter…

jeanette — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:12:32 +0000

Here are the dogs from the last two weeks. The first two are “sisters” (not really sure if they are real sisters but we think they came from the same place) who desperately need homes. They were at the shelter last weekend and this weekend and they are on “the list” unless they are adopted by tomorrow. Two very sweet, kind of scared (wouldn’t you be?) girls…

And then this little, older sweet girl still does not have a home – she’s as sweet as she can be and just needs a place to feel safe. Such a sweetheart:

And last week, there was a pug girl there…she was adopted by this weekend but she sure was cute. I really could have taken her home. She has a little bit of a Dodie face:

…and the rest:

this weekend at the shelter…urgent needs.

jeanette — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:06:39 +0000

This weekend I didn’t have a lot of dogs on my list to photograph – most of them had either been there long enough that they have already been photographed or someone else had already photographed them – but the shelter is so full. So full, in fact, that some of these dogs, if not adopted, could be euthanized. Please take a look and if you are at all considering a dog, PLEASE visit the Newnan Coweta Animal Shelter on Selt Road in Newnan BEFORE 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27. So many sweet, innocent dogs…and they all need a home and a family to love them.

you might have noticed….

jeanette — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:46:53 +0000

New name, same blog. I will be sort of revamping everything in the next few months but I still plan on taking lots of pictures of dogs! I will be at the shelter tomorrow and at Alabama Pug Rescue and Adoption’s Pugs and Pumpkins in Birmingham on the 31st, so I am sure there will be some posts from those. If you are in the Birmingham area please come out and see us! There will be pugs and fun for everyone! It’ll be at Oak Mountain State Park in the Fishing Center from 12-4. It’s always a lot of fun!

this saturday….here’s your chance!

jeanette — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:11:58 +0000

I will be at Intown Healthy Hound in the Grant Park area (across from the zoo) for pet portraits from 10am t0 2pm. Reservations are reccomended – please call 404.228.3898 to reserve a time slot for Saturday! We will be doing simple holiday portraits, or “every day” portraits – whichever you prefer. I’ll see you Saturday!

pugs and pumpkins planning meeting

jeanette — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:48:20 +0000

I had to go to Birmingham this weekend (so no shelter pictures this weekend) for some other business that I will share later, but got to stay long enough to make it to the Alabama Pug Rescue and Adoption’s Pugs and Pumpkins planning meeting. This is an annual event held at Oak Mountain State Park near the Fishing Center. While this was just a planning meeting (the actual event will be on Saturday, October 31 from 1-4), there were enough pugs and a boxer…so I had plenty to occupy me and my camera. I loved all of these guys. They were just so sweet. It was a gorgeous day and I was lucky enough to spend it in a beautiful location with wonderful friends and sweet pugs (and a boxer). And speaking of Penny the boxer, she was such a sweetheart. She is a rescue as well, and even though she is in a very loving home, she’s still recovering. Kind of like post traumatic stress disorder, I guess. But she let me take her on a short walk, which was a big step for her, and she socialized more and more as the afternoon went on. All in all, a very good day.

saturday’s shelter dogs

jeanette — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:54:53 +0000

Wow…it’s once again been a long time. I almost forgot how to log in to post! I’ve had a lot of things going on personally, but have at least been able to go to the Shelter most Saturdays. This Saturday, there were so many sweet dogs there…so many that didn’t seem like they should be there. Like the 8-year-old Golden Retriever who should be relaxing on a couple of acres, or the dachshund “couple” who were in cages next to each other but couldn’t be put together because they had not been spayed and neutered, and who were so frightened when we went to get them out of the cages for their pictures. And then there was “Buddy”, the big 112-lb. guy that was brought in as we arrived. Sweet as he could be, he just didn’t seem to understand why he was there. And honestly, I don’t either. There are some amazing dogs at the Newnan-Coweta Animal Shelter this week. And all need great forever homes. If you are thinking about getting a dog, I hope you’ll check out your local shelter or rescue organizations before contacting a breeder. There are puppies, young dogs and older dogs just waiting for someone to love them. For more information on these guys, please visit the Newnan-Coweta Humane Society’s website.

…and saturday at the shelter.

jeanette — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:20:00 +0000

We have noticed that there are so many black dogs at the shelter. I know that is a common problem, but it just seems like in the past couple of weeks it’s getting worse. And we noticed that we had quite a few this week who were just really scared. It was so sad. These guys would all be great pets – really, there was not one who was questionable, and they just want to be loved…I guess like us, huh? Anyway, it was a sort of sad week, but as usual, the dogs are beautiful. And condolences to Frank, who lost his beloved dog the night before we did these pictures, but came out to help these dogs anyway.

…more shelter dogs…

jeanette — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:09:51 +0000

whew…it’s been a long time.

jeanette — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:01:02 +0000

I hadn’t realized how long it’s been until I was talking to Frank (my Saturday shelter dog handler) the other week. It has been a crazy time, personally, in the last few months, but I’ve gotten a new routine going and am back at the shelter on a regular basis now. I have a couple of months’ worth of stuff I could update with, but decided to catch up on the NCHS pictures for the month of August. I’ll break this into three posts, so that it’s not quite so much in one. Anyway, enjoy the beautiful dogs. They have all been great. There are so many that need homes…please contact the Newnan-Coweta Humane Society for more information.