Dearge's Pet Portraits ~ April 2012

April 2012The Inaugural Edition

www. deargespetportraits.org

Galileo from Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Tammy from Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Zoe from Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Frank & Maggie from Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

from South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

KingofHearts-Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

From Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

From Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hayley from Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

From Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

From Minnesota2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

From Gemany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Lotti from South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

MacKenzie from NewYork . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Bette from Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Piper from RhodeIsland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

From Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MissLily from Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Winton from Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Marigold from Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

PatchesBell from California . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Maeve from Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Caileigh from Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Lukas from Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Tania & Wuff Moda from Paraquay . . . . . . 25

Nilla from Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

From Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Bobby from Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

From Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Duffy from Misouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Tulley from Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

You Can do More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Table of Contents

Galileo from Italy.

© Dearge's Pet Portraits April 2012 ~ 1 ~ www.deargespetportraits.org

Tammy from Argentina.


Zoe from Minnesota


Frank & Maggie from Iowa


From South Africa


King of Hearts from Argentina


From Germany


From Quebec


Hayley from Georgia


From Minnesota


An Unpublished piece from Minnesota


From Germany


Lotti from South Carolina


MacKenzie from NewYork


Bette from Arizona


Piper from Rhode Island


From Delaware


Miss Lily from Arkansas


Winton from Florida


Marigold from Texas


Patches Bell

This little Patches is so loved. She is so smart. She was born deaf and then went blind from a birth defect and you would never know it.

California


Manderly New Twist (Maeve)

She was the Scottie whose tail was always wagging, unless she was sitting on it.This was the last picture ever taken of her, nearly 13 years old, and she was happy to the end.

Sally and Nevis Ben- Maine USA


Caileigh from Illinois


Lukas from Germany


Tania &Wuff Moda from Paraquay


Nilla from Italy


From Tennessee


Bobby from Germany


From Russia


Duffy from Miss ouri


TULLIBARDINE STILLMAN DRAM ( TULLY)

She is a small adorable, funny, adventurous, daring and sweet Scottish Terrier. She loves to chase lizards, but her great passion is wait for the “grandmother” throw the pieces of the crust of Parmesan cheese down by the window. She likes to watch TV on my legs...the sofa is ‘too uncomfortable!!!” She loves playing with plastic bottles or tennis balls. She live in Northern Italy with mommy, 2 sister,1 brother , Aunt Birilla (an old english sheepdog), my husband and me. Our home is full of coats and laughs.

Antonella Bacchiega ~ Italy


More You can Do...Tips Better Photo ~ I’m working with the details in the photos. The more details, the more options I have. The photos should be in focus. Most camera have an automatic focus and exposure which is activated when you push the shutter release button half way down before tak-ing the shot. This feature is looking for an area of contrast in the center of the frame. Sometime with a black dog, the best place to find the contrast is at the edge or someplace like the collar. Find the area of contrast. Push the Shutter Release half way down. Hold to lock the exposure and focus. Center the frame where you want while holding the SR button 1/2 down. Wait for the shot....Click.

Sometime, especially under low light, the mere pushing down on the SR button will shake the camera and cause it to blur. In this case, you can use the timer to automatically take the shot while you hold the camera, or better yet, while on a tripod.

It’s digital. Take lots of shot.

Size ~ In the beginning, Facebook would take any large photo and automatically scale it down to 1 inch square. Now you can upload almost any size. I’m looking for detail. For the best results in a portrait the minimum size of a photo should be 720 pixels at the smallest dimension. In other words 10” x 10” at 72 pixels per inch (ppi or dpi) or 1.5 MB uncompressed or a 250 KB JPeG file. There is no maximum size.

Larger Files for Better Printing ~ There are two ways to get a larger digital copy of you Birthday Portrait. You can write me a 5 Star Review on Google or raise your right paw and promise to send $10 to an animal shelter or rescue.

Send More Information ~On pages 22 and 31 you can see what I would like to add to each portrait. If you will send this information, I will add it to the page ... it does not have to be in English.


www. deargespetportraits.org

Documents

Dearge's Pet Portraits ~ April 2012