Photo Shoot!

Ezra and Alli were invited by good friend Scott Swingle, owner and videographer of www.westieproductions.com, to be in a local video of the Top 25 things to do in Knox County. One of the things to do in our county is to visit Wolfe Run Dog Park which boasts a very nice agility course for all dogs to enjoy.  Scott is doing this work for I-Conn Productions and asked if I would be willing to be involved...I jumped at the chance, pun intended. Ezra was very much in his element, loved every minute of it as he lives for agility.  He took the camera positioned, at times, on the equipment in stride.  I can always count on Ezra.  Alli was very good as well.  She seemed to pick up on Ezra's enthusiasm and enjoyed the shoot.  Alli noticed the camera and it did take her back a bit, but with encouragement she did her part very well.

Picard, a star in her own right, also joined us for the shoot.  Picard, a westie, is Scott's dog and is the reason that Scott and I met.  Picard played the part of Toto in MTVart's production of the Wizard of Oz which played live on stage in 2009.  I had been asked to be the trainer for Picard, my first attempt at training for live theater.  It went really well, thanks in great part to Scott's enthusiastic support and help in teaching and training Picard for her role!

We had a great deal of fun, always great to work with Scott as he puts both humans and canines at ease.  Scott does his job so well that we didn't do many takes, he seemed to get the shot he wanted the first time which was really nice for the dogs.  The dogs simply had fun and Scott worked his magic!

I am thankful to be a part of such a great community of people.  I am thrilled to have been asked to be a part of this video and look forward to seeing the end result!  Stay tuned...