Movie pug

We had an adventure on Saturday.
Friend and colleague of mine Daria http://www.dariamarchenkophotos.com/ was shooting a short movie for cinema program at Concordia U. She asked if Alfred The Pug could be in the movie.
His task was to quietly sit on actresses lap in the car most of the time and look cute.

Sitting and looking cute - no problem here, but I had serious doubts about the quiet part. He loves to bark and growl at strangers now as well as participate in the discussions. . Happy to say - he proved me wrong!
He was nervous a bit of course, but didn't bark or cry.  I made sure he can see me trough the car window all the time and that actress had enough treats to keep him in his best behavior.

I hope Daria was satisfied with everyone's performance and I can't wait to see the final product:)))) And here are some Behind the Scenes pictures that I took:)

He does look cute! Probably I should have "Rent'a'Pug" service started for such occasions:)))))

BTW, starring here is Lara Brown. Singer-songwriter from Montreal http://www.lara-brown.com/. I fell in love with her immediately:)

Whistler's mother had a pug...

That was fun to shoot.

I'm definitely pleased! Consider it my Halloween card:)

Breaking rules

Planner from our Sunday wedding said she was waiting 10 years for this to happen. It was our first time too... Behold!

Red wedding dress!!!!!

From Vera Wang of course. As far as we know 3 of  her red wedding gowns were bought worldwide, and we shot one of them. That is absolutely amazing!
Accessories were also red as well as the decor. I was curious what veil would go with that dress, and it was a nice small one.

Bouquet from the red roses and black feathers:)

As well as red earrings

The shoes made me jump and squeal. I never saw anything like that before. And I never saw a bride that would go for this style. Red Alexander McQueen scull pumps! I loved them so much, I spent quite a bit of time shooting them:)

That was a memorable wedding for sure. Guests were very surprised but loved every bit of it. So did we...

Weekly pug

Alfred The Pug is having a sad day. He's not going to Toronto with me this time. If he could tolerate cats - I would take him, but since he cannot - I have to live him behind because there are 2 of his "enemies" at the studio. And apparently one of them would travel with us back to Montreal. So, we decided not to risk our sanity and have only one animal in the car.
Alfred will stay with Andrey and I hope the two of them will be good boys:)))))

Also Alfred will be 11 months old tomorrow.  Time goes by so fast:)))

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I produced this picture to be some sort of a postcard to Andrey for our wedding anniversary. 
I'm pretty content how it's turned out. I like theatrical feeling of it and I absolutely love how Alfred The Pug looks more like some freakish plush toy than a dog (probably because it took us quite a few takes to shoot).

Well, Andrey said it was creepy (and I'm not sure that's a compliment this time) and he needs time to get used to it:)))))
Anyway, happy anniversary to us!