susangoddardphotography

january 2012 [1.0]

2012-01-19T15:21:00.000-08:00

Busy month. Love it. Architecture, editorial portraits and corporate headshots. Starting work on a personal project next month.

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november 2011 [3.0]

2011-11-28T16:17:00.000-08:00

For an ad for Mile High Modern coming in the next issue of Modern In Denver Magazine.

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november 2011 [2.0]

2011-11-28T16:10:00.000-08:00

Sweetest little King Charles Spaniel in the World:

and her brother who may be used for a new card:

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november 2011 [1.0]

2011-11-15T10:28:00.000-08:00

Repost just because I love these images... People walk onto the set with the fixed impression that getting their photo taken will be the worst experience ever... and then walk off with a nice rush of endorphins because the photographer thinks she is a comedian... I feel for my assistants who have heard my routine one too many times...

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october 2011 [2.0]

2011-11-15T10:11:00.001-08:00

Travelling around the Adirondacks... Dairy Farm country...

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26 miles from Canada... Logging country...

october 2011 [1.0]

2011-11-08T13:59:00.000-08:00

Somewhere in Vermont... More annual report stuff...

And power switches are just cool...

Still in Indiana...

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september 2011 [2.0]

2011-11-08T11:48:00.000-08:00

More portraits from travels around the USA... California... Employees of locally based company here in Denver.

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september 2011 [1.0]

2011-09-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

Have been really busy traveling for clients to LA, San Francisco, Indianapolis and soon... Vermont (Hope the leaves have not all fallen yet).
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july 2011

2011-08-18T07:14:00.000-07:00

New images for fundraising collateral for Advocacy Denver. More coming.

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april 2011

2011-04-24T08:12:00.001-07:00

On engaging in a much-anticipated conversation with God recently, Frank asked his most burning question:

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february 2011

2011-02-26T12:50:00.000-08:00

Samuel Lee. Gifted singer/songwriter. Website coming soon.

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Great client. Great shoot. Wish I had legs like that...

january 2011 [2.0]

2011-01-20T20:46:00.001-08:00

Nature has an amazing spectrum of color...

january 2011 [1.0]

2011-01-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

Personal experiment with color: Pink (More to follow)

december 2010

2010-12-30T10:16:00.000-08:00

Kirk Montgomery, Channel 9, Denver... And Joey.

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Chef Michael Long - Aria, Cherry Creek

november 2010 [3.0]

2010-11-24T21:01:00.001-08:00

Seven... Going on Seventeen. Beautiful.

Five... Going on Fifteen. Equally so.

november 2010 [2.0]

2010-11-22T13:17:00.000-08:00

You know how most of us have one eye smaller than the other? Well, what happens to how a person is perceived if you start switching and duplicating said eye? Subject: Fish | Company: Think Tank Tattoo.

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What's old is new again...

And the mugshot...

november 2010 [1.0]

2010-11-09T10:20:00.000-08:00

Bark last month... Stones this month... Stay tuned...

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Portrait of Justin Cucci: Chef and owner of Root Down in the Highlands.... Awesome food. Great guy.

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Employee portraits... See October entry for black/white versions... I constantly ask the question: Color or black and white... Client decides on this one.

october 2010 [3.0]

2010-10-29T13:32:00.000-07:00

Black and white, or color?? That is the question...

And an environmental portrait the same day...

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october 2010 [2.0]

2010-10-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

I've been taking my dog to a secret location for off-leash play for months and only in the last few days have I stopped looking at the trees and started seeing them... How embarrassing... You know, since I am a photographer... Never realized that bark was so different species to species...

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october 2010 [1.0]

2010-10-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

Ongoing shoot - Employee portraits. Lots of fun. Really. I love doing this kind of thing.

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Who says dogs don't show much expression...

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september 2010

2010-09-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

Dog or Bear? Is it bad form to love your own shots? Kinda like laughing at your own jokes? Or is it that we photographers have to love some of the things we shoot or we'd give it all up for a 9-5...

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"I need an image that's not too corporate but still looks professional..." Mission accomplished.

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Working on clocks and jewelry for a company that uses recycled bike parts... Very cool stuff. If anyone is interested in purchasing for Christmas presents for bike-enthusiast friends, shoot me an email and I'll send some info. Their new website is not up yet.

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Busy, busy. Doing an annual report so on the road, in the air, at hotels, in cornfields... I LOVE being on the road (except for missing my dog). I don't love dealing with long lines at airports and people who are so stressed they check their manners with their baggage...

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august 2010

2010-08-03T09:26:00.001-07:00

10 weeks old ... Any cuter and he'd be dangerous.

Didn't I see that hair-do in Pirates of the Caribbean?

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More headshots... Color or black/white? To tweak or not to tweak...

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Partnering with Design Within Reach, I (as photographer and owner of DogsOnWhite) have organized an event to benefit Denver Dumb Friends League. The event will take place on 28 August, 2010. Mark your calendars and come on down! All proceeds from the dog-bowl silent auction will go to DDFL and the highest bidder will receive a free pet-photo session... In addition, there will be one random drawing for a second photo session, but you have to come on down to participate.

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june 2010

2010-06-29T08:41:00.000-07:00

I have been absent from my own blog for a couple of months - I've been swamped. I'm busy starting a new business, doing a couple of classes to refresh some of my business skills AND shooting every chance I get. For the month of July I am offering headshots at greatly reduced prices so if you need a quick but extremely professional portrait done, give me a call. Enjoy the summer and Happy 4th July!

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march 2010

2010-03-30T12:57:00.000-07:00

The dogsonwhite site is finally up and running. Please visit and call if you're in the market for a portrait of your favorite pooch!

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If you need a good personal injury lawyer, contact Patricia Jarzobski, P.C. New site up and running with new portraits courtesy of yours truly.

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More. Mug. Shots.

february 10

2010-02-16T21:03:00.000-08:00

A sad day in the studio. Sold the Hasselblad. Sniff. Whimper. End of an era...
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Jennifer Jasinski, Chef, Proprietor, Rioja - Denver. Shot for new magazine on stands soon...

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You cannot swing a dead cat in Denver without hitting one of these billboards... More work coming soon...

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Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy - Male - About 6 months old with frinkles.

january 10

2010-01-06T22:31:00.000-08:00

I am starting a new personal project this year - I need volunteers. If you know of anyone who is 90 years of age or above, please contact me at 303.778.2340 or email me at sgodphoto@aol.com
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Starting out the year with a great new client and some executive head shots - Although, we did a lot more than just heads... I can honestly say that I have more problems with getting executives to give me "serious" rather than "smiling" and "friendly"... My assistant has heard my speel one too many times and tunes me out these days and I'm painfully aware that my subjects are not necessarily laughing with me but rather at me... Samples:

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Got an email from someone I met about 8 years ago who wanted to purchase one of my fine art prints... What an amazing compliment to remember an image and still want it... Here it is from the archives:

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december 09

2009-12-30T09:41:00.000-08:00

I lied. Now it's the last one....

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OK, Just one more. Twins. Not identical. Now I'm done. Happy New Year everyone!

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This is probably my last post for 2009 - What a doozy of a year! Enough said. I was asked to do headshots for the owner of a start-up company but he didn't want them to be typically static - A little life please? Without doing video? Is this the shape of things to come...

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I just shot, essentially, triplets for a friend. This is Therese. More coming soon. Look at those eyes. Love babies, just don't need one of my own.

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Several people have been asking me recently about shooting their dogs, how much it is, etc., etc. So, I'm posting the info here for all to see. Although I shoot canines mainly for stock, for commercial projects and for my own gratification, I'm now offering dog portraiture at a pretty reasonable rate. Here's the info:

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I'm finally parting with my Hasselblad camera - I just need to find a buyer. Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested. 500cm body, 3 A-12 film backs, 4 lenses (50mm cfi used maybe 5 times (original cost $3500), 100mm, 120mm macro and 180mm (all T*), polaroid back, softar filter, cc filters and more. Any reasonable offer above $6000 considered. Original cost over $20,000. In great shape, very well cared for... Call the studio at (303) 778.2340 for details.
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Merry Christmas Everyone. Ho! Ho! Ho! Maybe a bit early? Does anyone feel like Christmas is being forced down their throat this year? I love Christmas. Everything about it. The food, the decorations, the very ungreen fresh-cut trees, the goofy old 70's and 80's Xmas music, sappy movies with happy endings (especially if they're animated), chocolate, wine, time with friends... I could just do without the commercialism and stress. So, Ho! Ho! Ho! Onward.
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Just redid the "dogs" page on my website - Enjoy when you have a moment...
www.sgodphoto.com/dogs.html

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Wibby Environmental specializes in supplying everything you need for proficiency testing for water pollution, water supply, soil/hazardous waste, underground storage tanks and DMRQA chemistry. Created images for their new company brochure: Product, employees and something colorful please - Maybe you could use these water bottles...
ZINNIA:

JULIA:

SNOWFLAKE:

PRODUCT:

PEOPLE:

november 09

2009-11-06T17:33:00.000-08:00

Annual Report portrait for CoBank - Bob Engel, President/CEO and Everett Dobrinski, Chairman.

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Up or Down, That is the Question... I'm also starting to think that some mutt's are much more interesting looking than purebreds...

Love starting the month with a dog shoot but getting back to people next week... Small catalogue for a local environmental company... Stay tuned. Yes, I know, it's very exciting...

october 09

2009-10-05T09:44:00.000-07:00

Images created for PetStrength LLC - Phiten USA markets the technology to athletes and anyone wanting better energy flow throughout their body. "Proper energy balance helps to alleviate discomfort, speed recovery, and counteract fatigue. Athletes find that they tire less easily and recover faster from intense physical activity. Further benefits of Phiten’s exclusive technology are more relaxed muscles leading to less stress and a greater range of motion that can be of great benefit to an athlete or anyone in any walk of life." - PhitenUSA. Steve Lastofka, Czar of SPL International, Inc has secured exclusive rights to market them for use with pets. Go Doggie! Go Kitty!

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I just can't look away...

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Walt Rakowich, CEO, ProLogis

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First promotion to be sent using MyEmma.com

september 09

2009-08-31T08:29:00.000-07:00

I admit it - I am completely obsessed with dogs at the moment. So many breeds - Just a few images from an ongoing project. And yes, I still shoot humans for corporate, editorial and advertising purposes.

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Dog day afternoon - Last water weekend of summer. Shot 30 Portuguese Water Dogs at an annual party - Just for fun. Only one incident between two intact males that lasted about five seconds.

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I've been archiving this week and came across an older image... I wonder if work really was less stressful decades ago... (Although this was shot only a few years ago.)

And this (the old Denver Post Office converted to a court house) was shot right before the Timothy Mcveigh trial...

And these are oldies but goodies...

august 09

2009-08-03T15:28:00.001-07:00

Working on group shots for an aviation corporation... Coming soon...

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Question: It's pretty obvious if you're left or right-handed but how do you know if you have a dominant left or right eye?
Answer: Get a piece of paper, make a hole by passing a pencil through, hold out the paper in front of you and focus on something on the other side of the room. If, when you close your left eye, you can still see what you focused on, then your right eye is dominant. If the focus point isn't visible then you are left-eye dominant. What a fascinating but seemingly useless piece of information...
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Zoe. Favorite food: Anything. Favorite thing to do: Anything. Discernment not part of her genetics.

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Portraits for billboards... Busy, busy...

They nixed the background and went with blue... Happy clients either way.
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A 10-week old Portuguese Water Dog/Puppy. Female, Wavy. Names being considered: Mogan, Ziva, Fenton...

Update: They went with "Fenton".
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july 09

2009-07-01T11:16:00.000-07:00

I know I say this a lot but look at that face... What's not to love?

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Alrighty then... Here we go... Up, published and represented by Wonderful Machine... Pretty cool.

www.wonderfulmachine.com

june 09

2009-06-29T12:53:00.000-07:00

Starting work on a personal project... Early stages... Look for more next month.

Have very interesting idea for a longer, ongoing project which will depend on the cooperation and willingness of participants... Attempting to find out what comes "After". More info to follow soon.
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Have I mentioned how much I love my iphone? (Except the need for the constant resetting of the network...) My Portuguese Water Dog, Bodhi, has been suffering from an on-again, off-again limp (related to a tweaked vertebrae and pinched nerves in his neck) so I'm taking him to the chiropractor - He loves it... And is greatly improving. From iphone this morning:

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Signing up with "Wonderful Machine" next month. See their latest press in the May issue of PDN at:
www.pdnonline.com
Hopefully the association will be profitable and satisfying for both parties.

april 09

2009-04-22T12:53:00.000-07:00

Last minute shoot for Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, CA - For use in an annual report. They used the image in connection with portraits from other relevant cities to tell the story of just one patient. Very cool.

Dr. Jim Lavelle, Denver, CO
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I love it when I shoot for a company and they use the images not only for print but for TV also... Elison and Carl - Thank you. Great working with you guys.

january 09

2009-01-22T12:53:00.000-08:00

This is Gus. Look at that face. What's not to love? (We used him as a prop in a shot for an ad campaign.) I thoroughly believe in the idea that not all people are created equal, but I also believe that idea extends to dogs. Not only are dogs, even within their own breed, not identical, they have different levels of intelligence and completely different personalities and boy, do those personalities challenge you to decide who you are in the equation...

october 08

2008-10-22T12:52:00.000-07:00

Wow! Did a 2-day stint shooting aerials of oil fields from a helicopter. Can't believe that I got paid to do that. Work is sometimes soooooo much fun. Thank you Jay and Tracy. Thanks to the pilot for keeping us safe. Did I mention that I actually got to fly it for about 5 minutes? Very squirly. Always looks so easy in the movies...

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Yay. Road trip. 5-day trip through southern Colorado for STEPP "Champions Choice" campaign, courtesy of Shift Your Brand. Thank you Louie! Images coming soon. No lions, tigers or bears but plenty of tarantulas, motels (including one next to the railroad tracks so no sleep that night), greasy food, great scenery and almost one speeding ticket but somehow talked my way out it. Thank God for a clean driver's record. (And a great assistant- You know who you are!)

Here are some of the images that were animated for a TV spot...

Images from the road: OutsideTrinidad:

Outside Delta:

Back on the road:

august 08

2008-08-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

I don't usually do PR photography but I admit, the lure of celebrity and all that DNC stuff took hold... Not to mention calls from small and large publications needing publicity shots... Busy, busy, busy... Won't bore you with lots of famous people in grip and grin situations but I did like this shot I took of Charlize Theron watching a clip from significant other's (Stuart Townsend) movie, "Battle in Seattle". And yes, she is just as beautiful in person as she is on screen...

If you're interested, also shot Stuart Townsend, Tim Daly, (Private Practice), Richard Schiff (West Wing), Josh Lucas (hubba, hubba), Alan Cumming, Tay Diggs (hubba, hubba), Tony Goldwyn (Bad guy in "Ghost"), Matthew Modine, Paul Mitchell, Gary Hart, James Carville... It is a bit weird seeing these people in the flesh...

july 08

2008-07-06T13:42:00.000-07:00

I have to admit that I was the last in my group to get an email address, to buy a cell phone, to order a recycling bin (shame, shame) and yes, now, sadly, I am the last to blog. My hesitation has been a combination of having nothing much to say and not knowing what I wanted to say, if anything. So, after searching around and finally climbing out of my own head, I've decided to use this blog as an afterthought for some shoots, a place to post personal work and as a space to make myself stop and think for a while. (Although not for too long - I don't know about anyone else but I can think the whole day away with no more effort than it takes to down an Americano and a cranberry-orange scone.)

Onward. Last week, friends begged me to shoot their dog. His name is Jackson. His owner's name is Michael. Neither wears a white glove.

I love shooting dogs although they can be somewhat challenging with the whole language barrier thing, the attention deficit issue, the bottomless treat bag that never is bottomless and runs out at the exact moment you think you have the perfect shot, the insistence on doing things their way... Wait, maybe that says more about me... I mean, I love doing things my way, but you can learn a lot from a dog's perspective... Most of the time, in the world of Dog as in shooting, the lesson is to have fun, let go, trust the process and see what happens. And most of the time, it works out just fine.