Shar Pei: Updated portrait from a recent Animal Planet photo shoot.

The Story Behind the Photographs
I’ve been reworking some of my dog portraits that I took for Animal Planet. I like the originals, but wanted to play around with the look and feel – getting a more rustic look. Here’s a first look. I’ll post more in the coming weeks.

Animal Planet dubs it “the biggest game on all fours”, involving 75 puppies, 21 kittens, nine hedgehogs, and dozens of crew members and volunteers. That’s just a small glimpse into what it took to produce and shoot Puppy Bowl IX – airing this Sunday at 3 p.m. on Animal Planet. During the two-day filming in November, my assistant Adele Godfrey and I took portraits and shot the production stills of this year’s game.
Click HERE for some behind-the-scene photos from The Washington Post.
To see more production stills, click HERE for the Huffington Post story.
For the complete coverage and some images from past events visit Animal Planet’s web site HERE
It’s fun seeing what really goes on during the making of an Animal Planet photo shoot. Here are some of the trials and tribulations of photographing all 50 cat breeds.
HERE’S A LINK TO PREVIOUS POST SHOWING SOME FINAL CAT IMAGES:
http://keithbarracloughblog.com/2012/01/
Read an interview on my recent shoot with Animal Planet about the trials and tribulations of photographing cats. It’s all on the FoundFolios blog FoundFlow.
(read it here).
Take one very charismatic, camera-friendly reality star, stir in the tourist melting pot that is Times Square, and you’ve created the perfect cocktail for fan recognition. Not only did Jackson graciously pose for photos with fans, he accepted an unexpected role from this woman, who was evidently not impressed by me or my camera (and apparently unaware of his star status): impromptu photographer.
On location with Jackson Galaxy, the host of Animal Planet’s reality series “My Cat from Hell”.
Just found out that I’m featured as one of PhotoServe’s 10 photographers of the month. The series will be up for the month of April.
Here’s my portrait of a Sphynx, photographed this past January for Animal Planet.

Didn’t see the variety in cats that we saw during Day One, but interesting never the less. Met a variety of owners though…
Here are some highlights from the day. In order of appearance: Pixiebob, shorthair Oriental, longhair Oriental, Bombay, and a Balinese.





A few weeks ago I posted some behind-the-scenes images from my poster campaign shoot with the cast of TANKED, and a great crew comprising creative director and Animal Planet staff member Linas Virbickas; Ken Proto, my assistant; and Natasha Chamberlin, stylist. I thought I’d share the poster being used to advertise the show. I’ve seen the trailer for the first episode, set to premiere this Friday at 9 p.m., and it is very entertaining.