Abby’s Saturday // 2021 Blooper Reel

Welcome to my FAVORITE blog post of the entire year!!
It’s the Abby’s Saturday BLOOPER blog post! Cue the confetti – yayyyy!

So, let me give a tiny bit of background: once upon a time, before we had children – I looked around for a way to consistently practice & grow my photography skills. Thankfully, our sweet puppy stepped up to the plate & off I went on a journey of photographing my dog every single week.

When I started taking “Abby’s Saturday” photos (back in 2013) – I had literally zero intention as to how far I would go. In other words: I did not have a goal in mind (it wasn’t a “Project 52” or anything). I simply wanted to pull my camera out every single week & take fun photos of our sweet pup to practice my skill of photography.

And well, here we are: EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS LATER.

These weekly photos have evolved from being just a simple photo on my blog with no words (a check-mark to say I’d “blogged”) to now including a short write-up about our week (and some weeks – those write-ups are long). And I love it.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. Believe me – it is brutal sometimes to come up with new ideas or to make my subjects (which over the years have grown to include not just Abby, but Braelynn & Leander as well) cooperate with the vision I have in my head.
But, here’s the thing: as many times as I’ve considered giving this “practice” up (and I’ve honestly strongly considered it at certain points), I just can’t stop. Especially when I look back at the “series” of photos I’ve taken – there are certain photos I take every single year & having those photos of our sweet Abby-dog and our kids is absolutely priceless to me – and worth every single ounce of hard work, sweat, and work that these photos are.

To this point, I have published 385 Abby’s Saturday photos – but there are literally thousands of images that I take that never get posted. Some are simply not good images, some concepts I have just don’t work out, sometimes I can’t get all parties to cooperate, and then some photos simply end up in the “blooper reel” – and that’s what today is all about!
ENJOY a little peek “behind-the-scenes” of what really happens behind the curtain for these Abby’s Saturday photos!

Disclaimer: No Black Labs, little girls, or little boys were hurt or injured in any way due to the circumstances of these photos – I promise.

And one more thing: after looking thru today’s post, you’ll definitely want to go back & see the Blooper Reels I’ve posted over the last 5 years (I didn’t post bloopers until 2016 – I never thought of it before that)! Not only are they hilarious, but Braelynn & Leander are SO tiny in year’s past! I’m so thankful for these weekly photos of our lovable (so patient & tolerating) pup & our quickly growing sweet girl & sweet boy!
2020 Bloopers || 2019 Bloopers || 2018 Bloopers || 2017 Bloopers || 2016 Bloopers

(The following photos are shown in the order that I took them throughout the year, so kicking things off with January & ending with some of the last photos I took of Abby, Braelynn, and Leander in 2021!)

Wait, am I supposed to be in this photo?

Someone needs to teach this kid how to take a proper photo.

This was right after Braelynn lost her two top front teeth!!

Don’t worry Abby – everyone is intimidated by a microphone!

Boo.

Just in case you are under the false impression that these photos are easy to take..

An alien in our backyard!

Wait, she’s throwing the stick the other way!

Did you know blowing bubbles on a dog is like a spa treatment?
Well, now you do.

Pay no attention to the chaos behind me.

Is she yelling? Yawning?

I’m ready for my photo – let’s do this.

Laying down on the job..

Free kisses all around!

YUCK – this drink stuff is gross.

Okay, now that you’re hooked, you know you want to go back & see the bloopers/outtakes from the last 5 years!
2020 Bloopers || 2019 Bloopers || 2018 Bloopers || 2017 Bloopers || 2016 Bloopers