{"id":1059,"date":"2007-06-04T11:29:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T03:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2015-04-14T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T01:50:35","slug":"party_pooches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/party_pooches\/","title":{"rendered":"party pooches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/cat_collage_0161_72dpi.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dog_1\" alt=\"Dog_1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/dog_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> Meet Jill Beninato&#8230; pet photographer and altered artist extraordinaire.&nbsp; &nbsp;She lives in Virginia Beach, VA with her husband, daughter and four crazy dogs. She has a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD where she studied fine art and metal smithing. <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/cat_collage_0161_72dpi_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Cat_collage_0161_72dpi_2\" alt=\"Cat_collage_0161_72dpi_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/cat_collage_0161_72dpi_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5089_72dpi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Img_5089_72dpi\" alt=\"Img_5089_72dpi\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5089_72dpi.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I <span style=\"color: #ff3399;\"><strong>LOVE LOVE LOVE<\/strong><\/span> these <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artist_trading_cards\">Artist Trading Cards (ATC)<\/a> she posted on her <a href=\"http:\/\/jillbeninato.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/pointed-party-hats.html\">blog<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5092_72dpi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Img_5092_72dpi\" alt=\"Img_5092_72dpi\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5092_72dpi.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">They make me want to chop up a picture of <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/dashing_dogs\/samson_in_the_office.html\">Samson<\/a> and give him a ridiculous party hat.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5094_72dpi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Img_5094_72dpi\" alt=\"Img_5094_72dpi\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/img_5094_72dpi.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A portion of her bio reads, &quot;Dogs and kids are a real source of inspiration for me &#8211; they are so \u201cin the moment\u201d and honest with their moods and expressions.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/jill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Jill\" alt=\"Jill\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/jill.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My style is typically candid shots, on location, using natural light whenever possible. I love photography and feel lucky to be in the position to meet so many great people and a lot of really cool dogs who make me laugh, as well as, teach me daily what life is really all about.&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/jill_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Jill_2\" alt=\"Jill_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/04\/jill_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>See more of Jill&#8217;s lovely work on her website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitstaysmile.com\/\">www.sitstaysmile.com<\/a> and on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillbeninato.blogspot.com\/\">inspiring blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/party_pooches\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/party_pooches\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Jill Beninato&#8230; pet photographer and altered artist extraordinaire.&nbsp; &nbsp;She lives in Virginia Beach, VA with her husband, daughter and four crazy dogs. She has a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD where she studied fine art and metal smithing. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these Artist Trading Cards (ATC) she posted on her blog. They make me want to chop up a picture of Samson and give him a ridiculous party hat. A portion of her bio reads, &quot;Dogs and kids are a real source of inspiration for me &#8211; they are so \u201cin the moment\u201d and honest with their moods and expressions.&nbsp; My style is typically candid shots, on location, using natural light whenever possible. I love photography and feel lucky to be in the position to meet so many great people and a lot of really cool dogs who make me laugh, as well as, teach me daily what life is really all about.&quot; See more of Jill&#8217;s lovely work on her website, www.sitstaysmile.com and on her inspiring blog.<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2300,2302,2301,2303],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talented-artists","tag-jill-beninato","tag-pet-artist-trading-cards","tag-pet-photography","tag-www-sitstaysmile-com"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8194,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/8194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}