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This is a photo of me that was taken by a talented photographer, John Sciarrino at Giovanni Photography (www.giophoto.com), who donated his time to photo the event for the Canine Companion's Dinner and fundraiser at the Bamboo Cafe in Naples last Thursday where proceeds went to The Brody Project for Animal Assisted Therapy. Visit their website to see all the wonderful things they do with these incredible dogs to help people get through a difficult time in their lives.
www.thebrodyproject.org

I loved being able to contribute to this project by donating a print of one of my dog images and I also gave a gift certificate towards a personal commissioned dog portrait. Both items where part of the raffle that everyone who attended participated in and those who won where really excited!

The evening was a great success and over 50 people made reservations and came to the event to eat dinner with their dogs at their side. It was so refreshing to see the love everyone has for their dogs and the love their dogs give back unconditionally. As we know Dog is God spelled backwards.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/MarjoriePesekFineArt#p/u/0/c5a3wXLCYwA

I just completed this time-lapse video (the YouTube link is above) of a portrait I did of a young girl. It commemorates her golden birthday which was when she turned 10 years old on the 10th of April. The photos that frame her are photos of that day.

I have always wanted to have a time-lapse video of me creating a piece because of the hundreds of hours it takes me to complete a portrait. It is like watching a flower grow from bud to full bloom. Technology allows the common person without filming and editing skills to now be able to do this thanks to my Flip digital recorder and my Mac computer! And, of course, the help of all the brilliant people at the Apple store!

It is really cool for me to see myself working also for once in 23 years. I can see clearly now the amount of time I take in the details. I filmed only short portions of me working and it still took hours of film and tons of editing to get it down to only 2 minutes long!