Marilyn

She needs only one name. She’s fair, she’s young, she’s got some meat on her bones but she shows a striking figure.

And she’s a total spazzball.

This is Marilyn, my new favorite model. She & her girl, Courtney, dropped by the studio today for Marilyn’s first photo shoot. It had to be a quick one because her attention span is so very puppy-like (or rather, more like that of a bumblebee’s flight pattern). Even with 4 handlers (including myself), she was tough to corral. Obstinate but sweet, she tried to slip through our fingers every time we thought we had the perfect shot.

But the thing with Marilyn is … what the hell is a perfect shot? Her squinting like a mischievous imp (“I’m listening to you but I can’t hear you…la la la la”); or one of her looking lovingly not at the camera but at Courtney. Or the funny face she makes when she yawns?

All of ‘em. They’re all perfect because they’re all Marilyn. I don’t want to just take a perfect picture of a dog. Perfection sucks, we all know that.

I want to take a photograph of your perfect animal. Perfect in all her flaws, her drool, her sneezing and her sloppy kisses that leave a bruise on your forehead and your cheeks chapped.

Meet Marilyn. She’s perfect. (Look for more of her coming up on the blog!)