Guinness World Record announced yesterday the new record holder for the World’s Tallest Dog title. And it’s neither the earlier introduced George, nor Boomer. It’s Titan, a San Diego-based blind, deaf and epileptic white Great Dane, who’s almost 3 1/2 feet tall from floor to shoulder. Titan weighs 190 pounds, so his measurements definitely live up to his name.

I just finished up editing Memphis’ images and spent some extra time perfecting this one thanks to my new Wacom Tablet (love it).

I find it fascinating that dogs have such a three dimensional quality about them. If you took this same shot of a human head from the back it would be just that, a human head.

But with a dog, you get so much more expression out of them through the use of their body language.

The slightest change in their ears or the smallest tilt of a head says much more than words ever could!

Not Gracie.

But oh-so-deliciously close.

Memphis is 2.5 and this was one of the first frames I shot of her. To say I had the best time ever would be a severe understatement.

I wanted to pop in here and let everyone know that I am, indeed, still alive. If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll already know that I had surgery last Wednesday and the recovery was a lot more brutal than I thought. But I’m happy to say that I’m finally on the mend and anxious to pick up my camera again.

Gracie is also fully recovered from her teeth cleaning/lump removal surgery a few weeks ago. Funny, she never once licked the 16 stitches in her leg but we could not get the girl to stop licking the spot where her IV was. Here she is obsessing over it.