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Abby’s Senior Photos with her dog Samantha!

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

It’s not every day that I get to work with a high school senior, so I absolutely loved the chance to photograph Abby & her dog Samantha before she heads off to college next year! Senior photos with dogs? Yes please! :)

Abby & Samantha have grown up together; Abby was about 10 years old when her family adopted Samantha, a purebred golden retriever, from a champion breeder. And although she tells me there was a bit of sibling rivalry in those first few days together, Abby & Samantha have become the best of friends, and I’m pretty sure neither one could imagine life without the other at this point. So I was honored to meet these two sisters at a pivotal time for them & their family, and provide Abby with some cute photos for her dorm room too!

Samantha is a happy-go-lucky golden retriever who can be equally sweet & stubborn! She doesn’t have a care in the world, and lives the good life with her family in San Marcos, CA. Her mom saw my portraits on the walls at Dogs Abound, which is where Samantha goes when her family has to leave town, and she gave me a call to arrange a photo session for her two beautiful daughters. I’m so glad she did – they were fabulous to work with, and even though Samantha isn’t much for traditional obedience commands like “sit” and “stay”, she gave me the happiest smiles to make up for it, haha! I can’t wait to show you their images!

Here are the two gorgeous ladies, in their front yard… I just love all the color & life in this photo!

Cuties.

Samantha doesn’t work for free… we kept a steady stream of pets, attention & treats coming her way in exchange for a job well done! :)

Abby & Nancy, thank you so much for a fun afternoon! I’m excited to show you the rest of our images soon! :)

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Lola the Gorgeous Standard Poodle! (Rancho Santa Fe Pet Photography Session)

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

I think rescue dogs know when they’ve been rescued. They know when their life changes; when they have a loving, happy home and they’re a treasured member of the family, when beforehand there was more pain & suffering than love & stability. I think they know. And Lola the standard poodle definitely knows just how lucky she is.

This Rancho Santa Fe pet photography session features the gorgeous Lola, an all-black standard poodle, who was rescued from a very poor beginning in life. She’s still less than a year old, but for her first 4 months or so, she was brought up in absolutely deplorable conditions. She didn’t even know how to drink water out of a bowl, because she wasn’t given bowls of water as a puppy, much less toys or treats, or any basic facets of a puppy’s life. Can you imagine?! Who could do that to such a sweet creature – any animal, really – I have no idea, but thankfully Lola’s mom Debra came along, and she rescued her to live a fabulous life! Lola & Debra live in a beautiful, safe neighborhood in Rancho Santa Fe, and they simply couldn’t be happier together. They’re best friends! And Lola absolutely adores her mom: she follows her around as close as a shadow, always ready to jump up to face-height to say hello up close, haha! In fact, Lola’s life is so filled with love these days, that as our photo session wrapped up and I was giving Debra a hug goodbye, Lola jumped up to join the hug too!! It was absolutely hysterical – she just doesn’t want to be excluded from any bit of love & affection she sees around her (especially a hug with her mom)! Haha! What an adorable, goofy pup. :)

This is Lola. Such a sweetheart.

She absolutely loves running around her backyard! Action photos turned out to be a significant part of our session, thanks to her boundless energy!

Sigh. This dog is gorgeous.

Debra, I had a great time with you & Lola during our photo session! I’m excited to show you the rest of our photos very soon!

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1-Year Anniversary Session with Marlow, the German Shorthaired Pointer

Wednesday, April 27th, 2016

This was a very bittersweet photo session… I was thrilled to see Marlow, the German shorthaired pointer, a year after our last photo session, especially since that session got scheduled in a hurry due to a cancer diagnosis. The fact that he’s still here, happy, and feeling like “himself” is nothing short of miraculous! But unfortunately I can’t add the word “healthy” to that list of how he’s doing… because after surviving brain cancer for the past year, his veterinarian recently found another type of cancer – completely unrelated, in his lymph nodes – and so he’s back on chemotherapy again. Which is the most uncanny, unlucky turn of events I can imagine for this sweet boy.

But don’t worry about Marlow – he’s tough. He has the spirit of a champion, and he’ll be just fine. I know it.

So we made sure to have a fun time for our photo session, and we played around his backyard with his two siblings, Cielow & Darla! All three of them love to play fetch (especially Darla, she takes it to a new level) and it was great to spend the afternoon with these gorgeous, happy dogs.

This is Marlow. The fur around his face is a bit erratic these days – but you know what? I think it’s a wonderful patchwork, a testimony to his struggle and victory. Cancer survivors are beautiful. And this boy is one of the best.

This is Marlow’s younger sibling, Darla, in-between throws of the ball! She’s also a German shorthaired pointer, a few years younger than Marlow, and just as sweet!

This is their husky sibling, Cielow! She’s one of the most easygoing, happy dogs I’ve ever met… the smile on her face is constant!

I can’t help but share this photo too – a fitting “end” to this post? (har har!)

Amanda, thank you so much for another opportunity to work with your gorgeous dogs. We ended up with quite a few photos, haha! :)

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Constance, Olive & Rover – San Clemente Pet Photography

Thursday, March 17th, 2016

I had the pleasure of visiting a few wonderful animals for a special San Clemente pet photography session recently! Their names are Constance, Olive and Rover – and guess what, Rover is the cat! Haha!

I met Constance and Olive during last year’s November mini-sessions, and I was downright thrilled to see them again! They’re adorable yellow labs, ridiculously good-natured and so much fun to work with. Constance is the elder sister of the two, much calmer and even-keeled, and simply happy to be with her family as much as possible. She made me work to perk up her ears, but it was worth the effort – she’s a beautiful dog! Olive, on the other hand, is a super-energetic puppy who simply does NOT calm down when she wants to play, haha! I actually really loved seeing her persistent spirit come to life; she never lost faith that we would all want to play with her tug toy on her 15th trip around the living room, haha! Don’t you love how stubbornly optimistic dogs can be? And last but not least, I got to meet Rover this time! He’s a handsome cat who turned out to be quite the ham for my camera… he puts up with his canine sisters, but I could tell that he was loving the spotlight, haha! All together, they make a diverse bunch of lovable animals – I couldn’t get enough of working with them, and having a new & different town to explore during our session was simply icing on the cake!

This is Rover… see what I told you? A total ham!

This is Constance, out at one of the many local parks around San Clemente…

… and this adorable face belongs to Olive! Despite all her energy, she was quite treat-motivated, which definitely helped me capture her in pretty spots like this!

Okay, one outtake for you… apparently Olive got impatient waiting for me at certain times! She’s so silly!

Vince & Jen, thank you for such a lovely afternoon with all your pets! I’m excited to see you both again soon! :)

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Best of 2015 – San Diego Pet Photography

Sunday, January 24th, 2016

Are you ready for this? I cannot WAIT to share these images with you! :) :)

2015 was an incredible year for my business: I met incredible people, fantastic dogs, and had a BLAST doing what I absolutely love to do! I’ll always be able to look back on 2015 with a big smile on my face, because although it had its ups and downs (just like any year), I have to admit that there were way more “ups” and happy times than anything else. So of course I couldn’t properly say goodbye to one of the most amazing years of my life without a “Best of” blog post – because I want to share a tiny fraction of how GREAT this year was with you! So I really feel like this blog post contains a piece of my heart… not to wax poetic, but the people and dogs in these photos really do mean the world to me, and I’ll always be grateful that we crossed paths in 2015. Did all these sessions go 100% smoothly? Nope! (Hello rain delays!) Did all these dogs really love being in front of the camera? Definitely not! (Some adored being the center of attention, and some definitely took some warming up!) But I think we still ended up with spectacular results from each & every session, and to me, that’s the most important thing, because then my clients can walk away happy. And I think they all did! :)

So here are all the pets I photographed in full-length photo sessions in 2015. I picked out my 3 favorite images from each session – not the easiest thing to do!! – and for the sake of simplicity, I refrained from sharing the details of each pet’s story here, but you can always search the blog for details on any pet if you’re curious.

3ee the Belgian Malinois, from San Diego

Aberdeen the service dog (golden retriever/labrador mix), from San Diego

Aberdeen came back for a second session this year! Yay- I LOVED seeing this dog twice as often! :)

Albert the Scottie, from San Diego

Sadly, Albert is no longer with us today. He is deeply missed.

Archie & Leo, the Greater Swiss Mountain dog mix and the bearded collie/Old English sheepdog mix, from San Diego

Azula & Apollo, cats from San Diego

Beatrice & Bruno, the min pin & chihuahua, from San Diego

Berkeley, the Dutch shepherd, from San Diego

Bimmer, Laila & Leo, the golden retrievers & labrador, from San Diego

Brandi & Colt, the yorkie/shih tzu mix and beagle, from Vista

Briley & Gunner, the weimaraner & German shepherd, from Encinitas

Buster, Fae, Leland & Nyx, mixed breed dogs and cat, from San Diego

Cherry the German shepherd, from San Diego

Colin the mixed breed dog, from San Diego

Cooper & Sophie, mixed breed dogs, from San Diego

Daisy, the beagle/bulldog mix, from San Diego

Daisy the boxer, from San Diego

Dippy, Lulu & Bentley, mixed-breed dogs & cockapoo, from San Diego

Duke the mixed-breed dog, from San Diego

Unfortunately, Duke passed away soon after his session took place. He was such a good boy…

Emerson, Russell & Bells, the labrador and cattle dog & labrador mixed breed dog, from Ramona

Gaston the French bulldog, from San Diego

Gracie the St. Bernard, from San Diego

Howie & Bernie, boxers, from San Marcos

Indy & Molly, the golden retriever & Great Pyrenees mix, from San Diego

Karma & Kody, the pit bull & Australian shepherd, from San Diego

Keiko the dachshund, from San Diego

Lexie, Gunther, Chase & Aurora, German shepherds & Belgian Malinois dog, from San Diego

Louisa & Brutus, standard poodles, from San Diego

Chia & Lucy, sphynx cats, from San Diego & Temecula

Madison the labrador/shepherd mix, from San Diego

Marina the pit bull/husky mix, from San Diego

Mariposa, Benny & Sprocket, the papillon & papillon mixes, from San Diego

Marlow, Cielow & Darla, the German short-haired pointer, husky, and pointer mix, from San Diego

Marlow had a pretty serious health scare just before our session, but thankfully, he’s healthy & happy today!

Mindy the Yorkie, from El Cajon

Mr. Higgins the labrador, from La Jolla

Mr. Smith the miniature poodle, from San Diego

Myers & Morgan, maltipoos, from San Diego

Oliver the Jack Russell terrier, from San Diego

Oscar the soft-coated Wheaten terrier, from Rancho Bernardo

Oscar & Bruce, labradors, from La Jolla

Pele & Alaska, service dogs (labrador/golden retriever mixes), from Escondido

Penny the rat terrier, from San Diego

Porkchop & Applesauce, domestic longhair and domestic shorthair cats from San Diego

Ridley & Samus, chihuahua & chihuahua/terrier mix, from San Diego

Riley the border collie/husky mix, from San Diego

Rita the mixed breed dog, from San Diego

Roo the mixed breed dog, from San Diego

Ruby & Gladstone, English bulldogs, from San Diego

Sadie, Belle & Roscoe, the golden retriever, Australian shepherd & bichon frise, from Encinitas

Lucas & James Woods, the Australian cattle dog mix & pit bull, from San Diego

Savannah the Cavalier King Charles spaniel, from San Diego

Shayna, the mixed breed service dog, from San Diego

Sid, the French mastiff/Catahoula leopard dog mix, from San Marcos

Stiller, Violet & Charlotte, smooth fox terriers & mini schnauzer, from Carlsbad

Tate & Skyler, mixed breed dogs, from Encinitas

Taylor the schnauzer, from Oceanside

Teddy the chow chow, from Coronado

Tex the Chinook sled dog, from Santee

Tito & Fizgig, the pug & exotic shorthair cat, from San Diego

Trea (full name: Mister Bailey’s Treasure) & Bailey, American quarter horse & German shepherd mix, from Rancho Santa Fe

Sir Truffle the Scottie, from San Diego

Rebel, Sparky, Liberty, Diva & Rocky, Yorkies, from Carlsbad

Yuma the mixed breed dog, from San Diego

Whew! What a year! :)

Of course, if you’d like to see your pet’s photos in the “Best of 2016” post that I’m sure I’ll be working on a year from now, please get in touch via the contact form on my website.

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Abby’s Senior Photos with her dog Samantha!

Lola the Gorgeous Standard Poodle! (Rancho Santa Fe Pet Photography Session)

1-Year Anniversary Session with Marlow, the German Shorthaired Pointer

Constance, Olive & Rover – San Clemente Pet Photography

Best of 2015 – San Diego Pet Photography

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