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Give Me Shelter – Fostering Rescue Dogs
Many of us know the line: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, ” as a line from the Statue of Liberty. It’s actually part of a larger poem written by Emma Lazarus that adorns a plaque on the pedestal of the statue, and while...
A Love Letter to All the Dogs I’ve Loved Before
I was nearly held back in Kindergarten to repeat the year. Not because I was behind academically, but because I found it hard to relate to the other kids in my class. I have an August birthday, so as one of the youngest kids in my class they hoped an extra year would...
Leading Lines with Abe Froman the Frenchie
There is a long list of rules in photography. It’s one of the reasons I love it - the clarity of having a right answer derived from the equation of ISO, aperture, and shutter speed makes my analytical tendencies very happy. Of course, just having the right exposure...
Should You Add A Professional Dog Trainer to Your Photography Session?
Have you ever wished you could have a professional dog trainer help with your dog’s photography session? Well, now you can! I’ve recently teamed up with the incredible group of trainers at Canine Country Academy and now you can add on a professional dog trainer to...
Walking the Dog
Walking the dog is one of those great equalizers. Most everyone who has owned a dog has experienced taking their dog for a walk at some time. From taking my own dogs for walks, to photographing you walking together with your dog, to working with Atlanta dog walkers -...
What Saying Goodbye to 100 Dogs Taught Me About the Rainbow Bridge
Nikki was my first best friend. I remember her only through the countless photos my Nanny took of us throughout my early childhood. Nikki was part of an oops litter of puppies when Prissy, my mom’s Siberian Husky, had a dalliance with the neighbor’s Golden Retriever....
My Favorite Furry Faces – Photographing Dogs from Down Low
I love all furry faces, but there are a few that are my favorites. When I began the Embark Challenges I knew I also wanted to use my own dogs from some of the challenges. Just as the cobbler’s children have no shoes - the pet photographer’s dogs have no photos. I...
Happiness is Colorific – Behind the Scenes of a Dog Photography Challenge
When I set out to create an image for Unleashed Education’s first Embark Challenge Colorific, I knew I wanted something happy. With a brief like Colorific, I was envisioning something bright & joyful. Let’s go behind the scenes and see how I arrived at the final...
Dog Photography at Atlanta’s Georgia Tech Campus
The campus at Georgia Tech right in the heart of Atlanta, GA was a gorgeous backdrop for Willie Wonka’s session with his mom earlier this summer. Willie’s mom was completing her Masters program and wanted to celebrate with a photo shoot on the campus where she had...
A Private Location for Dog Photography in Eatonton, GA
Wyatt is a dog for whom life can be scary. He’s tiny and cute and fluffy and really flipping adorable, and that means people cross his boundaries a lot. They want to touch and cuddle and smoosh his fluff. But that’s really scary to Wyatt and he wants to say no, and he...
4th of July with Your Dog – 4 Things to Prepare Now
As a child I remember sitting on the dock at my grandparent’s lake house on Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, GA so we could watch the firework show across the lake. And that was it, just that one night of fireworks and childhood wonder. Now that I’m a pet parent, I dread...
Photographing Doodles in Atlanta Piedmont Park
When Amy and I planned her session she mentioned wanting a park-like setting for her two miniature bernedoodles and let me know that as a traveling nurse currently stationed in Atlanta, she wasn’t exactly sure where to go. Immediately my brain went to Atlanta’s iconic...
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