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Category Archives: Pets

What to wear for your portrait session

I finally pulled some ideas together to post here for all of my clients wondering, “My session is coming up, what should I wear?” -or- “How should I dress my family?”  The answer varies, obviously, depending on whether you’re a senior coming in for senior pictures, or you’re bringing your child in, or you’re preparing…

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Henry’s First Haircut | Pet Portraits

“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.”                                           ~Dean Koontz If you were in (or near) our house anytime around 4pm, you would have heard squeals of delight for about 30 solid minutes.  Why?  Neil went to pick up Henry & Mazy from the fabulous Hollywood Pets, here…

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Four-legged Awesomeness | Pet Portraiture

I LOVED this session with Michelle and her adorable pooch, Bandit.  When I see someone love their pet so much it makes my heart sing.  We had a fun morning spoiling Bandit with tons of attention.  Michelle happens to be my second cousin and drove from Canton for her session.  Michelle, thank you for coming…

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A Special Holiday Promotion!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  Our family is extremely excited about the holidays this year.  You can just feel the positive energy in our home (ie our teenage daughters are sincerely making an effort to not quarrel…) and everyone is making a huge effort to live healthier (even Neil!)    I hope our efforts transcend into the rest…

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Morenci High School Senior | Senior Photography

I am always tickled (and extremely honored) when family reaches out and hires me to photograph them.  Thus is the case with beautiful Taylor who is graduating from Morenci High School in the Spring.  Taylor chose an Artistic session for her senior pictures and asked if we could incorporate horses somehow.  I love when my clients share their…

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Traci - September 28, 2012 - 2:31 pm

Wow! Love them all! Including the one of Hailey and the horse! Well done!

Mazy is turning 3

Are we the only family who puts our beloved dog in the middle of the room and hold contests on who she’ll come to when we all call her name at the same time?   We get pretty obnoxious when it comes to vying for her attention and oh-my-gosh, she is SO SPOILED (…Neil.) Neil thinks Mazy loves…

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Rainey’s 4 Month Portrait | Pet Photography

Yikes, I just noticed this post still in my ‘drafts’ folder.  I know… I haven’t been keeping up on my blog very well (Rainey is 6 months old now…).  It’s supposed to be a quieter time of year and it’s been nothing but quiet!   Rainey is cute as ever, and is more and more affectionate with each…

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Saline High School | Senior Portrait Photography

Dear neglected blog, I know, I know, it’s been over a month now, but it’s the busy season!  I know, no excuses… to make up for the lack of love, I’m going to post about Kristi, a sweet and gorgeous 2011 senior I recently photographed.   I hate to sound biased but I LOVE shooting seniors.  I…

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Morning romp with the dogs

Those that know me well enough know two things about me: 1) I love my dogs and 2) I love the outdoors.   This morning, with a little bit of free time on my hands, I thought it would be perfect to head over to a local patch of state land.  The dogs gleefully jumped in…

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kseverny - April 18, 2010 - 8:03 pm

they are amazing looking dogs.
you captured them well in these pics

jennbates - April 19, 2010 - 8:23 am

Thank you! I could practically feel them rolling their eyes at me, though. I think they had had enough by the time our walk was through. lol

cmh - April 19, 2010 - 9:47 am

Great Pics! I like Frey’s “zoolander” pose!

linda - April 19, 2010 - 10:36 am

Loved the pictures – especially the tinted one.

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