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Dear Blog Readers,

HAPPY 2010! Is it really almost mid-February? Are you freakin’ kidding me?

Busy season hit me in October and everything has been a blur ever since then. I swear it went from October to February in the blink of an eye! I’m really enjoying some time now to relax. Breathe. Have some time for myself and read the pile of magazines that’s steadily growing on my coffee table! I’m also taking this slower season to work on some projects for myself. It’s really quite a breath of fresh air. And for those that don’t keep up with me on Twitter or Facebook - I’m fostering a dog!

But I’ll be back to some regular blogging too, especially because I hit my 2 year anniversary this month and have some words of wisdom I’ve gathered over the last 365 days to share with you all.

In the meanwhile, here’s the new magazine cover for The Bark that’s out on newstands! It features the ridiculously cute Millie, one of my clients from early 2009.

Also, I have another photo on an upcoming episode of How I Met Your Mother Monday February 8th at 8PM - that’s tomorrow! It will be a very quickie cameo but it sounds like it will be very funny. Congrats to my doggie client Frankie and her family.

Now to get started on that pile of magazines… Real Simple beckons.

Wishing you lots of love, happiness, and yummy food this holiday season! See you in 2010!

Love Grace, Maeby & Zoey

No animals were harmed in the making of these images. Said animals’ pride, however, might be a different story.

It’s been an insanely busy few months here and sadly, my poor blog has been sorely neglected. But I wanted to post some happenings in Shine Pet Photos land up here before it was 2010!

Here’s a round up of some of the recent press on Shine Pet Photos in the blogosphere, TV and newstands:

• Voted LA’s Best Pet Photographer for a second year in a row by My Fox LA

• Voted LA’s Best Pet Photographer for a second year in a row by Tails Magazine

And of course a HUGE thank you to everyone out there who were so supportive and voted for me! I couldn’t have done it without you guys.

• An interview on AA Risings

• November’s Book of the Month, via Asuka Book

(Click the image to see the book!)

• Cover of City Dog Magazine’s Holiday Issue featuring Perez Hilton’s dog Teddy

• Shine Pet Photos featured on an episode of How I Met Your Mother

• Shine Pet Photos featured as a case study in David duChemin’s amazing new book Visionmongers!

I’ll do a longer blog post about this one later, but this book is incredibly inspiring and has such valuable information. I can’t wait to read more of this while on my holiday break. David offers a ton of information on how to be a professional photographer and make a life and living in the industry. He also offers 9 different profiles of photographers who are working full-time and making a living at the craft - like Zack Arias, Chase Jarvis, and (gulp) me!

There’s a bunch more stuff in the works right now that I’ll blog about once everything is more solid. Whew. I’m tired just writing about all this.

PS: In lieu of blogging I’ve been posting a ton of photos on facebook! Want to be facebook besties? http://www.facebook.com/ShinePetPhotos

To everyone who watched the episode of How I Met Your Mother last week and offered so many nice comments on the blog, Twitter and Facebook - THANK YOU! I had a viewing party last week at my place with the boyfriend and Laura Nativo and her dog Preston Casanova, who was featured in the gallery on the show. It was fun to see the episode (and to see the credit to “Shine Pet Photos” at the end - but if you blinked you probably missed it)!

We had a day to cast the dogs, and less than 24 hours to photograph 9 different doggie models. I haven’t felt this kind of physical and mental exhaustion since my days of working in advertising. Seriously, your dogs may look all cute and sexy when they’re relaxing with you at home, but can you imagine how hard it is when there’s a strange lady there with a camera in their face??

So I have to give a huge shout out to all the owners and doggies who endured this very strange, yet hilarious photoshoot. Thank you so much to Tina + Oliver, Cyrani + Piper, Nathan + Edgar, Laura + Preston + Penelope, Christiane + London, Kim + Mouse, and of course my own 2 dogs.

Sorry to those whose dogs did not make “The Slut Cut!”

These are the shots that were featured:

Here are some shots of the set:

Yes, they even made brochures!

The Mind behind the Madness (aka the writer)

And some additional favorites that didn’t make “The Slut Cut”

Oliver -

London -

Preston-

Preston in drag -

Baby Penelope -

Preston + Penelope -

Mouse -

To watch the episode CLICK HERE. Or read a recap at Television Without Pity.

Oh the adventures of being a pet photographer!