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Some recent work I’ve been sharing over on Facebook:

Titus

Luna

Quincy

Mr. B

Squid

Nimbus (who sadly passed a few days ago. Rest in peace, sweet boy.)

These next to gorgeous pitties are available for adoption from Downtown Dog Rescue. I was inspired by the tagline from Pedigree’s Adoption Campaign and created these “posters” to help promote them! The first sweet girl is named Precious and the second handsome boy is Rambo.

Some recent work I’ve been sharing over at Facebook:

Bailey

Kahlua

Titus

Thom

Maggie

Dinah, the Most Interesting Dog in the World

Mango

Poppy

Daisy, who sadly passed away in December

Manny

One of my favorite boy banders of all time

Some work from the fall I shared on Facebook:

Quincy

Busby

Winnie

Barkley (and his famous namesake!)

I had the pleasure of meeting Kristin Bauer, her husband Abri and their 2 gorgeous dogs Asher and Ozmand in April. Kristin is an extremely talented actress most well known for her role as Pam on the HBO hit series True Blood. I loooooove her character on the show - she’s so deadpan and delicious and villainous and gorgeous all in one. And that wardrobe! If you haven’t seen True Blood yet, you should seriously consider devoting an entire weekend to catching up on seasons one and two - yes, it’s that good and no surprise that it’s HBO’s most popular show since The Sopranos!

I know Kristin is really, ridiculously good at acting because in real life, she’s truly nothing like Pam. AT ALL! You know you’ve had a good session when after 2 hours of photographing, you still want to sit and chit chat over coffee- which is exactly what we did. I love her dedication to her husband, her dogs, to rescue, to the environment, and to the world we all share. What a beautiful person, inside and out. And did I mention her husband Abri is an fabulously talented musician?

Thanks for a great photoshoot Kristin and Abri. Kristin, I look forward to seeing more of your fangastic ways on True Blood this season!

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I had a really wonderful photoshoot back in April with Scott and Max. Scott adopted Max almost 14 years ago through Best Friends Animal Society (you can read more about the two at the Best Friends website) and we met on this gorgeous April day to get a shot for a new Best Friends print ad promoting their “No More Homeless Pets” campaign. You can see the finished ad at the end of this blog post, but here are some outtakes that I particularly loved. When I get the opportunity to photograph such an amazing pair and chronicle their bond, I feel so at home, and know I have the best job in the world.

The ad made it’s debut in Frontiers magazine and can now be seen larger than life at the Grove!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this shoot possible (you know who you are!!!), to Eric at Best Friends for creating a beautiful layout, to Claudia for keeping me in the loop on this project, and of course to Scott and Max for being such beautiful photography subjects.