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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.

Could there be anything cuter than a really cute, expressive pug named Kiki? I mean come on!

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One of my new fave shots:

Check out the latest issue of Los Angeles Confidential Magazine -

The gorgeous and talented Rose McGowan wrote a piece on her favorite doggie things in Los Angeles and gave Shine Pet Photos a shout:

Since you’re probably curious, let me answer some questions: Yes, Rose is gorgeous in person. I would die for her skin. The Gods are sometimes very unfair. Yes, she is totally awesome, kind, and sweet in person. Meeting really nice, generous celebs in person is always such a treat. And yes, Rose is a huge dog lover and absolutely dotes on her Boston Terriers, as she is famously known for.

Thank you Rose for the lovely article on life in Los Angeles with your dogs, and for mentioning me in the piece. And thanks to all the special people behind the scenes who made this all possible (you know who you are!)

The shot from the article:

The shot from the table of contents:

Pick up the latest issue of Los Angeles Confidential Magazine on news stands now, or read Rose’s piece online!

I met Koby and Buddy back in December and we had such a fun photoshoot in Santa Monica. I don’t know if I’ll ever get sick of LA’s temperate weather and just love that these were taken in the dead of “winter!”

Buddy and Kobe have since moved to Asia with their mom and dad so I’m so glad we had the chance to meet this beautiful morning.

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My clients got this last shot as a huuuuuuuuuuuge canvas! In this case, bigger is definitely better.