I am a dog lover first.
A photographer second.
By some random chance of fate, I was able to combine the two loves into the coolest job ever: A Dog Photographer
I grew up in a family where dogs were always an integral part of our lives and most importantly, members of the family. Most of my childhood was spent with various Basset Hounds of the lovable but extremely stubborn variety. We never had less than 2 at any given time, sometimes 3, and the occasional stray that one of us would bring home for a visit.
After a short stint doing portrait work, which I still love, I realized my true calling is capturing the essence and personality of dogs. Upon reflection, I feel that my time doing portrait work was not wasted. Because of it, my experience with portrait work flows beautifully into working with people and their dogs.
My husband and I are owned by the fabulous Miss Gracie, a 5 year old Great Dane who brings energy and life into our house. You’ll see her around here a lot, she loves having her portrait taken (at least I like to think so). She is a complete Diva and if you stick around long enough, you'll know what I'm talking about!
What an amazing adventure this has been so far. I’m so glad you are here experiencing it with me.
This morning Gracie came in from outside with the sweetest little cherry blossom stuck to her nose. She walked around with it on so long that I had to take a shot of it. There might be a little leftover yogurt from breakfast further up the snout too :)
Have a lovely weekend.
- Dang it. That is precious.
- Danielle says: No fair! You have spring already!
- ...sweetheart...
- This is adorable! Love her!
- Erin, Gracie is the sweetest dog. I love that you share her with us. :)
For those that follow me on facebook or twitter, you already know the news but I thought that I owed at least some kind of explanation to my general blog audience for my extended absence.
For the last few months I have been so sick and extremely tired…but for a very exciting reason!
Gracie is going to be a big sister! Miss G is still warming up to the idea of not being an only child but I think she’ll be just fine. She’s getting lots of extra loves, treats, and walks until August.
This is their first sibling shot together…aren’t they cute?
- Delurking to say Congrats! I am sure that Gracie will love her new sibling!
- congrats!! how exciting! i wish you the very best! :)
- super congrats to you Erin! thats so exciting!! I cant wait to see all the little baby pics I'm sure youll be posting in the future! :)
- So excited for you Erin! I know you have been wanting this a long time.
- congratulations!!
- aww...I missed this fabulous news! Congrats to you all!!!
- How did I miss that Tweet???? Congratulations ...wonderful news and gracie will be amazing!!! I can just imagine the photos of her/your baby between her paws...
- Love that you titled it "State of the Union". :) So awesome!! Congrats!! Gracie is going to be the best big sister ever.
- Congratulations on the big news. I´m sure Miss G. is gowing to be great big siss :) Hope you are feeling better now.
- Congratulations on the wonderful news! I recently wrote a post about how much my dogs have meant to my kids, having been with them since the day they were born, and how they have been impacted by having that kind of love in their lives. It's a wonderful gift for a child - to know the love of an animal. And your little one will be so blessed to have Gracie as a sibling!
- Congratulations! Having a baby is one of the best moments of my life.
- Congrats on two beautiful babies.... Gracie is exquisite! !......
- Seriously you are so cute! Congrats! So excited for you and your family! Gracie will love the baby, I'm sure ;)
- congrats! the first trimester chews you up and spits you out doesn't it?
- how exciting for everybody! Hope you start feeling better soon!!!
- what other kid is born with their own pony? SO excited for you.
- AHHHHH!!! Congratulations! Gracie will be an amazing big sister!!
- whoo hoo! Congrats! That first trimester can really suck the life out of ya, but it's sooo worth it!
- Congratulations, Erin!! We think Gracie will be a very good big sisFUR. We so excited you are expecting!
- Yeah! Congratulations! I am sure that Miss G will be a wonderful big sis.
- Congrats Erin! It must be in the air! I'm due the end of June, and Bear is getting ready to be a big brother too. I'm sure Gracie will be amazing :)
- "There's no way that is a doggie ultra-sound". This is what my husband said when he saw this image. He's special ; ) Wonderful work!
- YAY! I'm so glad you are gone for such a good reason - and I was kind of leaning towards suspecting that for SOME reason! Do self portraits for your maternity shots! I would LOVE to see how creative you can get!
- Congratulations Erin!!! Looks like Gracie is taking the job of big sister very seriously! :-)
- Congratulations!!!
- Congrats!! Gracie will be a great big sister! Our dog Osceola is an awesome big brother to our little girl so we got her a little brother named Vader as well :)
- awesome! its great!
- Oh Erin!!!!! SOOOOO incredibly excited for you! The most wonderful thing you will ever experience!
- Congratulations Erin!!
- congrats Erin!!! SO excited for you!
- Congratulations Erin! As a fellow dog photographer and mom I can tell you it's the best thing you'll ever do in life. I bet Gracie will be a great big sister, she looks so gentle and sweet. We have 3 big dogs and when we brought our son home they just sniffed him and that was it- they have loved him ever since and they all get along so incredibly well. I hope you start to feel better soon!
- Congratulations to you all! Gracie is going to be a great big sister, and you are all going to have so much fun!
- How Exciting!!! That is a beautiful sonogram! Congratulations!!!
- Congratulations !!! This is the best image I have seen in a long time. I look forward to many more photos of Gracie and her little brother or sister.
- Hey congrtas on the new"puppy". Hope you are feeling well, and Gracie too! feel free to puruse my "work" blog...you may find some helpful tips! www.pppirchsc.wordpress.com
- Erin, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! All the way from Gold Coast, Australia... We are about the same age and I follow your blog, although I must admit, rarely comment. Terrible I know! Your talent is amazing and always brings a smile to my face :-) I hope your pregnancy is smooth sailing from this point on and a heartfelt congratulations from me to you.... xx Lisa Evans xx
- Congrats Erin! So excited for the 4 of you... Gracie will be such a great big sister!!
- wow. such big news! congratulations. we had our weimaraner before our children. when we found out we were having twins as our first children i wondered how the dog would do. she was a champ. and from so many of your posts of gracie i am gathering that she will really enjoy the little one as well. so happy for you. rest up! enjoy sleeping in. cheers. lesli
- It's a great first sibling portrait; and congratulations to you all!
- Congratulations! Gracie looks excited :)
- Woo hoo!! Congrats again! Can't wait to follow you on your journey :)
- Congratulations! I am so so so happy for you!!!
- CONGRATS! That is so great Erin! I'm pregnant as well, due in May! I don't know if you remember me but I'm the one who emailed you over a year ago about doing a 1 on 1 mentoring with you and we kind of went back and forth about it. Anyway, I often check your blog and I'm so happy for you guys!! So great!!
- This made me smile. Gracie going to be a great big sister and you a great MOM!
- Congratulations! :D
- CONGRATULATIONS! That is wonderful!!!! Although Gracie looks a little... skeptical, LOL! :) So happy for you!
- Congratulations! That is such an awesome shot - the look on Gracie's face is priceless!
- YAY, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
- Wow, such fantastic news!!!! Congrats to your family!
- Congrats...that is wonderful news! I bet Gracie will be a fabulous big sister!
- Congrats!!!
- Congratulations!! Love the picture!! Gracie looks thrilled!!!!!
- How exciting! I am due in August as well. I wonder how my three beasts will take it.
- Hooray! Congratulations! Such wonderful news. Gracie will keep a very protective eye on bubs I'm sure. Gracie will probably teach bubs how to pose for the camera.
- congratulations, gracie!!! you too, erin. ;) i hope you get over that yucky stage soon and start to feel lots better!
- Gracie gives new meaning to "big" sister!!
- So exciting!!!
- Of course Kim! They are making me wait until April though. It's killing me!
- the two peanuts!! love it!! are you going to find out the sex??
- I thought that was what the sickness post was a few days ago. Yay for Gracie, she will love the little bundle of joy!
- So exciting! Congratulations!
- YAY!
- Congratulations, Erin! Gracie will be a wonderful big sister. :)
Just 6 of the 5 Million reasons why I love my Gracie.
- awh what a dawg, gotta love her. Great pics.
- Oh my...I love your photos and as a professional pet spoiler in Chicago...I really wish you lived in the Chicago area and not the Seattle area! I bet Gracie's nose gets a lot of kisses!! Katybeth
- Do you clip Gracie's nails?
- I totally get the 5 million reasons.
- She's beautiful!
- and the greatest part of it all? She loves you back! :-)
- Some one looks sleepy. I don't think it is possible for you to take a bad picture of Gracie.
- YEA! I was needing a Gracie fix today! (in case you don't want to add the other with link):):) CONGRATS!
- Yea! I was needing a Gracie fix!! Thank you:) and congrats--saw this and thought you could do it for your little one on the way http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/how-to/how-to-huggable-loveable-dog-pillow-088800
- LOVE every one of these :)
- So sweet...she is a beauty!
- Hi Erin, I'm a longtime "lurker" - I absolutely love your images/art, but most of all I love how you manage to express exactly how I feel about *my* dog - complete and utter L-O-V-E. 5 million ways, is right. Gracie is BEAUTIFUL, btw.
- I can totally can understand your love for her! she's adorable! Love the last one of her, even her tongue is cute!
I’m waiting on one more piece of her order but I told O’Malley’s Mama I would take some pics of her gorgeous album that she is so patiently waiting for (that I don’t want to give up).
Album was lovingly put together by Cypress Albums.
- I love Cypress also! This book turned out absolutely gorgeous! So creative with the layout :)
- Stunning! You know I love my Cypress. O'Malley is such a beatuiful dog!
- love love love this.
- I love it. Especially the layout of O'Malley jumping out of the pages:-) Tanya
- i can tell how beautiful and rich the colors are just from this mean little tease/taste. ;) cannot wait to see it in person. thank you erin, you are a master
- Beautiful book and what a cute dog.
- Those jumping shots are amazing and so much fun.
- I love the shoes & paws shot! Lovely album :)
- I love new product day! Beautiful album, I love the rich colors of the bricks on that spread.
by Erin
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