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.
On a whim, the studio equipment came out this weekend. Every so often I get the urge to shoot studio, then I remember why I don’t do it all the time.
It is HARD.
Gracie is probably the most trained dog I know when I comes to being photographed so I use her a lot for testing stuff out. She wouldn’t work for free though. I ended up with string cheese all over me, my camera, and everything else.
- these are AWESOME!!! and Gracie is so gorgeous!!! you are so gifted - and so skilled - way to go, Erin, and thanks so much for sharing your beautiful images with all of us.
- Gorgeous shots
- Gracie is sooo cute! Love the last one of her face!
- Love these. Pictures like this just make me want to get a DSLR camera even more.
- beautiful as always, my favorite is the one where we only see 3 paws and she looks like she's off balance. it's really great!
by Erin
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