Meet Erin Vey

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.

G + P | Dog Photographer

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

My nephew has been in town this week and I’ve been having a blast hanging out with him.

For the most part Gracie is pretty good at figuring out how to avoid him. She doesn’t like that he gets as much attention as she does and she feels the need to ‘manage’ us the entire time.

The three of us were hanging out upstairs when I saw Gracie in her sphinx position. I said “Hey Payton, can you go over and give Gracie a hug and a kiss?”

In 2 seconds flat he ran over, smiled at her, grabbed her muzzle, and gave her a big squeeze and a kiss.

The next second Gracie was up and out of that room like a big gold lighting bolt. I’m pretty sure she’ll never put herself in that situation again.

It is a miracle that I got this shot but I love it so much!

We’re still working on teaching him that a tail is for function not for fun! But since his doggie doesn’t have a tail, we’ll give him a little slack :)