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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.

Category Archives: learning

Don’t Wait | Dog Photographer

Don’t let the gear you have now limit you. Don’t wait until you get that next big camera to start creating great frames. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and decided to see what kind of shots I could get of Gracie with my little Canon SD630. The first one is definitely...

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Bloat

If you’ve been reading my blog over the last few months, you already know that Gracie bloated at the end of February. We are still very thankful that she survived and is now fully recovered. As I talked to people both online and in person, I was shocked at how many people had no idea...

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Inspiration

Inspiration is everywhere. Sometimes you are looking for it. But more often than not, it finds you. When you’re not looking. And need it more than ever. I found it in this video

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Framing

Although I love the look of film and would love to shoot film…film is not for me for a variety of reasons. But I always like to shoot with film in mind because it is important to me that I try to achieve the most accurate in camera result that I can get. Why? No...

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