Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending two hours with a really special dog. Norton is a 15-year-old black lab and longtime friend to owner Emma, who has had him since he was four. Sadly due to Norton’s advanced age he is suffering from a number of chronic health problems that severely affect his [...]

I was recently visiting my hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia and was asked by my good friend Kristen to do some casual outdoor portraits of her with husband Chad and their two gorgeous dogs, Sammy and Maggie. The autumn colours were in full swing and made a fabulous setting for portraits. We did doggie pictures first, [...]

I got a call recently from the editor of Two Cats One Dog magazine – professional magazine for the veterinary industry with a circulation of about 30,000 in New Zealand. They were doing a story on the Abyssinian cat, and needed photos for the cover and inside story. They’d tracked down a breeder of this [...]

When you look through a photographer’s portfolio or see their website, it’s sometimes easy to forget that what you’re seeing is their best work. Every photo is polished, honed and a shining example of what happens with Everything Goes To Plan. A lot of people don’t realise is that photographers – even the top shooters [...]

My previous post was a selection of photos of my brother’s beautiful Cane Corso dog, Buddha. Here’s a selection of photos of his other dog, Bella (also a Cane Corso). My brother lives in Chilliwack, B.C. Canada, and is going to breed his two dogs – anyone in the greater Vancouver area who would like [...]

My brother Mike lives in Chilliwack B.C. Canada and has two utterly gorgeous dogs. I was visiting for the holidays and Mike requested some professional portraits of his dogs for his website – www.canadiancanecorso.com – where he intends to promote the breed and his upcoming litters of purebred puppies for sale. His dogs Buddha and [...]

Yesterday I had a particularly challenging assigment to shoot five dogs. Photographically, of course! The job was for a lovely repeat client for whom I did some pet portraiture for a few years ago, and who has since gone from 2 to 5 pet pugs. We teed up a photo session to get pictures of [...]