Maris and Bruno

A fun day was had by all at the UNM Duck Pond on April 11th.

Maris

Bruno

Maris arrived at the photo shoot wearing an adorable denim dress and Bruno wore a striped "Bad to the Bone" polo.

Maris posing in her denim dress, she knows she looks good!

 

Bruno is "Bad to the Bone"

Bruno

Maris

Maris

Bruno

Maris showing off her ballerina moves

Maris and Bruno had a blast running around campus and were an absolute delight to photograph!

4 Dogs and a Cat

I thoroughly enjoy taking photos of my dogs. I love to capture their personalities, expressions, and uniqueness. Recently, I began thinking about how fun it would be to get to know other people's pets and document their individuality through photography.

I currently work in a veterinary hospital as a veterinary technician. One day I looked around our exam rooms and noticed that our walls looked quite empty and that some bright and happy photos of the hospital employee's pets would look great on them!

My first photo shoot was with my co-worker, Angela and her 4 dogs and cat. We began our photo shoot with Flea and Cyrus at a park near Angela's house.

Flea is a wild little thing with a ton of personality! She would not stay still and she wouldn't look at the camera. Then we set her on the slide. She had to stay still and then the clicking of the camera got her attention.

Flea

Flea is giving me the evil eye!

 
 Cyrus was much more calm but not too interested. He was very excited about being somewhere new and smelling all of the fantastic smells that the park had to offer.

Cyrus

 

 

We then moved on to Old Town with Allie and Jade.

Allie loved being in Old Town and was very good at posing for the camera!

Allie

Jade was a little more apprehensive of me and would hardly look at me.

Jade

Jade and Allie

Originally I was only planning on photographing Angela's dogs. As Angela was getting ready to go, her cat Betty was following me around and I could not pass up snapping a few photos of her.

Betty

Betty

I had a wonderful time meeting all of Angela's pets and will have to return to photograph her other cat and her chickens. Thanks Angela for letting me photograph your little furry family!

Meet My Pack

Here it is, my first post! I guess I am a blogger now.

I think that I will begin by introducing to you the animals in my life that inspire and encourage me everyday.

First off, is my 4 year old border collie/greyhound mix Daisy May.

I adopted Daisy from one of the local animal shelters when she was just 10 weeks old. I truly believe that fate brought Daisy and I together. Because of her my life has changed in so many ways (all for the better). I could not imagine where I would be without her, but more on that later. :)

Honey (a.k.a. Honey Bunny) became a part of my life when I met my husband. Honey is a 9 year old Pit/Husky mix.

My husband adopted Honey from an animal shelter when she was about a year old. The story goes that she was found in a drain storm where she had given birth to a litter of puppies. When my husband met her all of her puppies had already been adopted. I think that Honey Bunny loved being a mama and she will frequently groom our other dogs and she loves puppies.

The third member of our little pack is a 9 year old, goofball Boxer named CJ.

CJ also came from an animal shelter and was adopted by my husband just a few months before he and I met. CJ was overweight and had severe allergies. But a proper diet and exercise was all he needed and today he is a gorgeous, healthy and lovable dog.

The only feline member of the pack is my 15 year old cat, Alexi.

Alexi, affectionately known as The Old Man, rules the roost. He reminds the dogs of his Top Dog status with frequent swats on the nose. The dogs seem to respect The Old Man's position and never challenge him.

And, last by not least, the Pack Leaders (ha!), my husband and me.

Justin and I met at a dog park (who saw that one coming?) when Honey ran up to Daisy suddenly, knocking her to the ground. When I turned to see who owned this out of control pit bull, Justin ran up to me apologizing for his dog. I looked back at the dogs, who were wrestling and running around together like old friends. Needless to say, it was love at first sight.

So, this is me and my little pack. I love to photograph them and I look forward to capturing the personalities of your pack members in photos as well!