Happy New Year! I'm excited that the first post for 2014 is one that may help you help homeless animals. When Beth Burstein mentioned she was working on a educational webinar offering tips to help increase adoption rates, I asked her to let me know when it was ready so I could help spread the word. From Beth: "We created this on-site presentation for shelter and rescue group employees and volunteers almost two years ago. After we presented it at the Animal Welfare Federation of New ... continue reading
Top Posts for 2013
2013 has been a challenging year for me personally, but it has been rewarding to review all the dogs and photographers I've been privileged to feature. With a huge thank you to everyone who has let me share their photos and stories, I wanted to post the top ten of 2013. I have wrestled with this post for a while because I realize that for one reason or another, almost all are my favorites. Finally, I realized that the best thing to do was to follow my heart. Rescue is important to me, its ... continue reading
Fetching!
I laughed when I saw this funny old school style photo sent in from J. Catherine Photography.From Jennifer: "This is Molly, she is a 5 year old Beagle. Her mom came to me to do her Christmas card with the idea of a tacky sweater, old school double exposure portrait. I believe we succeeded. Molly was not amused with the idea, but she was such a trooper and put up with everything we did to her.Check out J. Catherine Photography on Facebook too.We hope you enjoy this week's ... continue reading
Merry Christmas!
Photo credit: Alice G Patterson Photography If you are celebrating Christmas, I hope its very merry! And if you aren't, I hope you have a warm and fun Wednesday!Special thanks to my awesome sister, Alice G Patterson, for putting this together for me and to all the dogs (and their owners) for letting us photograph them. ... continue reading
Spotlight: The 12 (or so) Dogs of Christmas: Part 2
Christmas came early (Dec. 8-10) this year for Alice and me. It was such a treat for us to meet all these adorable dogs for mini sessions with Alice G Patterson Photography. Peanut is a six year old Beagle who was rescued from a puppy mill. From Caryn:"Peanut will be 6 on Valentines Day. His favorite food on the planet? Lambchops and a baked sweet potato Favorite activity? Sleeping belly up in front of the fireplace!"Peanut sang lots of Christmas carols for us.And while he might be a ... continue reading