For years now I’ve been contemplating a book project where I could raise funds for local animal rescue, but I got distracted by life, my former full-time Corporate America job, and not really knowing where or how to start a project like this. Last year I decided to get serious. I mapped out the details for …
Tails of the East Bay – A Pet Portrait Charity Benefiting Animal Rescue Read More »
On Sunday November 16th I held a fundraiser for Friends of Oakland Animal Services in my Richmond studio. For only $40 and the donation of a toys or collars participants received a 20 minute in-studio session and 1-8×10 print of their choice. It was a fun day, I met some really great people and their …
Mini Session Fundraiser – Help the Friends of Oakland Animal Services Read More »
I know it isn’t even Halloween yet and here I am about to mention the holidays (believe me, I hate that too!) but don’t pull a Cyndi and wait until the week before Christmas to get holidays cards. Then end up frustrated, tired of the hoards of shoppers all doing the same thing and decide …
Sending Holidays Cards? Get a Great Image to Send – Holiday Mini Sessions Read More »
For the past two years I’ve been struggling with knee issues. Not great for someone who regularly is on their knees photographing pets. Today while I was waiting to see my orthopedist (might need another arthroscopic surgery) I spotted a sign on the wall about how dogs are used for pain management. This intrigued me as I have two dogs and it …
Saturday morning found me in Hayward photographing these two cute kitties, Lil’Guy, who isn’t that little, and Jimmy, who is well…..Jimmy. In my experience cats rarely feel like participating in a photo shoot, but these two were good sports. They showed me some of their favorite spots on the couch and then took me outside to show me how …
Another Cute Kitty Portrait Session in the Bay Area Read More »
Before I head off for Tahoe with the family for a week of communing with nature I have a sneak peak for you of my recent session at dogtime.com in San Francisco. Now obviously Murray is not a dog, but he is the office mascot at DogTime and they have just launched their partner site …
Yesterday, between rain showers (on Memorial Day weekend no less!), I got to spend some time with a kitty named Pharoah the cat. Very sweet boy who tolerated the camera in his face pretty well. Pharoah was rescued by his humans about a year ago when the neighbors moved and left him behind. Now he …
Ok, so here I am, finally with my own blog. After all, everyone is doing it so I might as well too. Though to be honest I am trying to imagine what I will find to talk about and who will be interested in reading it, but there I go being defeatist before I have …