Asheville,
North Carolina
6:40pm,
fog rolling in,
dog finally still
she held the sit
for four seconds
Field notes 01
Pet photography — Asheville, North Carolina
I photograph dogs the way they actually are: on the trail, in the studio, upside down on the kitchen floor. Most of a session is waiting — for the ear to drop, for the tongue, for your dog to forget there is a camera in the room.
five ways
to point a
camera at
a good dog
Sessions
What we're making
Five kinds of session. Every one starts with a conversation about your dog and ends with paper you can hold.
A seamless ground, one soft light, and as long as it takes. For the dogs who hold a sit for a biscuit, and the ones who need twenty minutes to settle first.
Ridges, creeks, switchbacks, your own back field. Your dog at a run, and the light doing the rest of the work.
Everyone in the frame, including the one who won't hold still. I shoot the in-between moments more than the posed ones.
Quiet and unhurried, with no pressure on anyone to perform. Made at home, in the yard, or wherever your dog is most comfortable.
A shorter sitting at the turn of the season — made for cards, small prints and the one frame that goes on the fridge.
patience is
the whole
method
Method
How a session runs
A note or a short call about your dog: what settles them, what sets them off, and what time of day they're at their best.
Seamless backdrop for the quiet, exact portraits. A trail, a creek or your own yard for the sessions that move.
Ears down, head tilt, a shake at exactly the wrong moment. The frame I want is the one where your dog stops performing.
A small, honest set: the frames worth printing, chosen with you.
Chosen images go to paper — loose prints for the wall, or a bound album for the whole story.
everything
ends up
on paper
Prints
Print & album collections
Session images are made to be printed. This is what leaves the studio.
Single frames printed to whatever size the wall in question actually wants.
One session or one long year, bound and laid out the way it happened.
A package that pairs the frames you keep with the ones you give away.
Papers, sizes and cover cloths are chosen with you after the session.
Size, paper and finish move the number around, so there are no prices on this page. Write to me and I'll send the current collection sheet.
Ask for the collection sheet
