Imagine handing over your beloved, slightly anxious pup to a stranger with a camera and a bag of treats, all while hoping for Instagram-worthy portraits. It’s not just about snapping a photo – it’s about trust. Your dog doesn’t know what’s going on, and you’re just hoping they don’t bolt, bark, or bury their head […]

Many of you know that I advocate for pet adoption and rescue in Cleveland, Ohio. I was exposed to pet rescue as a child. When I was in middle school, my mom would take in stray dogs and cats that had been dumped on her rural Arkansas property. But when I adopted my first dog […]

I recently asked folks on my email list and social media followers to give me the one thing that’s holding them back from scheduling a photo session. The “problem” I heard the most was some variation of their pet not being trained well enough to do a session. Wanna know a secret? Your pet doesn’t […]

For those who’ve been around for a while, you may remember my photography origin story. Spoiler alert: I didn’t start with photographing pets. Photographing pets wasn’t where I started Unlike a lot of photographers, I didn’t get into photography until I was in my 30s. (Here’s where you comment how I couldn’t possibly be older […]

If you’ve followed me for a while, it will come as no surprise that animal rescue is near and dear to my heart. I actually began photographing animals in 2017 when I was volunteering as a dog walker for City Dogs (the adoption arm of the Cleveland Kennel). At that time, I was pretty content […]

Looking to do some outdoor photography in Northeast Ohio? (Bonus points if you want to include your pets!) Read below for my inspiration and for spots at the top of my list to explore this summer. The Inspiration for Outdoor Photography I recently came back from a week-long dog photography workshop in Scotland (more on […]

If you share you life with a furry, scaly, feathered, or otherwise covered animal, chances are you have an obscene number of pictures of them on your phone. But how many of your pet photos would you gladly print out and put on your wall? I fully realize that most people will not be doing […]

For those who are new(er) here, I thought now might be a good time to introduce myself and why you might want to choose me as your Cleveland pet photographer. I’ve been a Cleveland pet photographer for about 6 years now. Unlike a lot of photographers, I actually got into photography later in life. I […]

I said goodbye to my heart dog Lance one year ago today. I like to think that I’ve moved on, and in many ways I have. I have had a plethora of animals work their way through my home as fosters since then and even ended up adopting one of those creatures. But the memory […]