Assignment: Photograph Three People, Three Dogs for Holiday CardWhen I got the email from a referral, I wasn't sure I was the right photographer for this session. But once everything was underway, it clicked. Literally.My clients were into cosplay, Steampunk style specifically. And they had just adopted a terminally ill dog that had a leg amputated. Morgan got the idea to have Leila photographed as Tiny Tim and it snowballed from there. We went Victorian. Hard to believe, but we photographed each dog and person individually, then put them on a background of Morgan's choice. It was crazy. Crazy cool.After that, they wanted one of four people with four dogs. The space we had to work with was ...

It's only October 1... we have 30 more days to go. But I created a little Halloween tableau for you. Let's get ready for Halloween with the Witch and the Haunted House, the latest in the Storytelling Sessions.Kind of spooky, no? It would be a good companion piece to my blue dog.

I posted the dog and the moon photo on Facebook last week and the place went crazy! I just wanted to show you that one and tell you how I created it.There are two ways to look at the Storytelling Sessions. One, we create a set and props to make it look like your dog is in a story. Or we place an image of your dog on a background and the result tells a story. As you saw with Luna in a Moroccan setting.Both have to be photographed well, don't get me wrong, but creating the second one means lighting it in such a way we can remove it from a backdrop, then place it in the setting.The dog in the blue portrait is Olive and she was photographed against a plain backdrop. As a terrier, she looks ...