Yes, my way of doing business must include printed products for so many reasons. You can’t negate the fact that times have changed and that everyone wants digital files. I recognize that and accept it. That’s why with every piece of printed artwork you purchase, you get the digital file used to create it. And feel free to show off your beloved everywhere, put it on your phone, send it to Grammy or Meemaw, post on social media.So here’s why I don’t deliver digital files exclusively.I believe digitals aren’t safe to retain over the years. I know a whole lot about printing and I use the trusted services of a local Los Angeles printer and a local framer ...

"The Ruff Sessions: Portraits of Beautiful Beasts" was created to bring attention to the plight of larger dogs in the Los Angeles Animal Services shelters who are often passed over for smaller dogs when it comes to adoptions.The reasons are not easy to solve and I don't pretend to have answers. But there are many restrictions on breeds and sizes of dogs that are allowed to live in rented housing by landlords and management companies. Dogs over a certain weight limit are often banned from living in apartments or rented housing.  Often, the dogs are returned for "not working out" in the adopters' lifestyles. As one example, the shelters are crammed with beautiful ...

This summer, I had two Ice Cream Socials for Dogs (both with Barbie pink backgrounds except for a couple of Kens on blue), one of them for a unique group... striking actors and writers whose dogs were treated to a cone of doggy ice cream and a photo shoot. Hey, SAG and WGA! Woot-woot!These and the hundreds of dogs I've photographed over the years are... wait for it... The Cone Rangers.An ice cream cone can be one of your dog's greatest pleasures. Or an object of fear and loathing. Dogs who love people ice cream may do an immediate no for dog ice cream; some know not of the strange substance but are willing to take a sniff. It's a gamble on what looks you'll get but I'm here for it ...

I don't want to even call it that... an end-of-life shoot. But my sister did and it's her dog and we know what we know. The end is near for Lola.She's over 15 and has had the biggest love affair with my sister Denise since she was 6-months-old and came from a backyard breeding situation. You know your soulmate when you meet 'em and they are soulmates.I used to strum on my "niece's" chest and sing "L-O-L-A Lola," you know, the old Kinks song (worth a listen!). And if you said her name "Lo-lo-lo-lo" in Xena, Warrior Princess style, her ears would flutter in time. Stop me, I have more.Oh, I did give a mother's day gift to Denise for a DNA Wisdom Panel that explained Lola's sort of ...