That's blunt, isn't it? End of life. Agnes Sligh Turnbull said, "Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really." I include all pets. But the truth is, we are all going to have to say goodbye to our most precious companions one day. And it hurts, oh, does it hurt.When we get the dreaded diagnosis, our world is rocked. Shock first, but we know pain and sadness is around the corner.Look, I'm not trying to be a mercenary photographer but please, please consider a professional portrait session with you and your pet. In fact, I don't really care who you choose as your photographer but I do care that you get that session. Besides searching for Los Angeles pet photographers, you can also look ...

What is my cinematic edit? It's kind of shifting the colors a bit so they aren't natural but interesting. Call it color grading, as film editors do, or as I now call my cinematic edit. I became interested in color grading as I really started noticing it in both film and photography. I mean, bop me over the head but it's been around forever. Look at movies. The colors aren't a realistic portrayal of a scene, they are an interpretive or emotional portrayal. They make you feel something, they signal something.Any sci-fi futuristic kind of movie is somewhere going to have a blue steely tone. It's cold. It's space. Any desert scene is going to be brown and dusty and will give you the feeling of ...

We're at it again! We're ready to get our holiday on at Kriser's in Studio City on Nov. 21 beginning at 1 p.m.! I've been so busy and terribly behind getting the word out so forgive me. If we book the times scheduled, we are happy to add on more time slots after the last 3 p.m. session.Two small dogs can share their session together.Your $99 gets you your shoot, a digital image, and a 2021 custom ornament or 7x5 metal print. Other options include cards and you can check out all your selections at https://cards.acuratedhome.comMany of the card options can be designed with multiple images so if you want to purchase additional files, they're just $20 each.What will this year's theme be? I ...

You guys know I compete in photography competitions. At least since 2017, when I entered the Professional Photographers of America's International Print Competition. The rules are a bit different in this competition. You can enter a maximum of four images in the Photographic Open. There are two categories in PPA -- a merit image (worth 1 merit) or a loan image (a higher standard worth 2 merits). Or actually three categories. No merit.This January, one of my images -- the one of the Weimaraners -- was the second place Grand Imaging Award finisher in the animal category for IPC and I got quite a handsome trophy for it along with two merits. All four of my images either merited or went loan ...