Gracie the Newfoundland | The Streets (Fine Art) Session
Rescued from a horrible situation, her Grace now shines through.
Rusty & Scout | Brighton Pet Photography
Think your pets have serious game when it comes to nicknames? Think again.
One of the things that I love learning from my clients are the nicknames they give to their pets. While some are a bit shy about admitting what exactly they call their furkids (I’m sure with good reason, haha), others are less bashful about sharing them with me.
For example, Rusty, a 10 year old mix rescued from the streets of Columbus, OH (which I’m not going to hold against him btw, ahem), has the adorable nicknames of “Little Buddy”, “Rusty Bumpkin”, “Trusty Rusty”, and “The Red Thing”. Then we have Scout here, an 8 year old English Springer Spaniel rescue, who has even more ridiculously awesome nicknames, such as “the Heartspringer”, “Scout Master”, “Scoutpotomas”, “Scotus”, “Scouty of the United States”, “Scouty Boo”, “Zen Master”, and “Dr. Zen”. And those are only the ones that I managed to write down.
Can you imagine how much fun it must be to see the number of silly names that you can come up with for your pet? I feel like I’m quite unimaginative now, now that I think about the nicknames that I’ve given to my furkids– for Achilles: Boo Boo, Baby, Little Monkey, Little Boy and Shoko: Handsome, Tubby (because he likes to eat…), Cutie Pie. ….
“Rusty Bumpkin” and “Dr. Zen” were a lot of fun to photograph. So opposite in personalities, but both amazing dogs. Thanks Jackie and Melinda for such a wonderful photoshoot. I seriously had a hard time picking my favorites to showcase here! :)
Karly Boy the Tonkinese + Poochie the Papillion | Ann Arbor Pet Photographer
Karly Boy (KB) reminds me of my cat, Achilles, in the sense that they both have blue eyes (semi-related way back in the family tree, somewhere, somehow—Tonkinese and Ragdoll), loves to follow you around, and they’re both talkers—although I guess KB is more of a yowler and has probably used up more of his nine lives than Achilles. KB sports an ID tag that says “indoor cat” along with a tracker, due to his MANY adventures outdoors.
When Peggy contacted me to photograph KB, KB wasn’t feeling too well. He had lost a lot of weight and was having issues with balance and orientation, and the various vets and specialists that he visited have been unable to diagnose him, which I imagine must be quite frustrating. During our session, the disorientation was slightly noticeable, but KB still had plenty of spunk to ham it up for the camera and yowl his many thoughts about the session to me. Poochie, the happiest Papillion I’ve ever met, and KB’s best friend, also joined in on the photo fun.
Thank you Peggy for a wonderful shoot, and for sharing your stories about KB and Poochie. I really enjoyed photographing them in your beautiful home. I hope you love their images, and that KB is feeling better!
KB’s grass-eating face that I got a kick out of; it’s equally terrifying and funny at the same time, and too awesome not to share.
