Austin, Texas: On-Location, natural light photographer. Photographing pets and the people who love them.
Just want to say thank you to everyone who voted for me in the Austin Pets Directory yearly contest. I received the honor of Austin’s “Most Awesome-ist” Pet Photographer for the 3rd year in a row!! Oh and my adorable clients Patron and Rosco are on the cover. Needless to say I feel pretty awesome! xoxo
I always know a session is going to be a little extra heartfelt when I read my clients comments on their client interview. Laura’s comment about her 7 1/2 year old Weimaraner, Molly, had me choked up. She wrote about how Molly had come into her life at a time when she really needed a companion and that she could not imagine her life without her. “I would walk through fire for her and do absolutely anthing to make sure I never have to lose her.” I knew how Laura felt. I know a lot of us can relate. Your sweet life companion and best friend starts to age, starts to slow down and maybe even becomes ill. It’s nothing any of us want to consider and it’s even harder to come to grips with. You just make sure that you cherish every day and enjoy all the wonderful moments here and now. So, Laura decided it was time to capture these moments with Molly and her newly adopted Weimaraner Olive. It was a joy getting to know these two lovely pups and capturing their beautiful family.
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Gorgeous photos – love your work!
I LOVE Weimies!!! My favorite pictures are the ones on the bed, these two are beautiful!
Happy New Year!! I had a wonderful holiday and am ready for an awesome 2012! I hope you all had a great holiday and fantastic start to the new year too. Rex is going to start off our first blog post of the new year. This handsome Doberman is the winner of the 2011 Austin Pets Alive photo contest. There were several entrants for the contest and they all helped raise over $4700 for APA. Rex came out on top with the most votes totaling over $1200 in donations. The grand prize included a photo shoot with me which resulted in an ad that will appear in the January issue of Austin Women’s Magazine and Austin Pets Directory.
I met up with Rex, his brother Romeo and his beautiful mommy Betsy right before the holidays for our session. I had never photographed Dobermans before so I was particularly excited about this opportunity and Rex did not disappoint. He is such a good looking boy and quite the model. He really knew how to work his angles. Ha! I promised Betsy I would snap a few shots of Rex’s brother, Romeo, even though I was warned he might be too shy. Luckily, Romeo warmed up to me and we got some really awesome shots of the whole family.
Major thanks to Austin Pets Alive for including me in this fundraising opportunity and for all they do for animal welfare. Also a huge thanks to Austin Women’s Magazine and Austin Pets Directory for donating ad space in support of this contest. Finally, thanks to Rex, Romeo and Betsy for a really wonderful shoot!
I’ll end with a small sampling of the many faces of Rex.
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Oh my heart is smiling! You captured the love. and it shows!
Rex is so big, and yet so cute! And those eyes are to die for!
Love your blog! 
I love the moment you caught w/ Betsy and Romeo, of them looking at each other…looks like he’s almost ready to give her a little peck. Those are the best moments and it’s so sweet that you caught that with a shy dog. Your pictures bring a smile to my face!
Oh I LOVE LOVE LOVE dobies!!! These two are adorable, I have to say the middle photo of the last three is too much!
The holidays are upon us and the year is coming to a close. I can hardly believe it!! I have had an amazing year filled with fantastic clients and wonderful support from family, friends and the Austin community. I just could not be more thankful. I hope each and every one of you has a very happy holiday and a great new year! Here’s to 2012! Let’s make it awesome!! * with lots of exclamation points!!! ha! *
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Sorry for the lull in blog posts. As you can imagine I’ve been crazy busy but I’m back and I’ve got a ridiculously awesome session to share with you! This adorable English Bulldog is Rufus and he is one handsome little devil. It took all of 5 seconds for Rufus to make me fall in love with him. First off I have never seen a Bulldog with such an amazing coat before. It’s this beautiful shade of red but it’s also super soft and silky. Then there’s the spunky energy and charm which Rufus has so much of! The session was to celebrate Rufus’ 3rd birthday and I’m here to tell you we made sure to commemorate Rufus in all his glory. I had such a great time getting to know this family and capturing some truly special images that I am sure they will cherish forever.
Thank you Laura, Brad and Rufus for a wonderful session!
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oh i LOVE his coloring!!!! awesome shots 
Gorgeous!!
This ROCKS!!!!! Outstanding!
This dude is SOO cute! And what awesome parents as well, the photos are super cool, you rock!
Love them Nicole, how handsome is he?!
Officially the cutest bulldog I have ever seen. And these images are stunning Nicole
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Melissa - That’s so awesome!!! Congratulations Nicole! You totally deserved the honor!
Melissa
Katie - I voted! I’m so glad you won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH DESERVED!!! Congrats!!!