Using Local Color for Your Dog Portraits

Springtime flowering trees and summer blooms can make a colorful edition to your photographs. What a fun way to celebrate your dog. Just beware that your dog may decide to crush all the flowers.😊

Backyard blooms:

blooming forsythia and dog
Declan and blooms

From forsythia to lilacs, to tulips or coneflowers. all of these can provide a wonderful backdrop for your dog and you never need to be far from home. if you spend the majority of time enjoying your yard and home with your pet, that is where the photo session would be best. We can utilize the color in your yard as well as fences or other objects to create a wonderful portrait.

Local wildflowers

dog in wildflowers
dog in wildflowers

If your favorite place is the local hiking trail, you can find wildflowers to add some color to the scene. What local color is near you?

This post is part of circular blog with other Professional Pet Photographers. Our goal is to focus on a particular topic/assignment each week and put our own spin on it. There are photographers from all over the world participating.  Follow the next link to view how the next amazing photographer tackles this weeks challenge.  Follow each link at the end of each blog until you return to me. Then you have successfully completed our blog circle. Enjoy!

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Darlene Woodward of Pant the Town Photography capturing memories of you and your dog in vineyard blooms


Come and find your Best Friend!
Second Chance has a unique program near Syracuse N.Y. where inmates train the rescued dogs. This program gives both the dogs and the inmates a second chance in life.  Appointments currently required related to Covid-19 protocols.

Sparky the black dog

SPARKY is waiting for his forever home.

Please contact Friends of Second Chance.

Friends of Second Chance Canine Adoption Shelter
6660 E. Seneca Turnpike
Jamesville, NY 13078
315-435-5584
http://jamesvillesecondchance.com


Capture your journey with your pet. Nancy Kieffer is a pet and nature photographer serving  Central New York, the Adirondacks and Beyond.  Capture how you share your life with your pet! It may be a vacation adventure or curled up on the couch. Travel assignments welcomed.

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Lessons from a Senior Dog

Nancy Kieffer

Working as a pet photographer as well as volunteering in a rescue, I have been blessed with getting to know a number of senior dogs. While I lost my Midnight at a young age, I was very fortunate to have Shamus with me for many years. Shamus was my clown, but boy did he know how to live! His wisdom grew as the years pressed on. I learned that each day spent with my senior dog was a lesson on the importance of living in the present, cherishing our bond and embracing our everlasting friendship.