I was just sitting on the couch fiddling with my camera and 200-500mm lens, when I decided to snap a picture of our flat-coated retriever by the sliding glass door. As I focused, she lifted her head. I got off one or two shots before she ended the photo-shoot by coming over to check out the camera.

The shot is cropped in for dramatic...

I captured these portraits of my pitbull Jade while we were wandering in the forest of our new home in Finland.

This is my baby, Rue. She is 3 years old. A photo of her being still, which is rare.
I love the light in this photo.

A close up shot of my favourite model.

Shot of my dog Bono in the forest. Shot on a Sony A9 and Sony 85mm f1.8. What do you think? Any CC is always welcome!

This guy is my most photographed subject--he doesn't complain about getting his picture taken the way the rest of the family does. Its always hard to get exposure correct for a dark brown and white dog in the winter. If I get his face exposed well everything else gets blown out. If the rest isn't blown out, his face is too dark to see any...

For any studio photographers out there, who else uses more dramatic lighting to create more of an atmosphere in their images?

I tend to be quite experimental with my lighting and cover a variety of styles and poses to get the best out of the dog.
Maximus was this humongous but incredibly soft and gentle giant. I wanted to show off...

My best friend Hachiko, the Shiba inu, a very patient model as well :-)
These are some of my very first "home studio" shots, so advice and comments are welcome.

If I had my way to live my photography dream I would love to be a pet photographer ☺️ Sadly I live in Redneckville where people are very unlikely to spend money on professional photographs of their fur babies so I only get to practice with my own... luckily I have three willing participants 😁. Here they are... Loki, Macy and Peanut