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Beena and Shiva

Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by Mark.

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Happy New Year, everyone. After a bit of a holiday hiatus it’s good to be back and blogging again. For 2011′s first post I thought I’d start off with something interesting — a shoot from last year that didn’t go at all as planned. In December I had a long-delayed session with a cat named [...]

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Frankie and Tuula

Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by Mark.

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I met Frankie and Tuula up at Bernal Heights last weekend for a holiday card session their mom bid on at the PAWS Petchitecture silent auction earlier this year. Normally, I’d be posting a bunch of shots of dogs in costume (or trying to get out of costume) but it was the shots in between [...]

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To Tell the Truth: A Dog Named Kitty

Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by Mark.

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A number of months ago I donated a photo session to fundraising event here in the city. Sadly, these rarely get used but I was pleasantly surprised to get a call afterwards from a gentleman who wanted to redeem his coupon for “Kitty”. “Oh”, I asked, “how long have you had your cat?”. A moment [...]

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Lovey and Thurston: Howls at Crissy Field

Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Mark.

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When Lovey and Thurston’s mom emailed me the first time and told me their names I just knew this was going to be a fun shoot. Boxers named after Gilligan’s Island characters — seriously, how can you get better than that? Well, how about the fact that Lovey has a string of pearls she breaks [...]

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Tank

Posted on 22. Nov, 2010 by Mark.

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Talk about your aptly named dogs. Tank is a just what you’d expect: a low-slung, stocky go getter with lots of torque. He’s also got a beautiful glossy brown coat with matching eyes and a hysterical habit of digging shallow trenches whenever he wants to lie down and rest (sure hope he never lives near [...]

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Fantine

Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by Mark.

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You have to love a dog named after a Victor Hugo character (from Les Miserables). In this case, Fantine happens to be a very well-cared for labrador who’s an almost-graduate of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Fantine is a lovely senior gal whose parents are honoring her with a My Mutt poster at the Novato [...]

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Farewell, Sweet Fiona

Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Mark.

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One of the saddest things about being a pet photographer is losing clients. Unfortunately, as many pet owners know, we typically outlive our four-legged companions. The way I look at it is that it’s the price we pay for such a pure, concentrated and unconditional relationship — it just doesn’t last as long as the [...]

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Stamper: A Jack (Russell) of All Trades

Posted on 27. Oct, 2010 by Mark.

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I was so psyched when I got an email from Stamper’s mom a few weeks back checking into the possibility of a photo shoot. For those of you not in the know, Stamper is the proprietor of StamperDog.com which definitely deserves a visit — especially to see his welcome video. Anyway, Stamper his mom, Ann, [...]

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Trixie and Tanner: Furry Friends in Santa Clara

Posted on 23. Oct, 2010 by Mark.

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I was really excited to meet Trixie and Tanner. I’d photographed two of their friends, Scooter and Kobi, a few months back and had already heard a lot about them. The shoot was a combo affair–part for the family holiday card and part for a My Mutt poster in the name of Furry Friends Rescue. [...]

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Luke

Posted on 22. Oct, 2010 by Mark.

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Sometimes my shoots come in related clusters. I few weeks ago I’d been thinking that it had been a while since I’d used my outdoor studio and then, bam, two shoots the same week. The first was with a beautiful, sweet 8 month-old Goldendoodle named Luke. Luke is jet black with amazing henna highlights and [...]