i had the distinct pleasure of spending the afternoon with 16 year old puppy Riley and his people yesterday …
you’ll be seeing more of Riley’s shoot soon.
Internationally-renowned, award-winning animal photographer Illona Haus created scruffy dog photography inc. as the province's premier pet photography business in 2007 ... the first of its kind in Canada ... and, still today, continues to serve clients across Ontario, the US and the world. Based in Kitchener, Ontario and photographing exclusively animals for almost 20 years - both commercially and for private clients - Illona is considered one of the world's leading and most influential pet photographers.
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i had the distinct pleasure of spending the afternoon with 16 year old puppy Riley and his people yesterday …
you’ll be seeing more of Riley’s shoot soon.
you’ll be seeing more of this crew soon … the Sprague borders. Bill, Ed, and Jazz … a zany bunch, each with such wildly different characters and energies that it took all my years of dog savvy and experience to soothe their different energies and anxieties …
but in the end we had a great shoot, resulting in a full array of fabulous images (which i still have to work on), including Alvin the cat, who is black and white, of course! stay tuned for more of the Sprague borders soon …
That must have been a wild high speed shoot with 3 of these fireballs! Knowing you, you aced it!
I’ve got to get me a copy of that book. Can’t wait to see your girls lovely face on the cover! Yahoo!
a good read. What a thrill to see your photo of Matea and the little boy on the cover. I have to tell you that what he reveals about the emotional life of dogs is exactly what you capture in photos so beautifully. Congrats.
with a full fall schedule, i’m falling behind with sneak peeks and even whole-shoot entries, so i’ve decided to share tidbits as they come up during my post processing, here and there. and today i thought i’d share the bedroom segment of Stella and Riley’s shoot from last week.
as suggested in the scruffy dog pre-shoot package that is sent to clients, mom Allison took her two super-stars for a good hike earlier in the day and then for a good romp with other 4-legger friends to burn off some energy, so believe it or not, these photos were taken before our outdoor location at the quarry.
and you’d never know it, but Riley is a non-stop energy demon …
in fact, i was worried we weren’t going to be about to rouse them for our shoot!
fortunately we did, and i hope to share the madness of our wild and zany shoot at the quarry soon.
That photo of the top of their backs side-to-side is one of the most stunning dog photographs I’ve ever seen! What a fantastic shot!!
I just found your blog the other day. Thanks Google reader for suggesting it!!
I love your work. Your images are beautiful and the lighting is gorgeous!! They look like paintings. What is your secret to photographing Black Dogs:)
Great,Great!! you have a new fan!!!:) Woof!!
Beautiful. All wonderful – and love the paws photograph 🙂
Angela
UK
These are adorable. I love the one with their two bodies pressed together. Amazing work!
Gorgeous bedroom scenes. Makes me want to join them! Nap time!
LOVE these!! the first, second and third shots are to die for. beautiful work as always.
I feel like I could reach in and scratch them behind the ears, the details are so terrific.
Lovely dogs, and photographs.
Great shots! I am having a slight heart attack at the black dog on the pure white bed (my situation at home – but Blue is not allowed on the bed)! I imagine some laundry was done after this. 🙂
Riley's momThe shoot was amazingly fun. Riley was totally ‘juiced’ by Illona and would do just about anything for one of her liver treats! She captured who he truly is in just this one photo; can’t wait to see all the other pics! Thank you Illona! (Big thank you to Kevin too for turning us on to Scruffy Dog Photography.)
Riley's momThe shoot was amazingly fun. Riley was totally ‘juiced’ by Illona and would do just about anything for one of her liver treats! She captured who he truly is in this one photo; can’t wait to see all the other pics! Thank you Illona! (Big thank you to Kevin too for turning us on to Scruffy Dog Photography.)
Holly Garner-JacksonRiley looks like he’s full of energy for 16 year old! What a sweetie pie!