"I want to portraits of me and my dog (or cat, or horse, or whatever) but I don't care how I look in them" said nobody ever. Of course you want to look great in pictures with your pet! I heard some pet photographers who say "I don't like people, that's why I photograph animals". Well, despite being an introvert, I like people (just a few at a time though please) and I really enjoy photographing them. Whether we're chatting about their job, places they've traveled or their pet, it's all interesting to me. 

Because I also photograph families and children (no pets required) and corporate headshots, it was a must for me to learn how to learn how to guide clients into natural and comfortable poses that would look great on camera. When you add a pet, that adds another element to manage.

There are no classes, or at least there weren't when I was looking years ago, that teach you how to gracefully pose people with animals. Instead I took a lot of people-posing classes and over the course of a year or so developed a style to photograph men and women, families and children with their pets, whether they be large like horses, or small like dogs, cats and bunnies. 

I want you to have pictures of yourself with your cherished animal, but I also want you to be thrilled with not just the photos, but how you look in them too. Here are just a few examples of the methodology I've developed over the years. 

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