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Pet Photographer Perk: Hang Out With Puppies All The Time

Friday, March 11, 2022 | By: Tracy Allard

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As St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, it's got me thinking about being lucky. I do consider myself to be pretty lucky; I've been married to a wonderful man for over 20 years, we're healthy, have great friends and a lovable furry pack that we adore. I was lucky to be able to retire from my corporate career eight years ago and pursue my love of photography full time, opening Penny Whistle Photography with a studio in Carrollton, Texas in 2015.

As a pet photographer I'm lucky that I get to share in the love of client pets as well and a lot of times that means PUPPIES! It's pretty hard to take a bad picture of a puppy, they're just so darn cute, but it was the creatively of my newborn photographer friend, Cyndi Williams Photography, that got me thinking about doing something more with the young puppies that I see in my studio and once I got started, I was hooked. 

A Lucky Perk Of Being A Pet Photographer Is Getting To Photograph Young Puppies

I started taking newborn portraits of puppies and kittens a few years ago and it's been a learning curve for sure. Cyndi gave generously of her time to help get started (thank you Cyndi!) and the rest has been a bit of trial and error. I figured out what worked and what didn't (and have the photos to show for it!). 

First of all, I had to learn how to swaddle (note: some puppies resists this procedure, Belgian Malinoises and Border Collies come to mind), next I had to learn how to coax the little rascals into going to sleep (that's a secret recipe!), then there was the lighting, and retouching techniques used for newborn portraits and lastly I had let go and work the unique angles necessary for newborn photography as it's quite different from what I normally do in a standard pet portrait photo shoot. I think I've finally hit the sweet spot with all of the above and have now started to bring more variety and creativity into my images. 

 

A Golden Doodle puppy wearing the green for St. Patrick's Day

All Around The Circle

We're a bunch of lucky, lucky people that get to photograph animals for a living so let's pop over to Angela Schneider of Big White Dog Photography, lucky to have a friend with 5 gorgeous German shepherds and then continue clicking on the link at the bottom of each post until you land right back here and then you will have completed the circle (you lucky dog you!). 

Tracy Allard of Penny Whistle Photography is a Certified Professional Photographer with the organization Professional Photographers of America; a designation held by fewer than 2,000 photographers nationwide and a hallmark of consistency, technical skill, artistry and professionalism. After a 30-year international sales career, Tracy considers herself very lucky indeed to be a pet, equine and family portrait photographer. 

Penny Whistle specializes in both on-location and studio photography providing pet, equine, family, couples & engagement and high school senior portraits as well as corporate headshots and commercial photography services in her studio located in historic downtown Carrollton as well as on location in Coppell, Grapevine, Southlake, Flower Mound and surrounding communities in Dallas – Fort Worth, Texas.

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