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Friday, March 08, 2013

Mickey Finn is a Boston Terrier puppy who belongs to our friend Lauren. When I heard that Lauren was getting him, I made sure to let her know I ...

Matt and Monica

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Matt and Monica contacted me to photograph their wedding in Vegas over St. Patrick's Day weekend. Although I don't shoot weddings, they felt ...

Baby Zoey

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Meet baby Zoey!! Zoey is the adorable daughter of David and Amie. What made this shoot so awesome, besides the fact that I got to hang ...

Meet Ivy!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Just before the end of 2012, I was lucky enough to have a photo shoot with my new pal Ivy! Ivy was adopted from PAWS Chicago earlier in the ...

52 HeARTs "Hero"

Saturday, May 05, 2012

Red is a very special dog. His back legs are paralzyed, but don't feel sorry for him. He can get around just as good, if not better, than ...

52 HeARTs "Loneliness"

Saturday, April 28, 2012

This weeks 52 HeARTs challenge is "Loneliness," which was easy for me as I had the perfect photo in mind. Not too long ago, I had the chance to ...

52 HeARTS "Friendship"

Saturday, April 21, 2012

This week's 52 HeARTS theme is "Friendship." This was an easy assignment for me because our dog Stockton (Boxer) has a very best friend named ...

Diego and Lilian

Friday, April 20, 2012

I recently had the pleasure to photograph my good friends Deigo and Lilian. They own iPet Chicago, which is a fantastic dog walking service. I ...

Sarah and Emma

Monday, April 16, 2012

I've known Sarah for a couple years now through PAWS Chicago. She is one of the amazing people that works for the organization as the public ...

52 HeARTs "Identity"

Saturday, April 14, 2012

I'm starting something different, new, and exciting this week! It's a photo challenge called 52 HeARTS put together by HeARTs Speak (of which I ...

Chicagoland Family Pet Expo 2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Chicagoland Family Pet Expo runs March 16th through the 18th this year and was the first time I exhibited. My lovely wife Shannon was kind ...

Ashley and Michael Jackson

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Meet Michael Jackson! Jackson (one of his many aliases) is owned by Ashley, who originally contacted me via Twitter about some photos of ...

Elliott Turns One!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Mark and Melissa are good friends of mine from way back when. I hadn't seen them in quite some time so I was delighted to recently get a call ...

Baby Graham

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Introducing Baby Graham! Graham was born on February 3rd and, as you can see, he is absolutely adorable! He is the son of Janny and ...

Janny and Colin Maternity Photos

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Although my main focus (haha) as a photographer is pets, I have been asked to provide other types of photography as well. Recently, one of my good ...

Shelter Shiver 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Last week, I was invited by my friends at Canine Crews to photograph them as they jumped into Lake Michigan to help raise money for ALIVE ...

Jasmine, Remmy, and Tristen

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Well, here it is, my first blog post! It's sort of my New Year's resolution I guess :)I couldn't imagine a better way to start if off than with ...