Our Elders’ Campfire Stories – A Halloween theme photoshoot
Year 13. The last one. I look back today and it’s hard to believe we did it. Despite creative burnout, despite weather, budget, time or the state of the world, we consistently showed up year after year to bring this project to life for 13 years. To have been able to do this for the […]
Lanana Creek Farms: Illustration and Design Case Study | Part 2
Our collaboration with Lanana Creek Farms was a comprehensive showcase of our creative capabilities. This project was substantial in scope, and immensely fulfilling to execute. Under the art direction of J. Nichole Smith, we were entrusted with creating custom botanical and food illustrations, along with distinctive icons highlighting key product details. After Nic’s initial […]
Lanana Creek Farms: A Commercial Photography Case Study | Part 1
Bringing Brands to Life with Authentic Canine Charm Our commercial projects are more than a single hero shot—they’re crafted visual stories. The Lanana Creek Farms project was a standout last year, a multifaceted campaign for a family-owned brand launching its first dog-specific product line. We focused on warmth, authenticity, and the natural charm of our […]
Amas Veritas – A Halloween theme photoshoot
Year 12. Twelve years! A whole calendar’s worth of creating a little bit of Halloween magic, a silly passion project inspired by and centered around our goodest girl, Willow the Wild. By popular request, we have indeed created a 2025 calendar for you, featuring all 12 of Willow’s Halloween themed photos! It will be available […]
Our 5 Favorite Ways to use Illustration in Marketing
Custom illustration is waaaay more than clipart As a kid… ok, who am I kidding? As a kid and to this day as a grown-ass adult, I still catch myself doing the same thing at a bookstore; that is, picking up a book because the cover looked interesting and flipping though its pages before I […]
Key to the Hound’s Heart – A Halloween theme photoshoot
Year 11. Eleven years of dreaming up an image every Halloween, inspired by and centered around our goodest girl, Willow the Wild. Unfortunately, and not dissimilar to previous years, the world is heavy with hurt. So much pain, violence, injustice, death and despair. I’m not here to write about that, there are far better voices […]
A Ten-Year Spell: Capturing Halloween’s Hauntingly Beautiful Moments
Themed photoshoots are our jam. They are a journey of personal discovery – a project that’s entirely outside of the ‘business’ of photography. Thoughtfully chosen, a recurring personal theme can wield a power that pushes aside bleak thoughts or burnout and keeps us falling in love with our craft over and over again. Halloween became […]
Dog + Human Model Teams: The Human Side of Dog Modeling
Okay, The Makings of a Great Dog Model blog we recently released was crazy informative, but we have even more info for aspiring dog model PARENTS! You can have the absolute best dog model in disposition and basics, and he can know all the tricks and land all the cues, but the bottom line is […]
The Makings of a Great Dog Model
Do you have eleven billion photos of your dog on your phone? Welcome, friend. You are in good company here! Bill and I have been photographing dogs (and cats) for brands’ commercial projects for over 12 years now, so you can imagine how full our photo storage is! I mean, c’mon… look how FUN this […]
The Top 10 Most Requested Dog Modeling Skills
If you’ve been following along with our Dog Model series: The Makings of a Great Dog Model and Dogs + Human Teams: The Human Side of Dog Modeling, then this one’s FOR YOU. We’ve worked hand in paw with SO many unique and talented dogs, and based on our experience and the brands we’ve worked with, […]
