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Nashville Baby Photographer
Meet sweet Paisley's family. This was her first photo shoot, but she did exceptionally well. She is now seven months old and has quite the blooming personality. Her parents are the cutest and are pretty crazy about her. Enjoy the sneak peek!
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Nashville Family Photographer
Rick and his family are very special people in my life. We met only four years ago, but they quickly became a second family to me. His kids were all in my wedding and they're growing up too fast. Since they live in Oklahoma City, I don't get to see them nearly as often as I would like — I miss them. I wanted to share a few favorites from the last time I visited. This was shortly after he married Stephanie, so new family portraits were in order!
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Nashville Dog Photography
Tomorrow night is the Coronation Pawty for Nashville's Top Dog and Top Cat Competition! It is an annual fundraiser for the fantastic organization, Brown Dog Foundation. Brown Dog provides financial assistance with vet bills as an alternative to euthanasia. You can click here to see the dog photography I did for Carol Smock, founder of Brown Dog. As you may remember, any sessions that were booked during April and May had $50 donated to the foundation to help raise money for Benny's campaign. All of the proceeds go to Brown Dog to help dogs across Tennessee who have fallen ill.
As mentioned, there is a great Pawty going on tomorrow night at The Farm at Natchez Trace to celebrate the work of Brown Dog and to crown Nashville's Top Dog and Top Cat. The party is from 6-8p and will have BBQ, live music, doggie treats and kissing booth and a silent auction. If you'd like to purchase tickets, click here to get them in advance. Of course, we're hoping Benny raises enough votes to take the crown! They are still taking last minute votes (each vote is $1) until midnight tonight. Here is Benny's page if you are interested! If you can't make it tomorrow night, but would like to know whether or not Benny gets the crown, follow me on Twitter as I will be updating from the event. Okay, enough about that - time to see some recent photos of the dog of the hour!Visit our new blog to see photos of Toby:
Nashville Dog Photography
To say that I had a good time with Toby and his parents would be a complete understatement! We met up late in the afternoon, hit several locations and shot for a few hours. Toby kept us laughing the entire time with his typical Frenchie antics. He's still a puppy but is such a little lover boy. Before this dog session, I had never photographed a French Bulldog but am absolutely in love with this breed. I wanted to dognap him and leave with him in my camera bag. 
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Animal Awareness
In follow up to Adrian's post about the amazing work of Bonaparte's Retreat, we wanted to share information about other animal issues and products that our caught our attention this week.
As the summer days encroach on the lovely spring weather, it is important to make sure your dog stays cool too. Woof Report, an informative daily newsletter, just sent out information about the dangers of leaving dogs in cars. "When it's 85° outside, the temperature inside a car – even with the windows left slightly open – can soar to 102° in 10 minutes, and reach 120° in just a half an hour." And dogs can not withstand these temperatures, even for more than a minute. The United Animal Nations has a great website, My Dog Is Cool, with additional information and safety posters you can download and print to post in your community.
For fun, here are a few doggie products that we couldn't resist sharing!
If you're not into doggie doors or don't have one, check into the Ultimate Dog Door, an instant screen door that works for people and dogs! This easy-to-install screen has a magnetic closure that hooks at the bottom to stay in place.
It might take some time to get used to wearing a ring with "spay" or "neuter" engraved on it, but it shouldn't be too difficult knowing that the ring carries a strong message. The artist, Metalsmitten, creates these rings to encourage people to spay and neuter their pets and adopt from animal shelters. "Spaying and neutering are important steps in ending the cycle of companion animal overpopulation that results in the euthanasia of millions of unwanted pets." Thank you Metalsmitten for your creativity and dedication to such an important cause!
If you haven't checked out Mod-Dog, you are missing out on some fabulous modern dog art. There are prints, cards, jewelry and much more. We were particularly drawn to the French Bulldog print below…which is also a hint for Adrian's upcoming dog post. Enjoy!
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Nashville Dog Photography
In yesterday's post I shared photographs from the cover shoot with Emmylou Harris and the dogs of Bonaparte's Retreat. As mentioned, all of those dogs are seeking adoption into their forever home. I wanted to share more about them and highlight this ever important work that Emmylou and Bonaparte's are engaged in.
Did you know that just in the first two months of this year, Nashville Metro Animal Control had to euthanize 949 dogs? That boggles my mind and leaves me with a heavy heart. That's only one facility in one city. Fortunately, rescues like Bonaparte's take in the dogs that are on "death row" at Metro. And they are committed to those dogs. They seek to find new homes with loving families. But, they can only take in so many dogs at a time. Once a dog is adopted, that frees up a space for another to join the team at Bonaparte's Retreat.
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Nashville Commercial Photographer
I am very excited to kick off June with this post! A couple of weeks ago I had the great honor of photographing Country Music Hall-of-Famer, Emmylou Harris with her adoptable dogs from Bonaparte's Retreats. Bonaparte's was founded in memory of Emmylou's beloved dog, Bonaparte, to rescue dogs whose time had expired at Metro Animal Control. By rescuing these dogs, they not only save the lives of numerous dogs but are committed to finding them loving, forever homes. The team at Bonaparte's is incredibly compassionate and Heather, the editor of Nashville Paw Magazine, and I had such a great time with them and the adoptable pups. I just feel so fortunate to get to work with those who lead such inspiring lives and everyone at Bonaparte's Retreat and Nashville Paw do just that. If you are looking to add a furry companion to your family, please contact Kate at Bonaparte's. All of these dogs are looking for their family.
