Smile Like a Dog

I had a great shoot with a nice little guy named Topper last weekend. Topper was recently adopted from San Francisco Animal Care & Control and he ended up in a great home with a dad who just adores him. One of his dad’s friends gave the session as a gift.
Topper is a chihuahua mix [...]

Tags: chihuahua mix, gift pet photo session, topper

A photographed a friend’s dogs today for a project I’m working on with the San Francisco SPCA (more on this in a few weeks). Her newest pup is a loveable guy named Jalu who came from Big Dog Rescue up in Sonoma. Jalu wasn’t the primary focus of today’s shoot but he’s impossibly cute and [...]

I just completed my latest My Mutt assignment with a lovely girl named Angel. Angel’s a two-year old dachshund beagle mix who lives in the South Bay and was adopted by her new mom at Silicon Valley Animal Control.
She loves her toys and is especially fond of a well-worn piece of rawhide (and [...]

Tags: dachshund

Excellent news from Mark Rogers Photography land: a number of my favorite photos are being featured in a new line of greeting cards called Sincerely Fido. It’s a pretty cool concept the cards are written from pets’ perspective either to other pets or to human companions. The cards range from just plain funny to really [...]

I just can’t help myself. Been meaning to post this shot of the Biz for weeks now. Does this say unbridled joy or what? Man, he loves to play
 

Look for my photos soon in a Pet Food Express near you.
Anyone who’s shopped or walked by any of the Pet Food Express Stores in the Bay area has seen the My Mutt posters they have hanging in the shop and in the windows. They’re of dogs and cats adopted from various rescue groups. Owners [...]

I recently returned from a trip to Egypt and Jordan. I of course took a lot of photos and even managed to squeeze in a few shots of the local canines and other fauna in between ancient the ones of four thousand-year old monuments and epic landscapes.
 
In some cases the scenery and the animals [...]

Sometimes when life seems really complicated and stressful  I take my dog to the park and just watch him. No matter the conditions (though he seems to prefer the messier ones) he always enjoys himself and for that time. Playing is his only focus for that hour.
 
Yes, he’s a dog and that’s what they [...]