I regularly shoot for several different pet magazines. I had a submission request for some Chihuahua puppy photos. While I already had some in my archives, I wanted to add some fresh work to the submission. Easy enough right? Just find some Chi pups and shoot away. Normally, I come across them all the time. This time, it just wasn’t happening. I was about to give up. That’s when fate stepped in.
I was at an SPCA meeting and happened to find myself in a conversation with the wonderful woman that’s in charge of adoptions. We were talking about the upcoming fundraising event (Animal Affair, Night of the Unleashed-see below), when I thought I’d just check. I asked if she had any Chihuahua puppies I could borrow. I didn’t expect her to say yes. She did. Dang…what a surprise. We arranged a pick up time for the following day. In the meantime, I mentioned the puppies to my mother. I explained how they were rescued from a puppy mill in Georgia. She decided she might like to see them and possibly adopt one. Long story short, she adopted them both (It was actually my father’s idea. He couldn’t bear to split them up.) They were fantastic puppy models! We had two great shoots and tons of fun. I’m looking forward to many more photo sessions with these two little girls.
Here they are……….
That's Venus on the left and Athena (Thena for short) on the right.
Here they are meeting Nikon for the first time. It was love at first sight (He has that effect on the ladies!).
A little fun in the late day sun.
Dhelia, my parent's resident cat and Queen Bee is adjusting. Still, she has to make sure they know who's boss.
She was never far away during our shoot. I think she fancies herself the supervisor of everything.
by LME
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