Favorite Shots of Late

It's been a big couple months in the world of Lindsay Ammons Pet Photography. New Equipment, lots of new clients, lots of fun! Many springtime shoots coming up, and with how beautiful the weather has been in Chicago, there is plenty of foliage fodder to play with! Here are a few photos from recent shoots that I love.

Mr. Trooper - a cutie senior daschund - chillin' on his bed

Trooper is quite comfortable in mom's lap!

Love this natural light.

Giana in beautiful textured brush.

I absolutely love these next two. Some of my favorite ever! 

Look at those eyes! 

Fernando, a rescue puppy, in his new moms arms. Looks like he's getting pretty used to life in a home, huh?

Whew... it's been awhile

It's been so long since i've paid my poor blog any attention! It's not for lack of shooting. There's been plenty of great shoots lately that i've thought to myself "I really need to write a blog post about this one..." and then I don't. Like a big loser.

Anywho, there have been lots of great shoots lately. My christmas time was absolutely insane, I actually had to turn a lot of potential clients away, so anyone who is thinking of hiring me for their christmas pictures next year, take note! Book in early November!

I've re-upped my entire camera bag of late, investing in some big ticket items which will have a huge impact on my images. I can't wait to debut some of them! Those will be coming soon.  In the meantime, I wanted to share some pictures of sweet baby Hope and her little family.

Annie called me because she wanted some pictures of their 6mo. old baby, their dog, and their family. A real smorgasbord of a shoot. I was excited, I do love shooting babies. When I got to their South Loop home and was greeted with luscious natural light pouring in from large north facing windows, and warm hued exposed brick, I knew this would be a great shoot. They had some ideas of shots they wanted, which is always great, and the shoot ran really smoothly, with Hope being a real trooper until she fell asleep which allowed us to get some snoozy baby shots, is there anything better?

Baby Hope is SO CUTE. Her eyes are so expressive. 

Dad and Daughter.

She loves her mama. 

Shadow the pit bull. So well trained. I love the backlighting here, feels very dramatic. 

Shadow. 

Such a lover.

Sleepy Baby.

So snoozy.

Ray wanted to get this shot, I mentioned it was almost like an engagement shoot to which they replied "we never had one!" I was happy to oblige, and I think it's adorable.

Jovi (& Holly Berry)

I had such a fun shoot yesterday I had to blog about it ASAP. I'll admit I went into it stressed.  I was stuck in traffic for the better part of 2 hours leading up to it, and I was concerned I was going to be late (ask my friends - they'll tell you i'm kind of a crazy person when it comes to being punctual - but a 7:00pm dinner reservation doesn't mean 7:15, amirite?) Anyway, when I got to the house I was greeted with an unexpected amount of people crowded around a TV watching a football game. Usually I have free reign to shoot wherever I want... that wasn't going to be the case here.  In the end it all turned out in our favor because the light outside was gorgeous and they had a utility porch out back that ended up having the perfect rustic, and unexpected charm to shoot for.

Jovi! Such a little fox. 

Brittany and Jovi.

Joe and Jovi. Joe looks like the godfather here, ha. 

 Brittany's roommate Emily and her older Shih Tzu, Holly Berry, (love it!) got in on the fun, too! 

Brittany and Jovi were very natural in front of the camera, easy to shoot.

...and Jovi was quite comfortable perched on mom's shoulder.

Holly Berry warmed up as well...

Owen & Jamie

In August I had a full shooting schedule, and I was starting to feel a little bit overwhelmed.  For the first time I was scheduling shoots a month out due to selling out my schedule, which was both thrilling and a bit scary.  I received a call from Diana, she needed some photos done... and soon.  Her beloved lab was just diagnosed with cancer, and she was worried if she didn't get photos done right away, she would miss her chance. My heart sunk, and I was reminded of why I started my little photography shop.  While some shoots are purely joyous, and riotous fun, I got into this business because I wanted to capture our animals as we remember them, and sometimes that means meeting sick animals, or senior animals, who will soon be on their way to the big dog (or cat) park in the sky.

It's heartbreaking. But something to celebrate. 

Every time I go to these shoots I have to remember that these animals are so well loved that their owners hire a professional to capture them as they are - their beloved, furry best friends and confidants.  This one was especially hard for me because Owen is big, drooly, playful black lab... much like my own pup, Dayton.  It's a constant reminder that just like with our two-legged loved ones, we need to take time every day to rub our furry friends' tummies and tell them how much we love them.  

Owen is loved.

 Jamie is Owen's cocker spaniel brother, and he.is.adorable.

Stately Mr. Owen

Friends.

Family.

 Jamie loves his dad.

There had been so much rain that everything was so green. There was no color correction done to this photo... everything was just that green! 

Have you rubbed your dog's stomach today?

Max & Kaya

When I got a call that there was family with a Mastiff and a Husky who needed to be photographed, I jumped all over it.  I've always wanted to photograph a Mastiff, they are such gentle giants with so many funny, photo-ready features (long jowls, droopy eyes, wrinkly face, etc. etc.) Husky's are also a photographers dream with iceberg eyes, and Kaya just so happened to have two different colored eyes which made her even more beautiful.  I drove wayyy out of the city for this shoot, so we were able to shoot in giant cornfields and on protected land, which made for lots of wonderful shots.

Give me a break, look at this dog! A photographers dream.

Kaya is such a good model.

I love this picture. The dog & owner's personalities really shine through. And yes, Max is wearing a doggy tuxedo.

We shot on this beautiful forest preserve, a very nice setting.

Typical Mastiff, with a drop of slobber on its way to the ground

Big old Max.

Wrigley & Sedgwick

On a beautiful Saturday in July I set off to shoot Wrigley and Sedgwick in their home.  We knew we wanted to do one part of the shoot in-home, and one part outside, but we hadn't decided where we'd go before I headed over.  The shots in the house were coming out great, but man oh man, am I happy we decided to go out and see what mother nature could offer.  We ended up in Lincoln Park proper, among the daylilies and foliage we got some really spectacular shots.  I couldn't have been happier with the way these turned out and I think the client feels the same :).

Wrigley hangin' on his parents bed

The client specifically asked for this type of shot after seeing it in my portfoilio. I think theirs came out great, and I was SO happy Wrigley and Sedgwick were such great subjects! 

Sedgwick in the park. I tend to really love shots where 'dogs are just being dogs'- and i feel like Sedgwick here is just catchin' a whiff of whatever's going by.

Sedgwick with his buddy Wrigley just off in the background.

Wrigley looked so perfectly at peace as the breeze blew his fur just so. ha! 

Sedgwick and his mama. 

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It's been awhile...

Gosh... it's been awhile since i've blogged.  I went on a two-week hiatus while I was off getting married, and the two weeks before that were sheer CRAZINESS, including more shoots packed into a fortnight than i've ever attempted.  It was... extremely fun, and a little masochistic.  I think, though, the photos that came out of that crazy two weeks were some of my best yet, and i'm really looking forward to sharing them.  Let's start with the an awesome family shoot, shall we?

When Sarah contacted me she said she wanted pictures of her two golden retrievers, and maybe we could see if we could get the kids in some of the shots too.  When I walked into the house I knew there was no way I was leaving without photos of these kids. They.were.adorable.

You can see the sheer fun we had through the pictures, the kids were GREAT sports and really hammed it up for the camera. Did I mention one of the players here was a golden retriever puppy?? Because oh yeah... if there wasn't enough 'cute' present in these photos already, throw that into the mix and we're really in business!

I love this "4-shot" of the part of the shoot where we took pics with the kids. 

They were just SO adorable with the dogs. And the dogs were very patient with them. 

 Wrigley is such a wise boy.

I love this shot for a few reasons. Buzz looks so cherubic in that swath of light, while he's doing something very devious... chewing on his dad's slipper :)

 Wrigley chillin' in the kitchen. I'm a sucker for lens flare.

Have you ever seen a dog with such a great smile?

Wrigley checkin' out the scene. 

The boys. 

Feels good to be back in the bloggin' saddle again. How was the end of everyone's July? August is a BUSY shooting month for this gal, so i'm looking forward to sharing some great new stuff!