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Number one reason to have photographs taken with your pet

January 07, 2022 • 8 Comments

Hi everyone! I want to share the single most important reason you should have photographs taken with your pet - it's very important. I'd love to say that you should have this done by a professional photographer - someone like us here at VP Shoots Photography (or another professional in your area) but the fact remains - you need to do this! Your pet...

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Dog Photography, People Photography, Wedding Photography - a look back at the year 2021

December 31, 2021 • 7 Comments

Wow - the year has flown by and a lot of photography has happened for us here at VP Shoots Photography! While many of you may know that I am the main photographer behind our photography - I have 2 partners that work with me - one is my lifelong partner, Jim Vargas. The other partner started helping with rescue dog photography back when my little tw...

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Holiday Pet Portraits with dogs

December 10, 2021 • 4 Comments

This week our pet photography blog circle is celebrating the holiday season with 'green and red'. It's a busy time of the year and we took our dogs to the local park and photographed them among the green ferns. As we are in central Florida, winter has not changed our scenery much and we still have lots of green trees, grass and plants with our temp...

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Fall Pet Photographs with two special dogs looking for their forever home

October 29, 2021 • 6 Comments

In recent weeks we have photographed a couple of dogs that have been looking for that special home that will become theirs. Each of these dogs was photographed using a fall theme (even though in this part of Florida, we don't see fall - we just feel a drop in temperatures and humidity). Maxx and Me Pet Rescue is known for taking in dogs that often...

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Silhouettes in dog photography

October 15, 2021 • 2 Comments

This week's blog post is about creating silhouettes of your dog (or any dog). It's all about the shape, form of the object you're photographing. Late afternoon, just before sunset provides a brighter background allowing for creating a silhouette. In order to create these, meter the sky behind your subject and then lock those values in (I used manua...

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