Petagogy celebrated seven years on Sunday during its annual Anniversary PAWty & Pet Vendor Fair. (That’s nearly 50 dog years!) This four-hour celebration welcomed hundreds of Pittsburgh pets and their people for an afternoon of samples, giveaways, pet bandanna tie-dying, a pet costume contest and photo booth, and raffle baskets that raised over $800 to Read More
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Camera Club: Spring Family Session
Each month, Heather Lahtinen with Weddings by Heather and the Flourish Academy organizes a camera club meetup for local photographers throughout the Pittsburgh area. May’s meeting welcomed one of the sweetest families to Heather’s gorgeous homestead for a mini family session. Magdalena and her two little ones, Grant and Natalia, are absolutely adorable! Grant will be three-years-old Read More
North Hills Healthy Pet Day 2018
On Saturday, Healthy Pet Products hosted its 10th annual Healthy Pet Day event. This four-hour fun-filled event ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its North Hills store located on McKnight Road and included free seminars, complimentary samples, and in-store sales on all-natural food, supplements, and more. Various local pet-related vendors joined in the Read More
Pittsburgh Dog Photographer Places in International Photo Contest
Have you heard of Shoot & Share’s Photo Contest? It’s an annual international contest in which photographers can enter up to 50 photos over 25 various categories, such as pets/animals, share joy, engagement and couples, and wedding couples . Every image submitted appears in 48 different sets throughout the 12-round voting period as the contest Read More
Pittsburgh Dog Photographer Selected for Shadyside Open Air Gallery
Oh, my goodness! Do I have some happy news to share! I’ve had the hardest time keeping this special announcement to myself while I waited for the required paperwork to process, but now that the ball is rolling, I can finally share that one of my photos has been selected for inclusion in the Captured::Pittsburgh open air Read More
Dreaming of Three Selected for 2019 Pet Calendar Contest
Bark & Gold Photography is excited to announce its recipient organization for the 2019 pet calendar contest: Dreaming of Three! Dreaming of Three is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to charitable fundraising through its riders’ passion of horses and rodeo through its Rodeo Kids Program, which takes children fighting cancer or heart disease and their Read More
Your Pet Photography Experience – Part 2: The Session
You marked it on your calendar and now the day you’ve been looking forward to for weeks is here: it’s time for your session! Many of my clients tell me how they’ve spent the days leading up to their session expressing to their dogs how excited they are for this special day. And a special day Read More
7 Client Benefits of a Big Reveal and Ordering Appointment
Earlier this month, I announced some new changes coming for the new year. The complete switch from online preview galleries to in-person reveal and ordering appointments is perhaps the biggest change, and the one I am most excited about–and you should be too! Your reveal and ordering appointment is a continuation of the personalized photography Read More
North Park Family Portraits: Kent Family – Pittsburgh Dog Photography
“It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them,” writes John Grogan author of Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog. Meet Christine and her husband Jay, their son Justin and his girlfriend Brittany, and Read More
Q&A: How Do I Choose Images for My Wall Art?
We’re at your big reveal and ordering appointment. We’ve just watched your slideshow and have gone through each individual image from your session, flagging the ones you love, those you like, and the ones you can wait on for now. Now it’s time to get those must-haves up on your wall! Choosing images for your Read More