So I am cruising around and find this site on a forum. The photographer has a link to her site and I click on it. First thing I see is "Pet Photography" and visions of Fido sitting on a bedsheet in the corner with bad lighting come flooding in. The whole idea of shooting someones dog on a sheet of seamless is beyond boring to me.
Well, sheesh... good thing I stuck around. The photographs are stunning and the work so imaginative that I found myself mesmerized. My 11 year old daughter just found a new hero and wants to come to the studio with dad to learn how to make pictures so she can be like this wonderful shooter and make portraits of animals. Laurie Meehan-Elmer doesn't share my dismal view of pet photography, instead bringing a fresh, exciting, humane and intimate lens to subjects that bark, purr, shed, bite, pee, growl, snap and crawl.
"Show me something I have never seen" is something I read somewhere and it blasts on the iPod of my mind whenever I pick up a camera. Here is an example of that mantra... images of pets, yet portraits of friends. An image of a cat that transcends the simple idea of a 'pet' portrait. These images will make you laugh, smile, chuckle and stare in awe as she must possess the patience of a saint to get those shots.
Take a moment or three to spend some time with these wonderful friends. Even if you aren't a pet lover (we have 2 dogs, 2 cats, fish, lizard and a gerbil...), you will find the images to be beyond what you expect. See images of furry friends you see everywhere in a way you have never seen them.
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