News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
The Adventures of Ted | Wellington Pet Photography
I love it when my friends get dogs and then I get to see them growing up on their social media - especially Instagram - accounts. Ted, the five-month-old West Highland Terrier, is one of those wee dogs. Paul and Misa wanted his session to capture his puppiness....
Radar & Coco | Wellington Pet Photography
As part of this years PawTraits Project, I traveled to Wellington. And because I was traveling to the bottom of the North Island, I knew I had some time to do a couple of other sessions. These sessions also financially support the PawTraits Project and that is a huge...
2017 PawTraits Project
It's just over 3 1/2 years since my PawTraits Project started with a trip to Wellington to photograph Milly & Michelle. Now I'm heading back!!! We are going down to meet Jett & Paul. Jett is a big beautiful black labrador and he is Paul's best mate....
Metropolis French Bulldogs – Aubree & George’s Litter
This weekend I went out to Metropolis French Bulldogs to see how the latest litter is getting on. We're still waiting on a few ears to finish their final ascent but it doesn't even matter when you see their absolutely gorgeous faces. A six week Puppy Photography...
Metro Expo Pop Up! Studio
This weekend I took a space at the first Metro Paws Expo. What a great set up and an even better turn out! I took a few special offers (which are still on sale, I'm extending them for another 24 hours) and I took along a Pop Up! Studio to make some portraits of...
Muffin and Su-Renn | Auckland Pet Photography
Su-Renn is a huge supporter of one of my favourite animal rescues, Chained Dog Awareness. I regularly donate a voucher for them to use as they need to and I love meeting the people behind the team that do so much for the dogs and so Su-Renn picked one up in the...
Metro Paws Class of 2016 School PawTraits | Waikato Pet Photography
Welcome to the finished proofs gallery for the Metro Paws Doggy Day Care class of 2016 School PawTraits. The full gallery for ordering your prints can be found at: https://tarasutherland.shootproof.com/gallery/metropawsclassof2016 [gallery type="rectangular"...
Twinkle, Lad & Lara | Waikato Pet Photography
Lara's Christmas present from her friend, and flatmate, Amanda was a session with me. We chose the beautiful Taitua Arboretum as a location as Lara had asked for some still portraits of her pets Lad and Twinkle. Lad is an 11 year old "terrier special". He is...
Click, Click, Treat – The Pet Posse Pet Photography Ebook
Click, Click, Treat is basically all of the information that Carol, Kelly and I wished we had - or knew - when we first started out in Pet Photography. We've taken the questions that we get asked via email and our Facebook pages and combined it with some of the notes...
Pet Photography Project 52: 5 – Exposure – Optimise your RAW Exposures
For 2016, the Pet Photography Project 52 are working through David Duchemin’s book ‘The Visual Toolbox’. Our lesson, and theme for this week is ‘Exposure: Optimising your RAW Exposures’. The best digital negative (RAW, not JPG) is the one with the most amount of data....
Pet Photography Project 52: 4 – The Zone System
For 2016, the Pet Photography Project 52 are working through David Duchemin’s book ‘The Visual Toolbox’. Our lesson, and theme for this week is ‘Exposure: The Zone System’. Ansel Adams is known for many things, one of his most important contributions was an exposure...
Pet Photography Project 52: 3 – Ask Better Questions
For 2016, the Pet Photography Project 52 are working through David Duchemin’s book ‘The Visual Toolbox’. Our lesson, and theme for this week is ‘Ask Better Questions’. "Beginners are full of questions. If we're wise, we never lose that sense of always being a beginner...
Max and Sonia | Auckland Pet Photography
Every year I set aside part of my budget for Rescue Organisations. I donate 2-3 Pet Photography Session vouchers for them to use in auctions to raise money for the items that they need to keep the rescue going or to pay for treatment that some of the animals might...
Pet Photography Project 52: 2 – Considering Vision
For 2016, the Pet Photography Project 52 will be working through David Duchemin's book 'The Visual Toolbox'. Our lesson, and theme for this week is 'Considering Vision'. "We all make photographs for different reasons." We see the world differently and use the camera...
Pet Photography Project 52: 1 – New
My 2016 kicked off wonderfully, wonderfully wriggly and fluffy and super super cute. Me and my [Pet] Posse Kelly Wolfe and Carol Howell went down to Haulton Border Collies in Cambridge to photograph their latest litter. These little pups are only 5 weeks old. I think...
Best of 2015
2015 was, for the most part, very very good to me. There were a few lows that knocked me around however I'm filled with hilarious memories of our pup Dj Mako and have a greater appreciation of why photographs can be so important especially when a pet passes on. I...
Louis and Jo | Auckland Pet Photography
Jo received a Pet Photography Session with me as a birthday present (ooh hay FYI: vouchers make great presents - email me if you want one!) however thanks to Auckland's incredibly unpredictable Four Seasons in One Day, our session had to wait for the right day. I...
McKinley & Early | Waikato Pet Photography
We waited the whole winter to complete the second half of McKinley and Early's Pet Photography session - which was a graduation present for Pip. I think the wait was worth it! The girls had the opportunity to run around a pretty secluded area and then stop and pose...