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Themes, phrases and words of the year are an excellent way to set a Guiding Star towards how you want to live your year, life or season.  Typically mine come from a desire to add something to my life as opposed to changing it. Last year the word was "Calm" With the...

As we wind down the year my heart is warmed by all the incredible people and pets I met this year! We created a community guide and beautiful photo book together as my first ever book. I printed a limited amount and there are still some available. With 5% of every...

Jax, Winnie and Charlie live the quintessential NoCo Life. Weekends swimming at the Poudre River, snuggles with their people (who both work in veterinary medicine!) and all the love and attention their little doggo hearts desire. Just weeks after knee surgery Lisa...

You've ordered all your beautiful prints, shared your social media ready images, and cleared your walls for your new portraits. When will they be ready for pick-up? When your order arrives depends on a few factors. Albums take time to design, receive your approval and...

Photo session days can be lots of fun but feel chaotic to pet owners. You often tell me you walked away worried we didn't get any good photos. Often I call pet photography Art from Chaos. A couple weeks after the portrait session we will meet again at the studio to...

"The Best Day Ever!" Photo sessions are meant to be fun for everyone. At the planning meeting from Step 1 of the Photo Session Roadmap we talked in detail about the location choice, your pet's personality and motivations, and safety. Finally the big day arrives and we...

I've heard runners say the hardest part of a run is actually putting on the shoes. Once the shoes are on the rest of the process falls into place. Simply head out the door and on to the path. When you are considering a pet photo session how do we start? For Silver Paw...

In May we took a trip back to the Pacific Northwest where I spent much of the first 40 years of my life. One of the favorite sites to take visitors was Multnomah Falls. So of course I wanted to take my husband Steve there. At the last moment we found out we needed...