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Some of my favorite spreads from Baxter and JoJo’s book.

First up: the back and front cover.

Yes, that’s a dress that little JoJo is wearing. Too cute for words.

Here are just a few of the cuddly, snuggly dogs and cats looking for a forever home at the Edmond Animal Shelter. These photos were taken during the Rescues and Runways Fashion Show last Saturday, benefiting Paws for Life, Inc.

Stop by and give one of these friendly faces their perfect home!

Now there’s a new way to help benefit the Edmond Animal Shelter: Kyla’s Cards!

Many of you know about my book, The Rescued. It’s been a great success, so I decided to expand the “shop” and offer alternatives, while still benefiting the Edmond Animal Shelter.

Kyla’s Cards come in two varieties: packs of 10 and packs of 20. And they’re so cute you won’t be able to stand it!

So logon now and purchase a pack for yourself, your neighbor, your Uncle Fred. And support this amazing cause that’s so near and dear to my heart: Paws for Life, Inc. and the Edmond Animal Shelter.

And look for more products in the future!

…every home would have a shelter pet and every shelter pet would have a home.

Below is today’s flyer from the Edmond Animal Shelter here in Oklahoma. Looks like there are some beautiful dogs looking for their forever home – and don’t forget the kitties! Click here to view all animals that are up for adoption as of today.

It’s these faces that make me love what I do.

I’m happy to announce The Oklahoman has done a great story on my book, The Rescued. Check it out!

I know recently I haven’t had any client shoots to post, it’s been crazy with two jobs and school. But not to despair – I have two scheduled for this weekend, as long as the rain stays away. So tune in soon for some client sneak peeks!

On another note, it’s been almost two years Kyla has graced my life and house, and she’s always loved her crate.

I’ve been mulling over getting rid of the crate for a long time, because she just doesn’t need it. She has never had an accident in the house, and she sleeps in it all night long and when I leave for errands on the weekends with the door wide open. It’s always been her space. Her bed.

Well I finally made the decision the other day. Since I had a photographer from The Oklahoman coming over to take photos of me and Kyla for another newspaper story on my book, The Rescued (YAY!), I thought I would clean up the place a little and taking her crate down just seemed like the right thing to do. I never realized how much space it took up in my tiny, humble office.

So it’s gone.

It’s gone. And she doesn’t seem to care. At all.

Just sleeps in her bed – it’s in the same place the crate was – like the crate is still there. I call it her new “open-air” bed.

She doesn’t look very happy here, but trust me, she is. This is her lazy look. I see it about 90% of the time.

That’s just too comfortable.

I had the opportunity to photograph Bella and Enzo, a co-worker’s dogs, last year as part of my The Rescued project, now book. I only needed a few images of them at the time so I didn’t spend as much time post processing them all until now. Looking back through them, I found some that I thought were mistakes then, but I love them now for some reason.

Charla, here are just some of them. Hope you love them.

May’s almost over and there are only a few spots left. Contact me today to schedule your MAY MADNESS session and save 10% on your session fee!

Just back from the Edmond Book Fair, and we sold some books! It was great exposure for the Shelter, Paws for Life, and my photography, too.

Abby stopped by and became the mascot for all shelter dogs, graciously and excitedly greeting everyone who stopped by.

My mom stopped by and snapped a photo of our table. Mary Robertson, head of Paws for Life holds up a The Rescued book for the camera.