We recently moved to the Grand Rapids/West Michigan area. When we tell people we are pet photographers, we get the same questions over and over – ‘Why hire a pet photographer?’ and ‘Who has dog portraits taken?’
Hiring a photographer to photograph your dog might seem a little odd. You love your dog and your dog is most definitely a huge part of your family, but professional dog photographs? Some people think of photographs as ‘memory keepers’. They help keep memories alive after the moment has passed – they facilitate remembering. While I agree with this idea, I also think photographs have a more paramount role in people’s lives. Your photographs tell a story – your story.
Hundreds of years ago people told their stories verbally – individual stories of events or folklore that was handed down generation after generation. The modern day version of telling your story is done with images. Just think of how people post endless images on social media or text/email images to friends and family as a daily part of their lives.
People are telling a story when they show you their images. They are telling you something about themselves – who they are, where they have been and what is important to them. Photographs are an entryway into someone’s life.
We all bring something unique to the stories we tell as well. What makes your story different from everyone else’s story? One thing that is unique to you is your family, including your pups. Tailwagger Dog Photography is for people who don’t just own a dog – we exist for people whose dog is a treasured member of their family – a constant companion and playmate for your children or grandchildren, an exercise partner, counselor and best friend all rolled up into one, and a constant source of joy, amusement and contentment.
We specialize in capturing the little details of your pup that make your dog special – that makes you want to show the world just how important your dog is to you and your family. Whether you have a giant Goldendoodle that can’t (or won’t) sit still or a senior pup that is more interested in watching the squirrels play these days – it makes no difference to us. We are all about dogs and capturing the little details that help you tell your story and show the world that your dog is the cutest, most adorable, goofiest, cuddliest or most mischievous pup around – whatever it is that makes your dog so lovable.
