PawPals Photography

Everyone have a list of stuff they want to do in their life. Buying a house, buying a nice car, go somewhere for a holiday. This year I've finally crossed one that have been sitting on top of my list for a long long time, and that's meeting a wolf in real life.

I love dogs a lot, and I also love wolves as well. Unfortunately there are none here so the only way to meet a wolf is to go overseas. Thanks to the internet I've found Wolf Park. Wolf Park is a nonprofit wildlife education and research facility in Indiana, USA. I've been sponsoring a wolf there for years and it has always been my goal to visit Wolf Park. Well, I'm proud to say that I've finally done it!

Don't let the photos fool ya, they are all very socialised, veeeeery sweet! Obviously there are some rules to follow while you are inside the wolf enclosure (after all they are still wild animal), but you can pretty much do anything with them. They will come to you, asking for pets, licking your face, even sticking their nose in your crotch!

There are a lot of interaction between the wolves too. All the "aggression" you see are between the wolves only, rarely do these wolves get grumpy to us two-leggers. In the wild wolves are actually *afraid* of humans. So yes, all the "Big Bad Wolf" stories you've heard ever since you're a kid are all not true. Real fight between wolves hardly ever occurs, and they rarely fight to the point of injuring each other. The dominance and submission you see are necessary to maintain the pack hierarchy.

I really hate it when people say wolf (or certain breed of dogs for that matter) are aggressive and "evil" without knowing them first. Just look at Ruedi here, he's got such a beautiful eyes... Ohh ain't he CUTE!

For more photos from this trip please check the gallery below. I can't wait to go back! Now I'll have to add "Return to Wolf Park" on my To-Do list :)

Com'ere boy!

Many people email me and asked if I photograph anything apart from dogs, the answer is yes! I photograph all kinds of pets, cats and birds included. Meet Foxy, what a cute kitty! She is only a few months old, so she's curious about everything...

and stalks anything that moves...

We went inside because it was too hot outside, and she posed very nicely.

We finished off the session with some cat in the hat shots... well, we tried :)

Thanks Jessica and Adrian for a wonderful session. I'm sure Foxy will bring joy to your family for many years to come!

One of my client sent me an article on flyball in the Daily Telegraph this Monday, her dog Zoe is one of the dogs in the photos, how awesome is that!

Zoe goes to flyball competitions and she's absolutely ball obsessed, she'll do anything for a tennis ball! We had a session at the beach along with Toby, he's 11 years old and was a little shy at first when I met him, but once we're at the beach he's a completely different dog. He went chasing after waves, retrieve his stick and dug holes after holes non stop, it was hilarious to watch :)

It's hard to decide which photos to share here because there are so many shots which I like, here're a few of my favorites. Yes the ball never leave her mouth!

We also went to the park to get some different varieties of shots, and Zoe showed me why they call it "flyball"

Even when she's taking a break, you can be sure that the ball is always within her muzzle's reach

We went back to the beach to catch the last rays of light, she's such a sweetheart!

Thanks Lauren for giving me the opportunity to meet your two lovely dogs, Zoe is a very special girl! For those that are interested in the article in the Daily Telegraph, click Here.

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How can you tell summer's coming? For me it means I find Echo by my feet in the morning instead of next to me under the blanket, waking me up an extra hour early everyday, balls of fur rolling like tumbleweed whenever there's a slight breeze. She is starting to shed and the FURminator really helps, but it's still coming off like it's never ending!

There are no place better then the beach when the weather is warming up. The dogs love it and it's perfect for photos. Too bad she doesn't swim. I tried once to get her to fetch a ball which I throw into the water, but she just stood there with a "what do you want me to do? You go get it" look. Well... I can't swim either, so we watched the ball slowly drifted away, until a 4 year old kid walked pass and got it for us... Embarrassing...

But anyway, she still enjoy going to the beach, chasing the waves, here are some photos, I tried to put them in a Flash slideshow so if it doesn't work you'll need Adobe Flash Player (pretty sure almost everyone got it nowadays). Also, anonymous comment has been disable in this blog because I am getting attacked by spammers, the spam filters doesn't work and I can't deal with hundreds of spam a day.

Enjoy the photos :)

You don't need perfect weather to get great pictures. Sure, a nice beautiful sunny day with blue sky is great, and obviously no one feel like going out when it's pouring bucket loads (even tho the dogs would love to) But when a storm is coming, you look outside and it seems like the end of the world is here, well... you can get some nice pics as well.

This is what I saw when I came home yesterday afternoon. I knew instantly that I had to take Echo out for some photos too. What makes it even more fun is when the dogs go hyper while everything's flying around: leaves, branches, sand, dust, it's hectic! The wind was so strong it nearly knocked me over a few times. Then it started to rain a little. To be honest I did thought about running back to the car, but it wasn't raining *that* badly. I guess I was rewarded for getting my lens and camera wet when the rain stopped and the sun came out a little just in time to set, this is definitely better then your average sunny day!

It's been a while since I took Echo out for a walk more then just around the block because she recently had a surgery (nothing major, just a hysterectomy). But last weekend the weather was nice, and her constant begging and never-ending-attention-seeking by nudging my hands away from the keyboard finally won me over. She's half naked with no fur on her tummy, I just don't want her to get sick in winter. In the end I lost to her "Pleeeeease, take me out for a walkie" look...

She told me to keep it a secret, but I thought unless I point it out, no one will notice the patches of fur missing on her front legs anyway :p

Judging by the look on her face, I think she quite enjoy the day :)

This is the photobook I've been telling a few of you about. I ordered a sample but it was delayed for a few weeks because the manufacturer changed the paper stock, which give them a bit of a problem so they had to remade it with their original paper, but it's finally here.

I really love the lay flat style of the book, it looks so much better compare to the normal ones. It uses true photographic paper so each pages are thick and heavy weight, the colors are vivid and the quality is simply awesome. You can get them up to 12 x 18" which looks stunning, for photobooks size does matter ;)

Best of all, the price is very reasonable. In fact it is the cheapest one out of all three types of photobook I offer. For those that have been waiting please send me an email or give me a call so I can bring them over for you to take a look in person. New clients will be able to check them out during their session.

While we are on the subject of these coffee table book, I was surprised by the quality of some photobooks available on the market. I went to PMA (Photo Marketing Association International) last month to see if I can find any better album manufacturer, and found some books people offer are shockingly bad. The pages are so thin you don't have to flip the page to see what's on the other side, the resolution are so low it looks like they used a dot matix printer to print the album... On the other hand you can't really blame them because the price was shockingly low as well, you get what you pay for but seeing them in a show which was suppose to aim at photography professional is a bit of a joke, I can't imagine who will offer those to their clients.

But anyway, you don't have to worry about them because I only use the best album manufacturer on the market. I'm sure you'll love them, I know I do and I'm really picky!