American Animal Rescue :: mpls pet photographer
2 1/2 weeks ago (wow! really? already?) I was lucky enough to spend my day with the awesome and incredibly talented Karin Newstrom taking photos of rescue animals that are available for adoption from Ruff Start Rescue as well as Second Hand Hounds. We went up to Sit Means Sit in Spring Lake Park and set up camp for the afternoon. During the course of the day we photographed nearly 40 dogs and cats that are currently looking for their forever home through the rescues.
While Karin worked inside with the studio set up, I had free reign of a box of kittens and a few pups outside 
it was pretty spectacular and very, very hard to not take these little pumpkins home! Considering our weather that day I was extra glad that Karin had her set up. I got to be a lovely assistant for a change, learned a lot and only had my treat hand nibbled a dozen or so times. Thank you to everyone involved including, of course, the American Animal Rescue for organizing all of this. And I really hope this helps get more pups and kitties adopted!!
ps … these kittens were so small that those things that look like big grains of rice coming out of their paws?? those are baby kitten claws. yep. they were itty.bitty!!!
oh man … NOTHING cuter than a puppy in a basket … unless it’s a kitten in a basket. Yes, that would be cuter
Please visit Ruff Start Rescue to see more information on each of these animals and many, many others that Karin photographed as well. And I would encourage you to check out her post about these little at her blog here.
Besos!
Read MoreSawyer!! :: minneapolis pet photographer
What a snowy gem!
This is Sawyer and he is available for adoption at the MN Pit Bull Rescue. He is a complete sweetie and anyone with a yard for him to run will LOVE him!!! Check out his bio and then tell me you don’t want to take him home…
Hi! My name is Sawyer and I’m an incredibly handsome all white pit bull mix with sky blue eyes.
I just celebrated my first birthday on March 30th and would LOVE to find my forever home as a belated birthday gift. I have a lot of energy but also am a HUGE cuddle bug!! I love EVERYONE I meet and get along well with other dogs (especially my foster sister!)
So if you or anyone you know just has to take this guy home please contact the org (or shoot me an email – jessica{at}chocolatemooseimages{dot}com – and I can forward it along).
As a side note to this handsome dude, I am SO excited to be working so closely with this rescue to try to help these amazing dogs out!! It’s sad but pits often get overlooked at shelters and rescues but really, they are some of the sweetest dogs I’ve been fortunate enough to spend time with!!! I hope that these photos can help the pups find their forever homes!!! And if not, I might start begging my landlord to let me have pups Oh man, the girls would hate me forever.
little things grow :: minneapolis family photographer
More than before I’m amazed at how quickly time can pass. Yes, a long day can feel like a long day, but when you look back on life it goes by in a blink of an eye. And since I really don’t understand how my life has moved beyond September 1st, these photos were pretty crazy to weed through. Pretty crazy and pretty amazing…
You may remember this peanut from her baby photos last November. Well, she’s gotten bigger!! And somehow, even cuter.
… and she has the sweetest expressions!!!
AND I was ecstatic to learn that the little onesie I made her before she was born still fit her in April!! y.e.s.!
While I can’t claim the idea as my own (you could {and probably should!!} buy one here) I did painstakingly make this one over the course of a few late nights in front of the fire with the girls and some wine … You may remember these photos from this post:
…and here is my little assistant!!!! Doesn’t she look like she is ready to tote a camera with a dog treat in hand??
amazing, right?? her excitement in the next few says it all … she can’t wait!
love ya, Char Mu!
busy and I love it :: minneapolis pet photographer
From my vantage on the couch I can see both my girls snoozing in their favorite spots; Tarra has taken over the pillow on the floor (not too surprising) and Digi is crashed in the sunshine that covers the obnoxiously orange chair in the corner.
Ah what a life.
While they are snoozing after a long walk in the yard (we went from the front to the back twice) I am working hard at piecing together witty words and lovely images of the 7 dogs I took photos of over the last week.
So far, it’s not so pretty. I’m tired. I feel slightly sun burnt. I am craving a delicious quesadilla. And the general unkempt manner of my apartment is constantly tugging at the back of my head. “clean me. cleeeeeeeeaaaaaaan me” it says.
Because of all of this I’m going to start with just a sampling of images from my recent shoot with Badger and Wyatt, 2 AMAZING coonhound mixes (including Badger’s part pug!!). They belong to the lovely, lovely Shane and Kira of Badger Creek Rustic Furniture. LOTS more to come about their business, products and pups!!
THANK YOU Quimby family!!! You guys are amazing!!!