dogma pet portraits and Foxy Roxy our Shepherd Chihuahua rescue mutt

Welcome to DOGMA Pet Portraits

 

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Roxy's alternative aspects

This is Roxy, we exist and thrive as an idea because of her.

She loves us and inspired our slogan “WHERE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE BECOMES ART”. She’s a rescue, from Barks of Love, without them and the countless hours they put in we wouldn’t have her and she wouldn’t be alive. She’s also the first larger than life piece of artwork you’ll see when you come to the studio.

We started Dogma Pet Portraits because at Emotion Portrait Studios nearly every time we make a family portrait there’s a dog in it, and over the years we’ve sold as many portraits of dogs as we have of kids. I believe that’s because the way we shoot, in a super relaxed, carefree environment, we are able to capture a dogs personality as easily as that of a child. 

So we switched our brains to address the needs of our four legged friends and their humans. We designed our new Costa Mesa Studio to cater specifically to those families where the dogs are the most important personalities in the home.

As you continue looking through this site, I think you’ll get a great insight to each one of the inspiring dogs featured, and if you do then I’m doing my job.

Sandy Hensley - December 7, 2010 - 5:14 pm

Congratulations to you Sylvaine and David!
I am looking forward seeing your new studio and re-connecting!
It’s been a crazy year! We will definitely plan a session
and bring Heidi and Haley to be photographed!

Holiday cheers!

Sandy and Chuck Hensley

Rita Tayenaka - December 7, 2010 - 1:24 pm

Congrats on the new line- I love it and for sure it will be successful!

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BASSET RESCUE, VALENTINE’S SENIOR MOMENT

11 Bassets at the studio + visiting dogs, bake sale, tons of volunteers and a video crew (watch this space).

A great (if exhausting) time was had by all. We raised bait of money, much of it thanks to the amazing sales lady manning the bake sale table, who was heroically charging the passersby trapped in their cars at the traffic lights and the Super Pollo customers who all needed a dessert.

Here’s two of my favorite shots with a gallery. Click on an image to see it bigger.

 

 

That's a neat expression

Sometimes you do what you’ve got to do to get the shot!

This was a flighty little Chi, bouncy, wouldn’t sit still for a minute but always in the way of the other dogs.

that's actually a doberman

that's actually a doberman

No, but really, I wouldn’t do this with a Doberman.

Here’s the rest of his family.

Chihuahua and Yorkies

Spot the odd dog out

 

 

$500 raised at the GOLDEN MEET AND GREET at our studio over last weekend

 

We are stoked (in local parlance) to have been involved in such a lovely event, the people are great the dogs are beautiful (not one single doggie accident) 9 Goldens photographed, loads of visiting humans and canines.

WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HELP THE RESCUE RAISE OVER $500 ON THE DAY

Generally speaking the rescue days are a little tricky to shoot as the participants can be a little skittish, after all there’s lots going on, new dogs and people they haven’t met before, flashes going off and some of these guys don’t even speak English, it’s true there’s a few dogs here fresh from Taiwan. But these images are a testament to the dedication of the volunteers and the amount of TLC that goes out to these great dogs.

With all that been said here’s the greatest illustration of why Goldens make such great pets, in the middle of it all some still found a little space for a quick nap.

Here’s the slideshow gallery of the Goldens who are up for rescue that we photographed over the weekend. If anyone is looking to give one of these beautiful dogs a loving home please contact this fantastic group of volunteers here. www.scgrrescue.com

 

 

Nedra Plonski - February 6, 2012 - 5:25 pm

Thank you so much for supporting SCGRR! We love your work! Can’t wait to bring Montana and Casey in for their photo shoot in a few weeks!

Kathy Shively - February 1, 2012 - 9:29 am

You do such a beautiful job! Thank you for being there for this amazing rescue!

DRU a big beautiful golden rug

so we finished up the rest of the images and…….. they look great, no surprises there. What I love is the relationship between Dru and Amy, have a watch and see what you think

In case you missed the particular frame

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big sloppy kisses

Now here at Dogma we’re not big on sneak peeks, but I know there’s lots of people who want to see how well Dru photographs.

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Quite well I think.

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Dru’s a big softy (unless you try and eat his pumpkin pie during a pumpkin pie eating contest), he can get a little silly and is a very useful winter warmer. He’s a big, beautiful example of a Golden Retriever and a joy to work with. Thanks for bringing him Amy I had a blast.

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WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE

Donna Terman - October 17, 2011 - 8:44 pm

Love my Dru!!!!! I think I want my golden Nala photographed!!!!! Loving the shots. great job!

Amy Thomas - October 17, 2011 - 6:24 pm

Simply AMAZING!! I am speechless! You have truly made my day by giving us this sneek peak! The photos are so detailed and the lighting brings out every sparkle and detail in his beautiful face. You’ve also captured DRU’s personality perfectly in all three of these pictures and cant wait to see the rest! Thank you so so much. What a priceless gift we will treasure forever! You guys are AMAZING! Thank you again…

JAVA the most handsome Sharpei I’ve ever met, and ALREADY ADOPTED


HANDSOME!
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ADOPTED

Not always a descriptive applied to Shar-Pei’s but in this case this is a handsome dude.
Absolutely chock full of life and that particular Shar-Pei character that only belongs to them.
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Java showing handsome side

 

HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS, HE’S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, CONGRATS GUYS AND TO WHOEVER HAS HIM, HE’LL KEEP YOU FIT

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Sue says he rides well in the car and my experience of him is that he’s great in the studio performed well as you can see from the images and is as well formed as you can ask for in a dog.
You’ve got to love the purple tongue.
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JAVA-big-purple-sharpei-tongue

Check him out or adopt another Sharpei over at www.peipeople.com
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