When I first moved to Vashon Island, I wanted to get to know my community. So I put an ad on our local Facebook page, offering to photograph people’s dogs. . . in their cars! And then, I started thinking up captions for the images I took. I mean, doesn’t it make you happy to see a dog in a car, no matter where it is? They are our love ambassadors, and everywhere you go, you can find them making the world a better place. They’re funny, they’re sweet, they tug at our hearts–and when you get two in a car together, or maybe three, there’s a story to be told. I was delighted that people loved what I was doing and before I knew it, I had created a greeting card company I called Lightmark Press. That was in 2012, and even though those dogs are now all in dog heaven, they are also still traveling all over the US–and have even gone as far as Australia.
Last year, I sold my business to a family member, although I still do prints. I have known the names of every dog I photographed–and their personal stories as well, which I put on the back of every card. Creating and sharing this work has been one of the most joyful experiences of my life!
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You Are About to Be Loved
I once sold a poster of this image to a woman who said she was going to hang it in her front hall, because her dog had a “greeting disorder!”
It’s one of my earliest images, taken when I pulled up in my car to a local horse farm, and Mackie, the resident Golden retriever noticed me and hurried over to say hello. I grabbed my camera and got the shot, just before he gave me a kiss!
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