09/29/2021
Quick update with a little bit of back story
Eight years ago I was a new photographer struggling with my craft. It wasnโt so much the technical aspects of photography, but the human aspect. I could never quite get what I was looking for in the people I was photographing. Feeling like a failure, I was standing at the edge of the cliff ready to give it up when I had an epiphany, The DogTog. Initially, it was meant to be a joke to lighten the mood, but it encompassed everything about photography that I loved. I captured the best moments when I photographed animals. I was always calm and confident when I had a pet in front of my camera. I always seemed to get images that made my heart race with excitement. It was at that moment that I realized I was meant to be photographing pets. Crying happy tears, I began to brand myself The DogTog and started building my portfolio of manโs best friend.
It was sometime last year when I discovered someone in a Facebook group for pet photographers in which Iโm a member started a business in my state using a variation of The DogTog. To be honest, it was devastating at first. For a long while I stewed in it, anger bubbling up every time I looked at pet photos. Fortunately, the reality of it coincided with the pandemic and photography was put on the back burner for almost a year. During that time I was able to accept that I needed to make a change if I wanted to continue and after completing our first pet session out of the pandemic, I realized I absolutely did want to continue.
The DogTog was special to me. It represented an important moment in my life and was a constant reminder of why I started this journey to begin with. That said, bittersweet as it may be, itโs time to let it go and move forward under our new business name Muggshots Pet Photography.
Lots of changes are coming! Stay tuned
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