Barbara Brady-Smith - Share The Joy Photography

Barbara Brady-Smith - Share The Joy Photography Barbara Brady-Smith is an award winning photographer who captures beautiful images inspired by nature and beloved pets.

I offer beautiful artwork to adorn you walls, fun pet photography stylized sessions and photography classes.

08/16/2026

Yesterday, I had the privilege of photographing 17-year-old JoJo and the family who has loved her for all these years. Her story began when Brenda was just 10 years old, when her dad gave her JoJo as a puppy. Today, their family is making sure JoJo gets one last day filled with all the things she loves most: a ride through Home Depot, a visit with her friends at Trader Joe’s, where she’s quite famous, a pup burger from In-N-Out and, of course, plenty of love, cuddles and one last adventure together. ❤️

Today is all about celebrating JoJo and 17 wonderful years of being deeply loved.

08/01/2026

Juniper's parents described her as a 'party girl,' very excitable and extremely friendly in their session questionnaire. Well, I got the message...I was going to meet one outgoing little pup! And that she was. On top of that, she was adorable, sweet, photogenic and very eager to please. Here is a sneak peek at this almost 3 year old Cocker Spaniel's session with her equally photogenic (and still newlywed) parents!

I really enjoy the mayhem, ooops, I mean the fun that comes with multi dog sessions. And when the session includes two ...
07/08/2026

I really enjoy the mayhem, ooops, I mean the fun that comes with multi dog sessions. And when the session includes two generations of dog owners, the fun explodes! Not only do I get to experience all the dogs, but I can watch how they interact with each other and how all the adults interact too! Well this family was a dream. Mom originally considered a session to just celebrate her 11 year old Old English Sheepdog but then decided to include kids and their dogs too. So I met Abner, the Sheepdog, Levi, a Havanese and Rufus an Australian Shepherd mix. We spent time in the studio and then headed out to our local park to capture images as the sun went down. I will share pictures of each dog in their own post shortly, because each dog was so lovely and unique, but thought you might enjoy a few highlights from the studio component of our time together.

Story time! Six or so years ago, I received an inquiry from a photographer looking for some pet photography mentoring. I...
06/27/2026

Story time! Six or so years ago, I received an inquiry from a photographer looking for some pet photography mentoring. I can say that some of the most wonderful relationships I have developed in the last 15 years have been from a photography workshop I have either taught or attended. This inquiry was one of those. Penny is a local, living only 15 or so miles away and manages a very successful dog walking and pet sitting business. In addition, she’s a fantastic photographer with a load of built-in incredible dog models and an all around wonderful person. Well, our mentoring time together was so much fun. We share so many interests not the least of which are photography and dogs and like many of the other mentoring experiences I’ve had, a lasting friendship came from it. And then one day she posted a video of her little Wally singing an AI generated hilarious song. (I’ll put the video in the first comment). I had seen lots of pictures of Wally that Penny had posted, because he was a dog walking client that she later she ended up taking care of full time as his mom had to go into assisted-living. (Was that a record run-on sentence?) Well I kind of developed a little crush on Wally and stalked him on social media! I finally got my hands on him in the studio. And of course, my Joey had to join in the fun! I’ve included a few goofy outtakes. And can’t you just see the joy emanating from dear Penny?

A little shout out tonight to our dear golden retriever Joey. I have had a number of puppy sessions recently. This is ...
06/23/2026

A little shout out tonight to our dear golden retriever Joey. I have had a number of puppy sessions recently. This is when I photograph a puppy when the owner first gets them, again when the puppy is four months or so and finally when the puppy is full grown. At the first session, the puppy has not had its first shots, so the studio is sanitized and the puppy only potties or plays in our backyard. I happen to have a golden retriever who is an extraordinary puppy socializer. He is incredibly gentle and tolerant so the puppies get to play with him and he wears them out. Well we started a new trend. I will share the full puppy sessions soon, but we decided to end the sessions with a few photos with dear Joey! How cute are these? The little blond is Monty, a mini labradoodle. Monty wore himself out playing before the first session and fell asleep with Joey. Check out how much he grew by his second session! The other puppy is Mamie, a beautiful flat coated retriever. She got a little too mouthy with Joey during her second session and Joey let her know what he thought about that. His gentle (although it looks scary) verbal correction did the trick and it was a wonderful lesson for this dear Pup. Lots more to come!

It’s very rare that a client brings their own frame to use with their canvas portrait, but this frame held special signi...
05/09/2026

It’s very rare that a client brings their own frame to use with their canvas portrait, but this frame held special significance. My client’s mom was an artist who left an inventory of high-quality frames when she passed. My client had the great idea that this frame might be perfect for their portrait and I 100% agree!

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