01/01/2026
Happy New Year!! I want to take a moment to thank the Samoyed Club of America for the opportunity to capture your special moments for these past several years. Special thanks to the show chairs: Jane Adams (2025), Beth Riley (2024) and Judy Davis (2022 – and the person who originally brought me into the world of Dog Show Photography). We are so excited to be coming back for 2026 (thank you, Diana Hauser). Last, it is important for me to mention Kathleen Farlow, who has been such a wonderful champion for us and Mary Drexler, who is “everything and anywhere, all at once.” It was such a pleasure meeting everyone and even getting to photograph some of my friends from here on the East Coast. Congratulations to all the winners!
I want to also make sure that we offer special congratulations to our Best In Show, MBIS MBISS GCHS Snowater’s Shining Dawn “AU,” bred by Ken and Kathy Granacki and to her owners, Tony and Carol Haas (and again) Ken Granacki.
As always, I am also thankful for my great assistant and dear friend, Justin Crawford. Enough yapping! Please enjoy these photos from the 2025 SCA National in October. I tried to pick one image from each order, so this is hardly inclusive as many people had many win photos, and orders go happen throughout the year - so please no one be offended if you feel a dog was left out. We are already looking forward to seeing everyone in Tennessee in 2026 and hopefully beyond! I hope you don’t mind that I added a couple of me with my boys doing our thing this year. 😊 Please remember that these images were edited on a professionally calibrated monitor, and may look either bright or a bit dark depending on how yours was calibrated.