The Kalamazoo University is a wonderful location to photograph dogs in the Spring, Summer and Fall. As most universities have, there is an abundance of historical and modern architecture, as well as a plethora of gardens with various textures and colors, all within an easy, and handicap accessible walking distance.

I had the pleasure of photographing several shows dog at this location, during the UKC Premier Nationals, as well as a beloved pet dog, last Summer, and look forward to returning for the UKC Premier Nationals to photograph more dogs on campus!

During all photoshoots, I do keep all dogs on leashes. In my camera bag, I keep several styles of leashes, including thiner show leads for the smallest dogs, heavier leather leads for the bigger dogs, and a long 15’ leash we can use for action shots. These leads are always edited out of your final image, leaving it looking as though your dog was the perfect angle, posing like a professional dog!

As always - no dog training is needed to capture professional photographs of your dog! It does help when your dogs knows the basics (sit, down, stay or wait), but I am very used to working with puppy brains or show dogs, where photographing them standing, and then capturing them in a sit or down when they naturally provide that behavior, is perfectly fine as well.