If you are looking for a mix of garden and greenery, Spring Grove Park is the place for you! This location is best in the early morning lighting, and on weekdays (Spring Grove does have private events hosted at this location during the weekends), when the park is empty from distractions.
I enjoy the variety of textures found at this park, including cement and rock stairs, a vine covered gazebo, paved walk ways, rock walls, gardens with different colors and texture heights, a cut grass courtyard (perfect for action shots!), and a shallow creek with two small waterfalls.
With this variety, it is easy to capture dogs with longer or softer coats, keeping them dry and fluffy, but having the option to place them with backgrounds of water, or at the end of the shoot, capturing their personality as they playing in the water.
This location is wonderful for puppies or show dogs, but 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.
*This location does include a $45 travel fee.
