Portfolio, the outdoor room

On Location

Your dog already has a place where they are most themselves. An on location session goes there.

Robert shoots on San Francisco beaches, in parks, along trails and through vineyards, with Golden Gate Bridge backdrops when the light and the fog cooperate. In his own words, “Location work can be anywhere in the SF Bay area, and beyond.” The session is tailored to your dog's personality and your vision, so a dog who sprints gets room to sprint and a dog who sits like a monument gets a monument's patience.

You can be in the pictures too. Robert's answer to that question is “Absolutely!” Prefer a plain grey or black ground and no weather? The Napa studio is the other room.

A goldendoodle running straight at the camera across the sand, ears flying — Full run, open sand
Goldendoodle, beach. Shot low so the ears do the talking.

A small tan dog standing on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge behind it — Under the bridge
Small tan dog, Golden Gate behind.

A Bernese mountain dog lying on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance — Bernese at rest
Lying on the sand, the bridge a quiet line behind.

A small cream dog standing small in a huge coastal dune landscape — Small dog, big shore
Dunes, wind, one cream coat.

A shaggy dog standing in shallow surf, water breaking around its legs — Shallow surf
Shaggy coat, cold water, no regrets.

A white dog standing up on its hind legs on the sand — Standing tall
White dog up on its hind legs, sand underfoot.

A small dog leaping across the sand with its shadow beneath it — Airborne
Mid leap, shadow and dog both off the ground.

A black Labrador on beach sand with its tail up, looking back — Tail up
Black Lab on the sand, a good day announced.

From the contact sheet

Cliffs, grass and a long forest trail.

Not every dog wants the beach. Some belong on a bluff above the ocean, some in tall grass, some on a trail where the light comes down in strips.

A terrier on a coastal bluff high above the ocean

A white Samoyed type dog on a cliff edge over the ocean

A tall, thin dog standing on a forest trail

Frames one to four: bluff, cliff, trail, lawn. Same photographer, same patience, a different room each time.

Crow, a husky with one blue eye, in a close portrait — Crow
Husky. One blue eye, and he knows it.

“The photos are really nice, heartwarming and hilarious.”
Peter C., Crow's dad

Hilarious is allowed. Robert works with the dog he has, not the dog in the brochure, and if the dog is a clown the picture will say so. Two dogs dancing on their hind legs on a sunny lawn is a session too.

Two dogs dancing on their hind legs on grass

Dancers, a lawn, no leash required.

Pick the place. Bring the dog.

Pricing, products and procedure start with a conversation. Tell Robert about your dog and where they love to be. See how the full photography service works, or look at the studio portraits on black and grey.

I want to meet your dog See the studio