Website Update

I just finished photographing the cutest Papillion! Tyler has inspired me to update my website. Take a look www.fifilovesfido.com

Tyler was kind enough to let me photograph him all over Palo Alto's University Ave. We got a few strange looks when I laid down on the sidewalk (never say I am not committed to getting the shot) and meowing (it got his attention). Perhaps in Berkeley I would have been a little more normal. In Palo Alto I think some will look twice when I walk down the street!

Pet fairs

Walking past adoption fairs is VERY dangerous. I fall in love quickly and intensely! Being kitten season my husband and I stumbled on an adoption fair in Berkeley. Each cage contained a small bit of playful fluff. SO tempting to bring one home. My husband gently reminds me that we have two large dogs that in loving gestures would probably terrify anything that small. I am sure he's right but I am still having heart palpitations over a little orange and cream kitten named Jack.

I am so excited for next week. I have four of my first clients set up! Soon the site will be full of dozens of different pups!

Visit us at www.fifilovesfido.com

Raise Your Paw if You Can Help

Every new business can use a leg up. Here are some fun things you can do to help!

* We need more puppy portraits (and ferrets and horses and anyone else with scales, hooves, paws, feathers, or whiskers) who would like to be photographed. For the next month we will be doing our sessions for $150 including 4x6 proofs of the session if the session is booked before 6.07.08. Call me today 650.393.4262 or 510.432.0371, sign a model release for your pet, and pow instant pet celebrity!

* We need to find pet charities. If you or someone you know runs Rocket Dog or other responsible charities dedicated to finding forever homes, please introduce. We would like to donate 10% of our sitting fees to a charity we can partner with. 

*Speaking of personal intros can you dig deep into your filo fax and introduce us to owners of high end pet boutiques, veterinarians, et. Fifi Loves Fido will be willing to do a free session for the owner and give prints to the owner at cost that will be hanging in a preapproved establishment. 

Thank you in advance for your help!

Monica MIchelle

www.fifilovesfido.com

www.ilovewhiterabbit.com

Babies and Dogs

I have heard it said many a time that someone's dog is their baby. One of the family. I am incredibly lucky to have two four legged babies and two who are lacking in the leg department. Like many parents my husband and I have agonized (well not so much agonized but pondered loudly) whether we should add to our family (four legged variety, the other ship has sailed). Then along came Peanut. Adorable amazing peanut. Peanut is 7 lbs fully grown and was looking for his forever home. I reasoned with my beloved husband that really it would be the equivalent of a cat. After a few days he relented and just as I was ready to race over to get Peanut I got a call from his foster family. They could not part with Peanut.  I am a little heart broken but thrilled for Peanut. In the meantime I am opening my new pet portrait business. I am hoping it will act as the same patch as my portrait business. I get my baby need (two legged variety) whenever newborns come into the studio. I am hoping to get my puppy fix on the new babies (you guessed it, of the four legged variety) that I will now get to photograph!

Please view my new website (still under construction) at www.fifilovesfido.com for those of you curious about the human photos visit me at White Rabbit www.ilovewhiterabbit.com

Monica Michelle

510.432.0371

650.393.4262