Columbus Ohio Photography by Danielle Neil

I’m excited to let everyone know that I applied and was accepted to HeARTs Speak! This new organization joins photographers (and other artists) with animal rescues to help improve adaptability which will reduce the number of animals euthanized each year.

To learn more about HeARTs Speak visit their website at HeARTsSpeak.org. If you are a an animal rescue shelter in the Central Ohio area and would like more information on working with me, please email me at info@danielleneil.com.

Visit the Pet Portrait Gallery

These two stunning Italian Greyhounds were probably the hardest of the group to photograph. I think there was just too much going on around them with the other dogs and all the people at the park that day. 9-year-old Josie was more concerned with everything and anything around her rather than getting her photos taken. 10-year-old Guido was following his owner and making sure he had tabs on what she was doing. Both dogs were so mellow and sweet, it just took a little bit of extra work on my part to get some beautiful images of them. A lot of passers-by kept asking if Guido and Josie were puppies since Italian Greyhounds are so much smaller than your typical Greyhounds. Terri told me that every time she’s out with these two people always ask about the breed and ages. Here are just a few of my favorite portraits of these two from their trip to the park for portraits.

There's just something about the blue waterwall at Creekside in Gahanna. I had to get at least one photograph of the Greyhounds in front of it!

I love this angle of little Josie

The backdrop of the water was just perfect for this image of Guido.

Want to see more dogs? Visit the pet portrait gallery on the website.

95% of my pet and people portraits are done outdoors, this was a great chance for Bullet and Rex to be in that other 5%. Mother nature yet again was not on my side for this session in Youngstown, but I came prepared with my lighting just in case and I’m glad I did! I had a great time going room to room finding new backdrops in the house for these adorable shepherd mixes’ photos. Rex, 2, was content for the entire session, but poor Bullet, 4, was not enjoying the thunder outside and it showed. Luckily a few treats, well a lot of treats, were all it took to perk this pup up. These two dogs for sure kept me on my toes the entire time!

There were many takes of this photo before we were able to get them to both stay and look at me at the same time.

Bullet and his serious look ... he was intent on getting that treat!

Rex was more than happy to pose for the camera

What do you get when you cross an Old English Sheepdog and a Golden Retriever? Adorable, 3 year-old Gogi Bear who I met at Heritage Park in Westerville for her portrait session. Gogi at one point decided she was thirsty, so she headed over to the pond for a drink of water, but not from the edge, she got IN the water to get a drink! Her pet parents got her somewhat dried off and brushed out as best as they could with all that fur so we could finish up the session. This is why I love working with dogs, they do what they want and you just have to work with it. Besides the drink incident, we had a great session. Here’s two sneak peeks from her session.