A few years ago, I nervously posted a model call in a local Facebook group, asking if anyone had a dog I could photograph. I’d just started dipping my toes into dog photography and wanted to build a small portfolio. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much. Maybe a few kind souls with cute dogs would respond, and I’d get a handful of practice sessions in.
What I didn’t expect? The flood of responses.
Within hours, the post had so many comments that I had to close the thread. I couldn’t keep up responding to people. It was overwhelming in the best way. People were so excited to share their dogs with me. They told me stories about their rescues, their senior pups, the dogs who had been with them through thick and thin. It wasn’t just, “Yes, you can take a photo of my dog.” It was, “Let me tell you about this soul who changed my life.”
That was the moment I knew I had something worth pursuing.
