Want a one-of-a-kind portrait for your holiday cards?  Looking for a great gift that will appreciate in value?

We’ll be back at the Olde Towne Pet Resort in Springfield, VA for a few portrait events before the holidays.  You can sign up HERE for the November Event.  

Like our in-home portrait sessions, each of our event sessions are customized to you and your pet.  Each session is unique and each portrait is unique.  

Doggie Swim Day!!!!! 

Here’s an event you don’t want to miss – especially if your dog loves the water!

What’s so special about this day?  The City of Alexandria will open up the Old Town Pool to dogs. 

Date:  September 2, 2008 (Tuesday after Labor Day)

Time:  4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Location:  1609 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA

Cost:  $5.00 per dog (humans free)

I’ll be there taking pictures – come up and say Hi – or Woof – as the case may be.

Photographing the Elusive Cat

Now, enough about dogs.  Here’s to a wonderful article about photographing cats.  It’s written by Susan McCullough – an award-winning writer about various animal-related topics.  Click here for the article and click here to go to Susan’s website.  We had the privilege of photographing Susan and her dog a few years ago and some of our pictures are featured on her website.

“Hoof, Paw, Claw,” an new exhibition for art and animal lovers will open at the Arts Center in Orange during a reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24th. The show runs through September 6th, 2008.

The event also will feature the unveiling of Evelyn Cowles’ painting selected for the 2008 Montpelier Hunt Races poster. The exhibition, which features sculpture, mixed media, oils, acrylics, photographs and watercolors, includes works by Elaine Hurst, Aggie Zed, Dorothy Chuey, Dana Thompson, Mary Cornish, Jan Settle, Robin Burkett, Mary Shira, Kitty Dodd, Diane Balister, Jo Hodos, Ed King, Sharon Campbell, Willa Frayser, Karen Trimmer, Laura Burrell, Marian Mercer, Jean-Francois Landeau, Joe Simms and Tyler and Austin Burdick.

A portion of its commission on gallery sales from this exhibit will be donated to the Orange County Animal Shelter and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation at Montpelier. The Arts Center in Orange is at 129 E. Main St.

For more details, call (540) 672-7311.

A few times a year we hold portrait sessions at the Olde Towne Pet Resort in Springfield, VA.  If you haven’t been there, you shouldn’t miss this state-of-the-art facility.  Call ahead and request a tour.   The sessions are now full.  To sign up on the waiting list, please go to our website:  http://www.pawprintsphotography.com/SpringAppointmentRequest2008.html

or give us a call at (703) 354-3736.  We also have several of our portraits on display throughout the resort.