Diana Lundin, Pet Photographer -- The Origin StoryThis is more of a post about my pet photography beginnings, just sliced in a different way. And hey, it's fun to write "origin story!"There are several tributaries, sure, but this is how I ended down the main one to become a pet photographer here in Los Angeles who has actually won awards in several international competitions.I only say that because this is the story of how my crap photography became the thing of beauty it is today. Lol. 😂 And I say that tongue-in-cheek but I if I'm honest, I do believe my photography captures the beauty of the canine, feline, and human spirit.But here's the point! There's something you like a lot. Love. ...

I had an event earlier this year called the The Untamed Beasts Traveling Circus and Slobber Show in which I photographed dogs on a circus set. An elephant plinth, a circus background and a bunch of cute props. It was quite successful and I was just about starting another one in March for Shelter Hope Pet Shop in Thousand Oaks just before the lockdown started. By that point, things were getting dicey so we canceled it, hoping we could do it later.We haven't so far but one of the dog owners who had signed up still wanted a shoot for her dogs. So in her garage, wearing masks and keeping our distance, we photographed all three with the striped backdrop. I made a gallery for her to choose from ...

On September 28, we're throwing our Pizza Party for Dogs at Kriser's Natural Pet in Studio City! We've booked 22 sessions throughout the afternoon and the $39 session fee goes to benefit DR Doghouse Pitbull Rescue.After our five years worth of dogs-eating-ice cream, we've started thinking about dogs-eating-pizza photo shoot since last year but wanted to get "Dogs Vs. Ice Cream" out into the world first. Our launch date for the book was August 1 and we spent some time at signings. And then... we needed something new and fun to do and the pizza idea came to fruition.I amassed the props... brick backdrop (I had to think really long and hard about what kind of background our fake pizzeria ...

It’s dusk in Los Angeles. Palm trees black against a cobalt sky. Horizon glowing like a cigarette’s lit end. You and your dog as restless as the Santa Anas. You want to hit L.A.’s gritty streets to sniff up something new.Here it is . . . Dog Noir – an uncommon photo shoot.Transform into a film-noir character – gumshoe, damsel in distress, gangster, gun moll, femme fatale – and head with your dog to an iconic L.A. film-noir location. Does it look like a 1940s, black & white movie still starring you and your dog? That’s the point, baby.Oh, I've been busy behind the scenes and I'm finally ready to introduce my latest project! It's called Dog Noir ...