How I photograph animals

You want to keep the time you have with your best friend. We go for a walk somewhere familiar to them, real memories, no stress.

Dogs and cats, old and young, sometimes horses. I come to your home or we meet for a walk. No studio lights, no “look at the lens” — just the animal, you, and me. Patience is the tool, not the shutter.

Lead has to stay on? No problem, we can work it so the lead disappears in editing, or doesn’t show at all.

Sometimes the dog is not the whole picture but the fourth member of the party on a big day. I love photographing a wedding with a dog as much as a plain walk with your pet. Schloss Wiligrad and the Schwerin palace garden are ideal for it, open, dog-friendly and calm enough that your animal can simply be itself.