Ruthless Photos

29/10/2024

Potato is our Pupstarts board and train client, he's been living with us since last week. Now that my studio renovations are finished I brought him in for a test shoot, to make sure everything is working as it should and ready for my next booking. All his training has paid off, he was such a great model!

17/10/2024

Happy 6th birthday to the biggest goober, Peanut Butter / Butters / Butthead / the bulldozer / Butterball (he also answers to oi!). We celebrated a day early because it was forecast to rain today. It's ok, he doesn't know the day before his birthday is not his birthday!

He had an outing to his favourite place, followed by a steak breakfast and today, if he behaves himself, I'll take him to the pet shop to pick out a toy that Ninja will probably destroy.

02/10/2024

Hi all!

I mentioned recently that I'd passed the assessment to become a qualified puppy school instructor – my photography studio in Alexandria will now be home to puppy school and puppy daycare. It's still business as usual for Ruthless Photos and no, there won't be any puppies in the next room while I'm photographing your dog! In fact, after this weekend there won't be a next room as we'll be turning my space into one big room.

If you're getting a baby puppy, know someone getting a puppy, you breed puppies or you see someone in a Facebook group asking for puppy school/puppy daycare/puppy boarding recommendations I'd be eternally grateful if you sent them my way.

I'm currently taking bookings for early November.

01/10/2024

Do you have a Red Balloon voucher and you don't know what to spend it on? Well now you can spend it on meeeeeee!

16/09/2024

Lulu's order went home at the weekend so now I can share the rest of her people's favourites. She was such a delight to work with so it was nice to hear they plan to do it again when she's older (she was only 6mos here).

A video of the printed pieces is below.

03/09/2024

I added the rest of the holiday house pics to the original post ...

28/08/2024

A long overdue sneak peek of Lulu who came to my studio in July and did some fancy dancing for the camera!

Her person received a voucher for her birthday which is the best present ever for any dog nut 🥰

27/08/2024

Hullooooo! Just popping in to let you know I'm still alive and wish you all a belated happy international dogs day 😅

It's been quiet here but my life has been the opposite of quiet. The husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and a couple of weeks later we had a joint 50th birthday party. A good friend came over from Ireland for the festivities so we took him (and the boys) to Culburra for a week afterwards. There are no hooning pics this time because the garden was too small and un-photogenic.

I kinda need another holiday to recover from all that people-ing but unfortunately I don't have a Sugar Daddy so I'm back at work now. Apparently we skipped Spring and went straight into summer so if you want to book a location shoot before it gets super hot, hit me up!

06/08/2024

Helloooooo! Long time no post, whoops :o

Here are bloody loads to make up for my absence. Meet Oskar and Evie, they had a studio session with me in June and pretty much nailed every pose I asked them to do. Little legends.

04/07/2024

Sending my deepest condolences to Tovah who said goodbye to her bestest girl, Lola, on the weekend. I know we all think our dog is the best dog but there was something extra special about this little lady. Everyone who knew her loved her and she'll be missed by many. Run free Lola

26/06/2024

Thanks for the glowing review, Jeremy!

"This is the third time Ruth has taken photos of my dogs, and yet she still blew me away with the quality of the photos. It's so special to see my girls up on my wall, and to have gotten such a variety of photos to choose from (sitting and action shots) made the photos absolutely incredible. Ruth will never disappoint!"

11/06/2024

I did some adoption shoots over the long weekend. All these lookers are in care with Fetching Dogs. You can find out more about them, and apply to adopt, by visiting their website.

06/06/2024

Some favourites from my recent Autumn shoot in Canberra. It was Frankie's third time in front of my camera but I hadn't even met Penny yet. They both did so good, posing in very some difficult places with lots of distractions. Even though Penny took off after a rabbit at one point she did manage to regain her composure afterwards 😂

Their ordered artworks will be shipped directly from my lab to Canberra. Since there won't be any iPhone video to share I've added composites of the wall collection and framed storyboard.

Oh, and yes, I did make those fancy new collars they're both wearing 😎

28/05/2024

Ninjapants turned the big three on Sunday! While his new collars and lead weren't very exciting presents (for him) he did also get some toys (that he was allowed to destroy), a bully stick and a solo outing – so all in all it was a pretty good day.

I updated his album of photos on the orange chair if you want to see how the worlds most boring project is progressing 😅

28/05/2024

22/05/2024

Now that Kira's artworks have gone home I can share more from her session last month. Isn't she adorable? She wasn’t quite five months old when she had her studio session. When she’s not busy winning titles in the show ring she’s a very good (not so) little dog model.

You can see a video of the printed artworks in the comments.

20/05/2024

I’ve been saving this photo for today and then I almost forgot to post it, so you get two photos of these knuckleheads today 😎

Happy International Rescue Dog Day!

This day is proudly observed annually on May 20th to bring awareness to the countless number of amazing dogs in pounds around the country who deserve a second chance at a forever home.

If you’re not in a position to add another permanent dog to your home maybe you’d consider fostering. Groups like Fetching Dogs don’t have a shelter, all the dogs in their care are in homes like yours and they couldn’t save lives without foster carers. Check out their website for more info and to apply to be a volunteer.

For the day that’s in it, show us your rescue dog/s 🐶

19/05/2024

Trying something different (for me) in my studio yesterday. Thankfully the husband was in his space next door so he was able to come in and make the boys not look at the camera. Never a problem I had with Bruno 😅

17/05/2024

I told you once but I'll tell you again anyway ... I don't shoot weddings! I will however do a photoshoot with your dogs while you're dressed in your wedding gear, because the dogs aren't invited to the main event. This was such a fun morning, thank you for trusting me to capture these special memories for you Shane and Amanda. Benson the Rottie has since passed away so these photos are extra special.

Look in the comments for a video of the finished products.

14/05/2024

Kira's silently judging me for not doing her intro post yet 🤭
Everyone say hello to this gorgeous girlie. You'll see more of her when her finished wall collection is ready to share.

If you'd love photos like these of your own pets please get in touch!

13/05/2024

Jazz passed away yesterday at the ripe old age of 16. She was a great little dog and will be missed dearly by her cohort Mint and their people. Sending heartfelt condolences at this sad time ❤️

10/04/2024

Beau stopped by on the weekend to collect his birthday present, another bespoke Ruffined Designs (also me!) collar and lead set. He's no stranger to the Ruthless Photos studio so I knew that offering to take a few quick snaps before my client arrived wouldn't be something I'd regret - he's quite the ham!

09/04/2024

My Autumn in Canberra sessions are back, baby!

I'll be hitting the road in May (possibly the first weekend but it depends on weather and the colour of the leaves) and I have limited availability. This may be the last time I offer these so reach out ASAP if you'd like to book a session.

03/04/2024

The risk you take when you bring your Rottweiler to the photoshoot beside the body of water 😅

Am I a wedding photographer now? Absolutely not, but I will do a session with you dressed in your wedding gear so you can have photos with your dogs who won’t be at the civil ceremony.

I'll share more from this fun morning when the printed artworks are ready.

01/04/2024

My parents came to visit from Ireland recently so we took them to our favourite place, Culburra, for a holiday with their grand-dogs!

Generally when I book a holiday home it has to have a big and picturesque back garden where the dogs can hoon around and I can take photos. Unfortunately the listing for this place made it look a lot nicer than it actually was ... and didn't show the missing fence palings or the big gap under the colourbond that next door's dog liked to stick it's head under!

So, I didn't take many photos but here are a few that pretty much sum up my dogs' time there. Yes, they play rough but no one gets hurt. And yes, they badly need mani pedis 😬