Pawtraits PH

26/02/2024

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 10 𝒚𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅 ✨🌿 (That is 70 in dog years 🥺).

Why do we shoot in nature?

In nature, there is no need to hurry. With dogs, the best shots are the ones that they give you.

In nature, we can bathe in terpenes. With dogs, they sniff and enjoy all the new sights and smells.

So why do we shoot in nature?

To bring out the true nature of our dogs.

Here's Nature doing it's magic on our friend, Precious. If only momentarily healing her hip dysplasia and ailments due to age so she can enjoy her . 💗

30/01/2024

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 3 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔!" This comes a surprise to some when they meet Buddy. I do forget about it sometimes. With his agility and wildness, he never reminds me that he is missing one leg. Every chance he gets, he runs like he's chasing the wind. He nudges me with a paw when he likes something just like any other dog.

He is a 3-legged-dog but to me he is whole. ✨💖

Buddy will be with me this weekend. Say hello. 🌿🐾

28/01/2024

Give the gift of beautiful memories of you and your dogs. 💝

23/01/2024

The 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 at the Garden is back! If you missed this limited session last December, now is a good time to make new memories with your furry ones.

Every 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 session is our story of love written for our dogs and each photograph is a memorable keepsake.

Spend a day frolicking around the Garden or chilling in the little cozy corners, let’s capture the beautiful moments as it unfolds.

We can't wait to add a page to your story.

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22/01/2024

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞? 🐶 (I see all the dog people nodding yes. 🤎🙌💁‍♂️)

Spending a lot of time around people and their dogs, I notice the nuances of facial expressions and body language.

So, what makes your dog smile? It’s 𝐘𝐎𝐔.

Your dogs love being around you more than anything. They may love treats and toys, too, but they look forward to sharing that with you.

Let’s capture your dog smiling at you so you can look back at these keepsake memories and smile again.

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Some behind-the- scenes up on my stories and a glimpse of what Bam’s reason to smile is.

A little correction on my previous post about Bam - Bam is 15 years old (not 13) and will be turning 16 soon. Amazing dog! 🥺 What an honor to shoot this lovely being!

10/01/2024

Spay & Neuter alert. 🐾

22/06/2023

Home ✨🐚

Solitude nourishes the soul.

To learn to be at home with one's own company is such a wonderful state of being and a gift to truly give to self.

My dogs are welcome in my solitude. When I share with them rhe places that are memorable to me, they cease to be just mere islands to visit. They become a 'sanctuary' where memories take refuge in safety.

📍 Malapascua Island is the first island I took in 2009. Setting foot with Stipe felt like coming full circle in this . It felt like home.

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Check out my previous post ✨photographic print sale✨ of my Wanderings Collections.

21/06/2023

𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆
Luster 270GSM (with frame)
A4 (8.25 x 11.75 in)
Edition of 7
Available in other sizes upon request.

Introducing '𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒,' a collection of photos and stories taking you to some of our beautiful islands.

There is such a solitary nature in this creative pursuit of photography and yet I savor the time of ‘aloneness.’ I crave moments of solitude where I can soak the slowness of life and bask in the rejuvenation.

This was one of those moments.

The island was just starting to wake up, the fisher folks just arriving with the day’s first catch. I catch a glimpse of this dog following me and my dog, Stipe. His every step full of the promise of the new day.

He continued on and found his pack. To my surprise, he went back the other way and now, my dog and I were following him. We caught him at the end of the beach where he found a spot where we left him satiated in his Solitude.


𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, a limited edition photographic print collection is NOW AVAILABLE.

Two of the upcoming prints will be available at Soul Fest 2023 in Soul Sierra this weekend. Say hello at the booth along with other local creatives.

17/04/2023

Thank you Hazel, Diane, and the Happy Tails Philippines team for joining us for . To Hope and Sam, you are the best ambassador of our beautiful aspin breed.

Special thanks to Ms Leanne Roa & Havaianas Philippines for choosing to share the advocacy of Happy Tails in this special event.

HOPE checks out our certificate :)

17/04/2023

When Peanut and Butter enter the building, you will know. These adorable ones really light up the event they are invited to. Thank you for joining the . We love you!

Special thanks to Floria Cebu for the beautiful event styling. 💗. Look at our beautiful backdrop! 🥰

17/04/2023

Thank you Click Cebu & Niza Mariñas for featuring our event yesterday

10/04/2023

✨Dog Yoga at The Bloc ✨

Here are some highlights of our first community event of the year back in March.

Dogs teach us a lot about balance. While we have a notion that balance is all about zen and spa days but sometimes it's confronting our most busy days, and finding pockets of time to go back to our mindfulness practice. Asanas is an integral part of yoga life that we can rely on to bring us back to center and one that we can totally share space with our dogs.

We are on our 4th year of Pet Yoga and we'd like to thank everyone for the support! .

A huge thanks to for always giving space for our advocacy.

To our guide Jaya of

To our beneficiaries pet sanctuary and

To our speakers Althea .morphe & , Ma'am Penelope of Cats and Dogs Matter and Hazel of Happy Tails

To our collaborators and to everyone who joined

More photos coming! (Forgive me for taking so long! 🙈🙏🏻💗)

10/04/2023

Join the Havaianas Summer Walk. Take a stroll with your furry BFF and your favorite Havaianas around Ayala Center Cebu Sunday, April 16, 2023.

Visit the All Flip-Flops shop in Ayala Center Cebu. Scan the QR code and register. Qualified entries will be notified through text message.

This activity is limited to the first 15 fur parents who register.

05/04/2023

Picking this quiet time to say hello and to reintroduce myself in this space along with my dogs, Stipe and Buddy. 💗🙏🏻✨ In the pursuit of a moderately paced life, I turned to dogs and pet photography. I took inspiration from my dogs who were the original reasons why I started pet photography, and found a way to incorporate my love for the great outdoors, travel, and wellness through .

It took me a long time to start this account and much longer to engage in it because learning to downshift in life included practice in lessening distractions. Thinking that I didn't want to add to the noise, I was silencing much of my stories, relegating them as trivial or saving them for later. Then I came across an article on medium.com about providing a clear avenue for support by asking yourself "Where can I get and give more support?" It doesn't have to be a grandiose act but rather a clear channel to get your vision out there and in turn, how this (you & your art) can be useful to the community.

So if we've just connected recently, I welcome you. 🙏✨ Please feel free to share with me your stories with your companion animals or anything that you resonate with in my posts.

To everyone who's been here for a while, thank you! 💖✨I am reminded that social media is a powerful tool only because of the community that engages in it.

Lastly, I'm encouraging you to watch this space for a lot of summer fun updates. My dogs and I are beyond excited.

Wishing you all a peacful and reflective Holy Week! 🌿

06/03/2023

Some photos of our first indoor pet asanas yesterday. 🙏🏻

03/03/2023

See you all with your pups tomorrow at DOG YOGA AT THE BLOC at Ayala Malls Central Bloc Activity Center, 3rd floor.

No pup? You are still welcome to join us. Kindly still register here >>> https://tinyurl.com/DogYogaACBat

Booths open at 10am! Please support the booths from

Tanyanyas • Hill House
Happy Tails Philippines
Wudiis
11:11 Crystals and Creations
Harmony and Tea Supplies

This is in collaboration with Jaya and Mahayoga Institute.

27/02/2023

Spots are filling up for our upcoming Dog Yoga at the Bloc this Sunday!

Booths open at 10am (mall hours):

Tanyanyas • Hill House
Happy Tails Philippines

Wudiis
11:11 Crystals and Creations
Harmony Tea

See you all this Sunday!

March 5, 2023 (Sunday) Registration Fee: Php 222 Payment shall be settled on the day of the event. Guidelines shall be sent separately once registration is confirmed.

27/02/2023

Dog Yoga is back! Join us for our first wellness activity for the year - "Dog Yoga at The Bloc" at Ayala Malls Central Bloc

As March is Women's month, we've invited outstanding women speakers to share their passion for animals and wellness. We also have booths from women-owned small businesses!

It's also our 4th year collaborating with Jaya Indra of Mahayoga Institute who is going to guide our yoga classes on Sunday.

This event is for the benefit of Tanyanyas • Hill House and Happy Tails Philippines

More info and registration link BELOW ⬇️. See you there! ✨

March 5, 2023 (Sunday) Registration Fee: Php 222 Payment shall be settled on the day of the event. Guidelines shall be sent separately once registration is confirmed.

14/02/2023

Oh, deer! 💗

Indeed, love is the answer. This couldn't be any more true than to our endangered Philippine wildlife.

Here are two alpha male native deers saving their kind from extinction.

Our kind of valentinos. 💖🥰

03/02/2023

2.3.23 // Hello! I'm back from hibernation 💫

I hopped on this with reckless abandon kicking some ideas into full gear.

Here are 3 simple updates for 2023:

∙ 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵. I’ll be shining the spotlight on our gorgeous Philippine Native Deer and other wildlife for this next one. This is a special one and I can't wait!🦌

∙ 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯. I’ve had a few inquiries and I feel this is the right time release limited edition prints.

∙ 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 & 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 I will open my photo sessions again now that the sun is out. I also have a bit of travel in the horizon and can squeeze in sessions in the islands. This will be a fun year to get together again so please stay tuned for all the events we're cooking up for you and your furry loves.

Thank you for sharing this space with me. You are all welcome here along with your animal family members.

And Belated Happy Lunar new year to you all! ☯🧿

01/12/2022

Sharing a little of this magnificent experience.

It is truly a beautiful moment having an animal gaze at you, not only in recognition but of an unspoken connection - a bond, if you will - between two living 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 sharing space.

Watch this space for more of my stories and how to support our own native wildlife. 🤎

Photo: Philippine Native Deer [𝘕𝘶𝘴𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢] / 2016

22/11/2022

11.22.22. Endings & Beginnings 💫

Children and dogs together are truly my favorite subjects.

This series of photographs show the bustling energy of young children starkly juxtaposed with the mellowness of their senior dog. One reminds us of the excitement of a life that is just beginning and the other, we can reflect on a life well-lived. Both are beautiful reminders of the gift of life and the importance of tending to the in-between.

🌈 Coco - senior chihuahua, 14yrs old 💔

10/09/2022

Wanderings 🌿 Just a little glimpse into my .💚





📸 Christine dela Torre

05/09/2022

Kulas, my tripawd friend (and Buddy's frenemy at The Garden)❣️A certified aka Dog with Durability 🐾🙌🏼

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05/09/2022

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 - A sneek peak 👀

What an honor to be a part of a magical gathering at in Soul Sierra last Saturday. ✨🕊💚🌿

Wellness and alignment have been such a big part of my creativity & vice versa. Making room for more 'food for the soul' to effortlessly flow into my heart work.

Thank you for letting me capture all your light last weekend!

26/08/2022

Resharing this video of Buddy and his friends enjoying a day at Ayala Malls Central Bloc. ❣️ Thank you for welcoming all our family members.

Happy International Dog Day! 🐾

ps. Buddy's such a natural haha He may not know what an agility course is but he knows how to have fun like a mall rat.

26/08/2022

Here's Buddy and his friends wishing you a Happy International Dog Day! 🐾❣️

Thank you Ayala Malls Central Bloc for always welcoming our pets into your space.

Thank you for featuring Buddy! There is no acting here haha He genuinely loves his mall time and gets too excited!🥰