Seth Casteel’s Dogs of Summer

Yay!  Summer officially starts today and I have some amazing action pet portraits to usher in the dog days of 2008.  Seth Casteel is a Los Angeles-based pet photographer who specializes in documentary-style photography and capturing the spontaneity of dogs in their own surroundings.

I love his crisp style and his ability to get the elegant lines of dogs in motion as well as their wonderful split-second, utterly focused expressions.  Clearly, Seth’s background as a wildlife photographer in the Australian Outback permeates his work today in the jungles of L.A.  He also is a passionate advocate for shelter dogs, giving his time to photograph them so they look their best for potential forever companions.  Wonderful work Seth, on every level.

Contact Seth for a photography session of your pet at his website Little Friends Fine Art Pet Photography.

Learn more about Seth’s work with shelter dogs from this CBS News segment.