As we get nearer to the vacation season, determining the proper present for family and friends members begins to pop into our minds.

There’s at all times the dependable present card to a favourite retailer or restaurant, bottle of wine or slippers which you can fall again on. However, watching somebody open a present that will heat their coronary heart and supply that means is one factor that makes the vacations so particular.

For animal lovers and pet dad and mom, their hearts usually lie with the canine, cats and different animals that share their lives. So any present that features their pet is a positive hearth winner.

Serving to create an ideal pet dad or mum present is Emily Brenengen, proprietor and lead photographer of EmBARK Pet Images in Greeley.

Bernegen makes use of her information, abilities and digicam to seize images of pets that may final a lifetime.

“I really feel like I’ve at all times gotten alongside very effectively with animals; there’s just a few sort of connection I’ve with them. Each single animal has a novel persona,” Brenengen stated. “Photographing folks is sort of a tough enterprise, like weddings and all that. Pets are simply candy and so loving.”

Earlier than establishing a session, Brenengen sends pet dad and mom a questionnaire about their “furry, scaly, hairless or feathered member of the family” that enables her to find out about that pet’s distinctive character and pursuits. This data helps Brenengen seize the soul and essence of every pet throughout the shoot.

Photograph classes might be animals solely or with proprietor and pets. Brenengen additionally presents a Celebration of Life Session that enables her to seize the final reminiscences of a pet whose life is restricted attributable to age or sickness.

Whereas most of her shoots happen round Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins, Brenengen is up for touring wherever — together with Hawaii. Photograph shoots might be outdoors or at an proprietor’s house and for those who’re undecided of a location, Brenengen has some concepts and ideas for gorgeous backdrops.

“The outside, I simply love the colours and there’s a lot extra creativity that may be included into my images,” Brenengen stated.

Images classes aren’t simply restricted to canine.

Brenengen is open to photographing quite a lot of pets, together with horses, lizards and every other animal that’s a part of your loved ones.

“One in every of my favourite images is definitely of a hen,” Brenengen stated, laughing. “I not too long ago had a horse photograph shoot which was a primary for me. That was a studying expertise. I used to be shocked at how massive they have been and the way curious they have been. I needed to be taught their physique language. Horses are sort of like massive canine.”

Brenengen has a objective to take a photograph of a pet fish of their tank utilizing a water-resistant case for her digicam.

“That’s one of many bucket checklist photograph shoots for me,” she quipped.

Brenengen’s hottest photograph bundle is an hour-long session that comes with 5 photographs with the choice to buy extra. That bundle runs round $300 per session.

She additionally presents animal and proprietor photograph classes that enables Brenengen to seize that particular bond between pet and dad or mum.

Brenengen first grew to become enthusiastic about images when she first held her “very personal chunky level and shoot digicam at 10 years outdated.” From then on, she knew images was going to be a lifelong ardour.

Being on location and truly taking the photographs is only a small a part of the job. The bigger, extra time consuming portion is the enhancing course of. Nonetheless, Brenengen enjoys the prolonged enhancing course of.

“There’s a variety of peace in it for me. I get into it and get inventive and inventive and sort of be alone,” she stated. “It’s a pleasant time for me; I actually take pleasure in it.”

Whereas she began out photographing folks, occasions and weddings, Brenengen later discovered that she might mix her love for animals along with her ardour for images right into a enterprise.

“I just about converted in January to photographing pets solely. I made a decision to mix my love for animals and images to unfold consciousness for animals nonetheless needing properties,” she defined. “Because of photographing foster animals for his or her adoption pages, I spotted taking photos of animals makes me really glad.”

Figuring out how “obsessed” she is along with her personal pets — Roxy, a Pomeranian Chihuahua terrier and Julian, a Whippet terrier—Brenengen figured she wasn’t the one one that would like to have skilled images of their pets.

“Specializing in pet images permits me to pour my soul and vitality into an artwork that makes me smile,” Brenengen stated. “I’m grateful to have the ability to discover new locations, meet different pet homeowners, witness probably the most lovely moments and provides stomach rubs to canine.”

Brenengen and her husband moved to Greeley from Wisconsin in order that he might attend flight faculty at Goals Group School.

“We have been each born and raised in Wisconsin and spent three years in Hawaii,” she stated. “I used to be stunned what number of canine folks there are in Greeley. Lots of people in Wisconsin have canine, however out right here, it’s simply subsequent stage.”

For extra info on EmBARK Pet Images, to see extra of Brenengen’s work, or to arrange a shoot, go to www.embarkpetphotography.com.