Willow the Dogue – Sydney Dog Photos

Willow the Dogue – Sydney Dog Photos

When I first saw baby Willow in a photo taken at one of Take a Lead's puppy school classes I fell in love. She had wrinkles for days and looked so soft and velvety. Like nearly every dog with a social media account I clicked the follow button. Quite a few months later...

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Adopt Me 04.17 – Sydney Rescue Dog Photos

Adopt Me 04.17 – Sydney Rescue Dog Photos

Here's my latest round up of adoptables. I successfully managed to get through these exercises without bringing any puppies home. Such restraint! Click on the first thumbnail to open the full image and then scroll though the gallery using your arrow keys or the arrow...

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Churros the Frenchie mix – Dogs of Sydney

Churros the Frenchie mix – Dogs of Sydney

This is Churros (or Chuey for short) and she's one of the stars of my #SquishyFaceCrew book project. She was an absolute dream to photograph and held poses for me that even her owner didn't know she was capable of! We had fairly average weather that day but we were...

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Viggo the Bernese Mountain Dog – Puppy Photographer

Viggo the Bernese Mountain Dog – Puppy Photographer

My session with Viggo's owner and her puppy was in the works for many years before it became a reality. Originally it was to be with a puppy from a different litter but life threw her a curveball and she had to put that plan on hold. Luckily for everyone involved the...

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Adopt Me 03.17 – Sydney Rescue Dog Photos

Adopt Me 03.17 – Sydney Rescue Dog Photos

All of these adoption photos were done in one afternoon, I don't mean to toot my own horn but I'm calling it a marathon effort. And so is my back! Click on the first thumbnail to open the full image and then scroll though the gallery using your arrow keys or the arrow...

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Doug the Frenchie – Sydney Pet Photographer

Doug the Frenchie – Sydney Pet Photographer

When I decided to do the #SquishyFaceCrew book project it was because I hoped to fill my schedule with shoots just like this one. Not only does Doug have an adorable little squishy face but he also had me in stitches with his antics. Before I'd even taken my first...

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Benson and Milly – Sydney Dog Photographer

Benson and Milly – Sydney Dog Photographer

It's been quiet around here while I was having some work done on my websites. Apologies if you subscribe by email and received old posts to your inbox multiple times, it wasn't my doing! I'm back now and I've stockpiled a bunch of posts for you so get ready to be...

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Adopt Me 02.17 – Rescue Dog Photographer Sydney

Adopt Me 02.17 – Rescue Dog Photographer Sydney

It's not only session blog posts I've been stockpiling, I've been building a sizeable collection of rescue photos too! Meet all the dogs and puppies I've helped to find new homes for recently. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="1"...

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Happy Take Your Dog to Work Day!

Happy Take Your Dog to Work Day!

Happy Take Your Dog To Work Day! I have these four misfits snuggling under my desk today (and every day). I'm lucky that I work from home when I'm not out photographing other people's dogs so this lot have a pretty charmed life. They did ok for a bunch of dumped dogs....

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about ruth

Based in Sydney, Ruth O’Leary, is one of Australia’s most sought after dog photographers. She takes colourful and emotive photographs of dogs in stunning locations. Since the launch of Ruthless Photos in 2008 her images have brought tears of joy to hundreds of loving pet owners across the globe.

If you’d like to find out more please contact Ruth today.

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About Ruth

Based in Sydney, Ruth O’Leary, is one of Australia’s most sought after dog photographers. She takes colourful and emotive photographs of dogs in stunning locations. Since the launch of Ruthless Photos in 2008 her images have brought tears of joy to hundreds of loving pet owners across the globe. If you’d like to find out more please contact Ruth today.