By Susan Schmitz, owner of A Dog’s Life Photography

Co-authored by Arizona Basset Hound Rescue

Is now available for purchase

Proceeds benefit the Arizona Basset Hound Rescue

Dogs are not just simple household pets. They play many different roles in our lives. They sail through life with us like a yacht captain, cooking up experiences like a chef, while driving us to tears or laughter like a chauffeur. Bassets In Hats portrays how dogs wear many different roles in our lives… They wear a lot of hats.

~ Susan Schmitz

Preview the book below:

Available in three different price points. Click on your desired version to be directed to Blurb to complete your purchase:

Premium Version (Hardcover with premium paper) – $46.95
Standard Version (Hardcover with lighter paper) – $41.95
Economy Version (Smaller book with softcover and lighter paper) – $19.95

Dog owners and rescue groups are provided with incentives for allowing A Dog’s Life Photography to sell photos that we take of their dogs as stock photography. As a private client of A Dog’s Life, you are entitled to $50.00 off of the standard photo session fee if you sign a waiver which gives your permission for us to use the photos for resale purposes.

A Dog’s Life Photography doesn’t just photograph dogs! We are currently offering FREE PHOTO SESSIONS for exotic and rare pets. The catch is that you will need to sign a waiver and you will most likely need to bring the pet into the studio in Phoenix. Exceptions to shoot on-location will be made on a case by case basis.

Some of the Microstock companies that we work with are Shutterstock,  Big Stock Photo, Fotolia, Dreamstime and PhotoStockPlus.

• I have completely revamped the Dogs Life Photography website. It’s slick and clean! Now, I am sure that some of you may like the old site better because it was a little more “fun”. I needed to make this change because I am moving into the commercial stock photography business and needed a more professional look. Check it out at www.ADogsLifePhoto.com.

New Website Design

• I’ve finished adding all breeds from the Tails of Rescue book to the I’ve Got It Ruff section of the gift store. The store itself is still under construction and will be taking on a total facelift real soon. It’s real ugly right now. So, pardon the dust while you complete your shopping.

• I’ve added some cool new Basset Hound designs to the gift store. Click Here to check them out. There are many more to come as I work with the Arizona Basset Hound Rescue on a new Basset Hound photo book. Stay tuned for details.

• The Tails of Rescue book is now being sold at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe and at Choice Pet Market in Glendale

• I have launched a new stock photography website that allows companies and graphic designers to purchase high resolution digital files of photos of rescue dogs for commercial purposes, such as advertisements, product labels, website design, etc. This site also offers high quality photo and canvas prints of your favorite A Dogs Life Photography photos. Click Here if you are in need of some classy dog art to hang on your walls.
• I have a new assistant/intern that is helping me out with some photo sessions and photo editing. She is a fellow dog lover, budding photographer and she is active in the rescue community. Hopefully she will let me snap a few photos of her to post here to introduce her to you all!
• Last but certainly not least… I am starting a brand new photo program that is FREE to local Phoenix area dog rescue groups. Details will follow in an email to the rescue groups after I nail down all of the little details, but here’s the skinny:

1. Rescue groups are allowed one free in-studio photo session per month of one dog that is currently up for adoption.
2. The rescue group will receive high resolution digital photos to be used for adoption ads, website design, flyers or any other marketing purpose.
3. I will set up a dedicated photo product store on A Dog’s Life Photography’s Gift Shop for each participating rescue group and a portion of the proceeds of all sales of photo products sold will be donated directly to the respective rescue groups.
4. Photos from each session will be sold as stock photography and a portion of proceeds of sales will be donated to the rescue groups.

Rescue groups – I will get with you on the details in the next week or so. In the meantime, if you would like to get on the schedule for photos before the slots fill up, visit the calendar page on this site and send an email to susan@adogslifephoto.com with the days/times that you would like to book.