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Brides, Pets and Photographers

9/9/2014

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A little over a week ago I wrote a Throwback Thursday post which had several images of Molly the Wonder Dog. After a couple of fun comments from people about photographing pups at weddings, on the Facebook Wedding Photographer page I put out a request for bridal pets. A big thanks to those of you who shared images from past events. Just click on the image if you'd like to find out more about the artist.
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The pup on the wedding day...posted by Stephanie Rogers
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Here's the bottom line...

The top three hierarchy of why people hire a professional photographer in the portrait/social sector goes brides, babies and pets, in that order. This data came out of a Kodak survey at least 15 years ago and I don't believe it's changed at all. What has changed is the growing number of pets in the world.

Just for the U.S. market: Data published on the ASPCA site over the last year or so shows "70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats are owned in the United States. Approximately 37-47% of all households in the United States have a dog, and 30-37% have a cat. (Source: APPA)." 

It's a simple point - if pets aren't in your repertoire, maybe it's time to consider.  At the very least, expect them to be in the wedding party now and then!
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