Long before she picked up a camera, Amie was studying dog behaviour — drawn particularly to anxious and reactive dogs. She understands how dogs communicate, how stress presents itself in posture and gaze, and how to work with that rather than against it. She reads the room before she reads the light. That training knowledge is what separates her from photographers who are technically brilliant but can’t get a nervous dog to relax. No dog is too difficult, too old, or too anxious. She means it.

That care extends to the light itself. She told us something we haven’t forgotten: if you can see your shadow, it’s too harsh for a dog portrait. So she shoots at first light, when the world is soft and the dog is still. The result is the kind of portrait that stops you in the hallway — not because it’s technically perfect, but because it looks exactly like your dog in the moment they forgot anyone was watching.