This Celebrate Life session is with my good friend Margaret and her pup, Bosco, who was terminally ill when we did our session. Margaret is the sister of one of my best friends, Matt. I spent basically 50% of my high school days at their house — eating italians, watching TV, playing video games. Their whole family is super special to me, dogs included. At the time it was just Bosco and their girl pup, Ivy — two peas in a pod. I remember every time I’d come over — it didn’t matter if it was 4-5 times in a week — they would run to the door and bark…

This is a tough one for me — both tough to photograph and tough to write about now. This is my brother, Gray, and his Boston terrier, Waaffi. Gray and his longtime girlfriend, Esther, adopted Waaffi when he was about a year old. He was the best pup — highly energetic and neurotic in all the best ways. Gray and Esther had somewhat recently returned home to Maine after a month-long road trip and finally had an opportunity to take in a dog, which they had both wanted for a long time. He had a few bumps along the road, including getting hit by a car (which he survived with…