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Before you say yes…‼️
you should know this is more than a photoshoot.

Living Lineage was created to preserve something deeper instinct, purpose, presence, and legacy

The dogs that built history, the breeds that still carry it✨

Lately, something incredible has happened.
The calls keep coming.
The messages keep coming.
People from across the country, and now internationally
want to be part of this.

What started as an idea…is becoming something far bigger than I imagined. This isn’t about perfect poses.
It’s about capturing what makes your dog them.

Their purpose…their fire…their story

Once the volumes is published,
these moments can never be recreated again.

✨Will your dog be part of history?✨

#livinglineage #breedpreservation #workingdog #fineartdogphotography #herdingdogsofinstagram

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Happy Mother’s Day to every dog mom I’ve had the privilege of photographing over the years. 🤍

One of the greatest honors of what I do is witnessing the love between a woman and the dog who changed her life.
I’ve watched you kneel in rivers to hold your senior dog a little closer. I’ve watched you cry during gallery reveals because you realized just how deeply you love them. I’ve watched you celebrate new beginnings with puppies, hold onto final seasons with aging souls, and look at your dogs with the kind of love that doesn’t need words to be understood.

The bond you share with them was never something small. It’s the way they wait for you. The way they look at you when no one else is watching. The quiet understanding built over years of living life side by side.
It’s the kind of love that becomes part of who you are.
And every time you trust me to preserve that connection, I never take it lightly.

So today, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for letting me tell your stories. Thank you for loving your dogs so fiercely. And thank you for allowing me to create artwork that helps preserve pieces of your heart forever.

Happy Mother’s Day to the women whose love changed a dog’s entire world🤍

#happymothersday❤️ #moms #dogmoms #dogphotography #dogphotographer

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Unmoved in Pink Silence

#belgianmalinois #pinklakephotography #rarelocations #destinationdogphotography
#fineartpetportrait #luxurydogphotography #canineportrait #dogportraitcollective #artofdogs #dogphotographer #petartwork #custompetportrait #savannahraephotography #destinationexperience #uniquelocations #doglovers

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🚨 Calling all herding breeds, the ones who *feel* the land before they move through it.
At the edge of the pink lake, where the salt mirrors the sky, instinct met stillness, and art met soul.

This is more than a photograph, it’s a legacy in motion.
*Spirit Within the Flock* is a nationally published fine art photobook, a chronicle of the rare and remarkable dogs whose stories are written not in words, but in wind, earth, and gaze✨

Each portrait intertwines the dog and the landscape, capturing not just their beauty, but their *being.*
Because true art doesn’t show what they look like, it reveals *who they are.*

🔥 Comment GAZE if your herding dog’s spirit deserves to be immortalized in this published legacy.

#herdingdogs #dogphotographer #petphotographer #smoothcollie #bordercollie #mudi #germanshepherd #beligianmalinois #herdingdog #herdingbreed #sheepdog #dogphotography #destinationphotographer #utahphotographer #montanaphotographer #michiganphotographer #wisconsinphotographer #travelphotography #nationalphotography #shepherdlove #shepherdmix #newmexicophotographer #ohiophotographer #dogsports

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✨ Come with me, and you’ll be… in a world of pure imagination.✨
Utah’s salt flats glowing under endless sky Michigan’s forests burning gold at dusk
Ohio waterfalls into a misty river The white sands of New Mexico, shimmering like snow beneath the sun
In each of these places, I’ve witnessed more than landscapes. I’ve witnessed souls, dogs whose eyes held fire, whose stance carried instinct, whose presence transformed fleeting seconds into something eternal.
Every portrait becomes more than an image. It is spirit, memory, and story, woven into the land itself. 🍃

Comment Imagination to have your dog’s story told in not just pretty photos but in dream lands and create artwork

#willywonka #destinationphotography #travel #newmexicophotographer #utahphotographer #saltlakecity #dogphotoshoot #dogart #herdingdog #bullterrier #michiganphotographer #dogsarefamily #westvalley #briard #sheepdog #ohiophotographer #dogsports #Alaska #Montana #yellowstonenationalpark #seattlewashington #Washington #seattlephotographer #dogartwork #dogsarethebest #sheltie #finnishlapphund #swedishvallhund #corgi

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Welcome to something full of Soul and Fire 🔥
For the dogs led by instinct✨

This isn’t just photography. It’s fine art, a deeper story, woven into every leap, every glance, every unspoken command.
Not everyone will understand.
It’s for those who know the herding spirit, the fire in the eyes, the pull of the land, the instinct that can’t be tamed.

This is Spirit Within the Flock.
A legacy of instinct.
A story in motion.

Savannah Rae Photography

#dogphotography #dogphotoshoot #dogphotographer #herdingdogsofinstagram #herdingdogs #germanshepherdpuppy #englishshepherd #dogportraits #petportraitartist #petportraitsofinstagram #michiganphotographer #utahphotography #newmexicotrue #seattle #saltlakecity #washingtonexplored #southcarolina

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💗Maverick Pink Lake Spirit Within the Flock Highlights💗

Some places don’t look real, they look like a dream you’ve been carrying in your head until suddenly, you’re standing in it. That’s what it felt like when Megan and Maverick ventured out onto the Great Salt Lake and Pink Lake💗

The water shimmered with its rose hue, the salt bed glowing beneath the surface, and clouds opened to swallow the last light of sunset. Maverick ran free across the water’s edge, his paws leaving ripples in something that felt almost painted.

Here’s the truth: experiences like this don’t wait. The light shifts, the season changes, and suddenly what was possible yesterday is gone. If you’ve been saying, “I’ll do it later,” later won’t give you this.

✨ Dogs deserve to be remembered in their element, running, leaping, and living inside backdrops that feel like another world. That’s what I do: I take what is fleeting and turn it into artwork you’ll never lose.

⚡ Don’t let this season, this chapter, this version of your dog pass undocumented. That’s the cost of waiting.

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#pinklake #utahphotographer #StansburyIsland #dogphotographer #herdingdogs #dogphotos #belgianmalinois #mountains #petphotographer #souldog #pink #lakelife #souldog

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🍁 Every fall I hear it: “My dog would never sit still in the leaves.”

And you’re right — most don’t. They jump, they dig, they chase, they run.
But here’s the secret → that’s not a problem. That’s the story.

When I photograph your dog, I don’t fight their energy. I build the session around it. Short bursts. Play cues. Natural pauses in between. The chaos you fear becomes the movement I use, and the movement turns into memory.

The final portraits? They don’t look like struggle. They look like calm, timeless art — the kind that feels true to your dog because it came from who they are, not who they “should be.”

Your dog doesn’t need to sit perfectly to create heirloom art. They just need to be themselves.

💬 Comment PLAY if you’re ready for portraits that turn chaos into art♥️

#dogportraitartist #dogportait #dogphoto #dogphotoshoot #dogphotooftheday #beligianmalinois #shepherds #goldenretrieverlovers #goldenretrievertoday #dogsarefamily #destinationphotographer #petphotography #35mm #nikonphotography

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🤍💞Pink Lake is Magic Locations and K9s work together 💕

Maverick and Megan showed me what happens when you don’t wait, you invest in the memory while it’s still here💕

Spirit Within the Flock isn’t just about dogs. It’s about honoring the herding breeds whose instinct, devotion, and drive deserve to be remembered in places as rare as they are.

The Great Salt Lake is changing. The shades of pink, the mirrored skies, the wild beauty — all of it may look different tomorrow.

⏳ In 90 days, you could still be saying “someday.”
Or you could already have these memories preserved in a photobook, woven into a story that lasts.

Because moments fade. But legacy doesn’t.

✨ Comment DREAM if your herding dog deserves to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime book

#pinklake #dogphotography #dogphotographer #dogphotoshoot #dogportraits #dogsarefamily #michiganphotographer #destinationphotography #travelphotoshoot #belgianmalinoisofinstagram #utahphotography #utahphotographers #saltlakecityutah #stansburyisland

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Ended the night with a pack walk with some friends ❤️
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#germanshepherd #germanshepherdsofinstagram
#germanshepherdinsta #germanshepherdig
#dogsofinstagram #dogstagram

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