If you and your dog are selected to participate in a project with Marika, in addition to getting to work with SoulDog Creative, you will receive edited digital photos from the session. The exact number will depend on the project. The photos you receive will be selected and edited by the artist (If you have a specific photo you want of or with your dog, we’ll discuss this before the session, and we’ll make sure to create that for you).

Images selected by the artist for the project will not be included in the photos you receive as they will need to be kept private until published with the project. At that point, they will be made available for purchase as printed artwork.

All models will be required to sign a model release in order to participate.

SoulDog Creative personal and creative project sessions are focused on the goals of the artist. These might include one or more of the following:

trying out a new technique or piece of equipment, exploring a new location, expressing an idea, creating imagery based on a theme, adding new work to a portfolio, creating new art for entry into photography competitions, and more.

The main goal(s) will be what we plan the session around, but we will still make time to take a photo or two that you are hoping for (as long as it is possible in the location we are shooting in).

Depending on the specific project and goal(s) these sessions will take place in various outdoor locations in Washington state. 

There will be some projects that specifically call for women and their Soul Dogs, so if you’re chosen for one of these, you’ll be asked to be in photos too.

If you’re nervous about being in photos, I get it. It can feel awkward not knowing what to do, or what’s happening behind the camera. But here’s the thing. When you are with your dog, just being in the moment together, you are absolute magic. We’ll work together to create a fun, joyful, and stress-free experience for you and your dog. If anything awkward comes up, we take a break, regroup, do some zoomies, and continue living in the moment where you and your dog are in your beautiful light.

You don’t have to be a professional model in any capacity for this. We’re about living in real moments, and creating art that is inspired by you and your Soul Dog. 

And I’ll be here to help you embrace all of it.

Your dog’s safety is always the top priority during our time together, so leashes stay on during sessions (unless we’re in a location that allows dogs to be off leash AND your dog has excellent recall). I remove leashes in post-production (images seen here are fully edited with leashes removed during the editing process or the original image was shot in a location that allowed dogs to be safely off leash), and I have tricks to help make it easy to capture moments where the leash doesn’t take away from the magic of the moment.