I rarely get a call where someone says “My dogs are perfect”.  I really like those calls True to her word, Roxie, Noel and Jazzy were perfect. Roxie was a little less thrilled about the whole thing and you could almost here her saying “Really?  You want me to smile? Really.”   Noel, who is blind(but you would never know it) might as well have been a supermodel.  She vogued for the camera  the whole time.  Makes my job easy! Jazzy is just a redheaded bombshell with those long luxurious ears.  How could she miss?

A bonus to the session, school was out so, Emily and Austin got to come too!  A full family session.  Now, don’t tell Dad about this, because this is his Valentine’s day gift!

Believe it or not, Slurpy is about to be 17 yeas old! Yes, 17.   I hope I look that good if I reach the dog age equivalent of 119 years old!  Pixie is his very delicate sister dog.  She was such a good little lady.

Yes, that is her full name. Such a beautiful girl needs a name fit for royalty! Eleanor LOVES her momma! She is a really happy girl and I think that shows in these photos. One of my favorite sessions ever! I could use these as fine art pieces.

I really have the coolest job on earth. Where else can you make bff’s with a K-9 dog?  Officer Franzen brought in his now retired K-9 partner from the Knoxville police force.  She was, as expected good as gold.  Very personable and obviously very smart!  I think she only loves me for my carvers dog treats

You will hear me say I don’t do weddings, but, I kinda lie.  I actually really like them, I am just very choosy on who I feel will fit with me.  It is such an incredibly important day, that, I really want there to be a connection between myself and the couple.  That being said, you can see from my site I do weddings.  I am excited to say I am going to do Susan and Chris’s wedding

Here are photos from their engagement session…

Just in time for Valentines Day!! Give your loved one a priceless gift that will never go out of style.  100% of the Creative fee goes to The Hope Center The creative fee is also 1/2 off and only $50.  A gift that will keep giving

This was a Christmas Eve session.    Three adorable babies whose families came home for the holidays. It was a great time and with such a beautiful family, it was an easy shoot!

Yes, you read it right… The winner of this contest is going to win a coffee table book! Only vote ONCE per  person(please no voting often) you are welcome to send this to friends and have them vote for their favorites too, if that happens to be your photo, that is great!    There is no cash value to this prize, which, is meaning in fine print speak you can’t choose to get cash vs the book.  But come on!  These books are AWESOME!   There is/was no purchase necessary, nothing you have had to do. This is just my favorites from 2009 and I wanted to pass on the fun and chance to win something great

I picked out only SOME of the standouts from the year. If you feel I have left you out(must have been taken in 2009), and you ought to be in this contest too, drop me  a line at Julie@Juliepoole.com and I will add you.  Do it quick though, as Voting ends Saturday January 9th, 2010 at 11:30pm.  So, share this with your friends!!

One last thing…The poll is IP based and if you have a static IP, that goes through one router(which most homes and businesses do) it counts the entire place no matter the number of computers/users as *one*.  Being I am not that techy, I have no idea how to change it.  There have been questions about it, so, that is the answer

So, onto the contestants!

1) Melissa

2) Raven

3)Harlee

4)Tuscany

5)Ben

6) Esteps

7) Jennifer Scarlett and Murphy

8)Oscar

9)The Pressleys

10) The Fersches

11) The Houseman 4

12) Maggie

13) Andrew

14) Barrett and Kona

15)Puggy

16)Dun ken

17) Seamus

18) Susan and Chris

19) Sharon and Kayleigh

20)Angel

21)April, Elvis and Tinkerbell

22) Jesse

23)Schoponi

24) Lily

25)Caren’s kids

26) Zac

27)Nelson

28) Dawn and Sturgis

29) cute dog

30) Wedding Party

31) The Miller babies

32) Erin and her dogs

33) Beautiful Keeshound

34)Matt and Kate

35) Evie Star

36) Amy Bryant’s rescue GSD’s

37)Dino

38) Fergal

39)Nala

40) Fiona

41) Winner’s Dog

42) Jessen Family

43) Beautiful pit bull

44)Molly

45) Lyle family

46) Woods

47)CC

48)Mulbheier family

49)boy and his dogs

50)John Carter

51)The Reedy family

52)Jesse and Tucker

53)Juneau

54) Pretty Polly

55) Cousins

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The year is going to kick off with the “Portraits for Hope” fundraiser. The Hope Center was established in 1996 to address the unmet needs of individuals infected with HIV-AIDS in Knox and surrounding 20 counties. Due to gaps in care for this population, Hope Center began developing and implementing consistent, practical, psychological and supportive care programs at no charge to patients and families affected by HIV-AIDS and other serious illnesses. Located in Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Hope Center is adjacent to physician offices. This location facilitates continuity of care between the hospital and home and allows patients to be followed from diagnosis through their last days.

So, the good news if you missed the Pet Portrait Fundraiser, you can join in on the Portraits for Hope! There will be more to come on this. Sign up for my newsletter and it will be emailed to you. I will blog about this again and please find me on facebook! I will be putting it on my “events”.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday!!!!

I LURVE babies!!!! I am not sure if I may even enjoy photographing babies more than dogs      I really find them a blast though and Andrew was SO SO SO cute!  You can’t look at these photos and not have your heart melt