Serving Nashville & Middle Tennessee
Fine art dog photography based in Dickson County and working east across the Nashville metro. Studio, environmental, and in-home portrait sessions for families who want art for the wall, not files for a folder.
The studio is in Burns, in Dickson County, about thirty-five miles west of downtown Nashville. It works east from there, across four counties and the towns between them.
Most of what makes a portrait good has nothing to do with where it is made. It has to do with giving a dog long enough to stop performing. That is true in a condo off Woodland Street, in a Franklin back garden, and in a field outside Burns, and it is why the location is chosen for the dog rather than for the photograph.
Three settings cover nearly every session: the studio, for a dark and controlled portrait with nothing in the frame but your dog; your home, for a dog who is anxious, elderly, or only fully himself on his own rug; and open ground, for a dog who needs room before he will settle. Which one suits is decided in the consultation, before anything is booked, and it can still change on the day if your dog says so.
Further out is not a no. If you are outside the area and we can settle on somewhere to meet, the session happens the same way it would anywhere else. Say where you are when you write and we will work it out.
Eight towns carry most of the calendar, and the communities around them are an easy drive. The setting changes; the way a session is run does not.
Studio, environmental, and in-home portraits for Nashville families in East Nashville, 12 South, Germantown, Sylvan Park, Green Hills, and the Gulch. City dogs live in condos and small yards, and an in-home session keeps an anxious one on ground he already knows. Downtown sits about thirty miles from the studio and the drive is made regularly. More on how a city session runs is on the Nashville dog photography page.
Heirloom portraiture for Franklin and the rest of Williamson County, roughly twenty-six miles from the studio. Historic homes, deep porches, and the gardens behind them all hold light well in the last hour before sunset. Framed wall art and linen-bound albums are built to be handed down, and to age well in the rooms they hang in.
Quiet, low-key portraits made for Brentwood interiors, about thirty miles east of the studio. Scale, palette, and placement are settled at the start, so a finished piece is sized for the wall it is going on rather than trimmed to fit afterwards. The black-and-gold style sits well in a neutral room.
Home base. The studio works out of Burns, in Dickson County, in the country west of Nashville. Scheduling is easier here, in-home sessions are simple to arrange, and many of the Hounds of Tennessee portraits begin within a few miles of the door.
Bellevue sits between the studio and the city, about twenty miles out, which makes it one of the easiest bookings on the calendar. Wooded lots, the ground along the Harpeth, and quiet cul-de-sacs give an environmental session room to breathe without a drive into traffic.
Fairview is about twelve miles from the studio, close enough that a session can start at first light without anyone leaving home in the dark. Open ground and wooded lots around the town suit a dog who needs a few minutes to settle before the camera comes out.
Kingston Springs and Pegram sit along the Harpeth, roughly twelve miles from the studio. River bottom, tree line, and low evening light make this some of the best environmental ground in the region, and it is a short drive from either direction.
Ashland City and the rest of northern Cheatham County are about twenty miles from the studio. Farm ground, river frontage, and long open fields give a portrait a sense of scale that a fenced yard cannot, and in-home sessions here are straightforward to schedule.
Also serving Burns, White Bluff, Charlotte, Pegram, Vanleer, Cumberland Furnace, and the surrounding Middle Tennessee communities. Not sure whether you are in range? Just ask. The studio travels for the right portrait.
If your town is not listed by name, it is probably in one of these.
Nashville, Bellevue, Joelton, Madison, and the rest of Davidson County. Most Davidson bookings are in-home or on location, with the studio in Burns as the alternative when the picture calls for a dark, controlled portrait.
Franklin, Brentwood, Fairview, Nolensville, and Thompson’s Station. Williamson County families most often want finished wall art sized to a particular room, which is planned during the consultation rather than after the photographs already exist.
Burns, Dickson, White Bluff, Charlotte, Vanleer, and Cumberland Furnace. This is home ground. The studio is here, the light is familiar, and it is the easiest part of the region to get on the calendar.
Ashland City, Kingston Springs, Pegram, and Pleasant View. Cheatham County sits directly between the studio and the north side of the metro, so a session here rarely needs much planning around the drive.
Straight answers, so nobody has to guess whether they are too far away.
Every distance below is measured from the studio in Burns, Tennessee. Road time depends on the hour and the route, so the drive is confirmed when a session is scheduled rather than estimated here.
Nashville is the furthest point in the regular run, and it is on the calendar most months. Anything past it is a conversation rather than a refusal. Spring Hill, Nolensville, Columbia, Clarksville, Hendersonville, and Murfreesboro are all within reach when we can agree on a place to meet. Say where you are in your first message and the rest gets sorted out from there.
Wherever your dog is most at ease, that is where the portrait begins.
A session in a Nashville condo and a session in a field outside Burns are planned the same way. Around your dog, with no clock running.
Choose the dramatic studio look, a favorite green space, or the comfort of your own home.
No mini sessions, no rushing. Anxious, senior, energetic, and reactive dogs are all welcome.
Framed pieces and heirloom albums delivered ready to live in your space.
