TOKYO'S ADVENTURE SHOOT

After having done pet photography for 4 years and meeting dogs with all sorts of personalities, there’s very little that surprises & challenges me.

- Prathima Pingali

One day, I got a text from Sharmila, starting with the usual, “hey, I’m looking for a photoshoot for my pet.” Little did I know that she was going to make me really push myself and my photography skills!

Sharmila’s pup, the very well known – Tokyo the travelling tail – is an adventure dog at heart & her hoomans wanted me to do a birthday photoshoot for her, travel themed! But they didn’t want the simple travel themed cake smash. They wanted to go all out.

After a month of making a mood board, understanding the kind of photos we wanted to take, of plans getting cancelled, pet friendly resorts shutting for renovations, and the lockdown finally lifting, we were able to finalize our day of adventure!

Tokyo is an indie, lockdown pup. Any pet parent today knows that, that sentence speaks for itself. As for all of my Indie clients, a pre-shoot meeting is a must, to let them get used to me & my camera. Tokyo and I hit it off within no time. It was the green signal that we can to go ahead with the shoot.

The city of Bombay was bustling on the morning of July 4. We started our journey to Camp Max – a beautiful pet friendly resort 3 hours outside Bombay – at 6am. Tokyo slept for majority of the car ride on her bright yellow blanket, or what her hoomans call – The Floofintor!