Huntsville, Alabama-based photographer Jamie Clauss and her neighbors Jan and Chase Renegar decided to have some fun one day by having a newborn photo shoot with a twist—instead of a baby, they used the couple’s dog.
Clauss had just wrapped up a newborn shoot earlier in the day, when Jan remarked that she wished she had a baby to do a shoot too, said Clauss in an interview with BuzzFeed.
Clauss suggested using Snuggles, the couple’s Jack Russell Terrier, who turned out to be a great model.
“Snuggles was so comfortable with it. She started falling asleep and snoring... It was all we could do not to laugh and wake her up.”
The lovely pictures show Jan and Chase holding and embracing her, and the dog fast asleep in a basket.
Coincidentally, the couple are also photographers, and the trio have been best friends ever since they moved in next to each other.
Clauss attributes the success of the shoot to her good relationship with Snuggles, saying that she wasn’t sure how the shoot would have gone if it had been another dog.
She has already been contacted about doing a similar shoot after the photographs went viral.
The photographer pointed out that the shoot is meant to be a light-hearted dig at how people treat their dogs like humans, and said that Jan and Chase really “treat their dogs like dogs.”
Check out some images below and view the full set here.
[via BuzzFeed, images via Count It Joy Photography]