The 8 Best Pet Photographers in New York City

Leslie Leda is a New York City and New Jersey-based pet photographer who shoots for clients around the country and world. She capitalizes on her high-level editing expertise and comfort working in natural, outdoor settings.

In fact, Leslie has a style that simultaneously merges dark values with intensely bright colors. The result is a captivating portfolio of photographs that are perfectly suited for clients desiring large decorative wall prints in their homes or office spaces.

Beyond the commercial side of her work, Leslie is an active member of Hearts Speak, a global community of artists and photographers that uses its collective skills to support shelter pets and animal rescue organizations.

We adore the pet portraits Dan of NYC Pet Photography creates since they focus squarely on your precious, beautiful pet. Like many other New York City pet photographers, Dan is a long-time animal lover and even donates shoots to local shelters to spread the message about adopting pets.

But it’s not just dogs and cats that cross his lens. In fact, check out his portfolio, and you will see adoption-ready reptiles, as well as sweet portraits of people and their pets. It’s heart-warming stuff, which is exactly what you want from your pet photographer.

Kira is one of a handful of New York City pet photographers who specialize in lifestyle photography as a whole. But we simply adore her pet portraits. Thanks to her natural-light aesthetic and appreciation for genuine moments, she captures your pet just being him or herself. Looking through her portfolio, you’ll notice many of her pet portraits include humans, capturing the loving bond between the two.

As Kira puts it: “I want to document your pet as the lovely beings you see them as, and to achieve this, I capture both posed and documentary-style photographs”. She also works with small, local businesses to create beautiful art products of your pet’s photo session.

We love Brooke Jacobs’s deceptively simple images. In fact, she’s one of the only New York City pet photographers whose work looks like it belongs on a wall calendar. Most of the photos she takes of a cat or dog have a plain white background and the animal in question looking into the lens. Some photos have minor props, like the bowl in the photo above or a pet wearing a hat, but for the most part, it’s just the pet and her lens.

But this simplicity tells us loads. For one thing, Brooke clearly knows how to wrangle and calm your fur children, as each pet is sitting serenely before her camera. And for another, she knows that loads of props and wild settings do not necessarily enhance a pet portrait. Pets are naturally adorable. And if you choose Brooke to take your pet’s photo, you will never forget that fact.

New York City pet photographers: conclusion

We’ve had fun getting to know the best New York City pet photographers, and we hope you have, too. Now get out there and hire one!

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