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I adopted a gorgeous little monster of a dog from the shelter recently. As soon as I got her home, I found pretty quickly that she is quite a unicorn of weirdness and wonder when it comes to her energy and personality. Junie is unshakeable. Junie is what we call “bomb proof.” Because of this, however, Junie has one expression on her face at all times. And because I swear she got squished or something when she was in the womb, her unchanging expression is a bit reminiscent of what we might call an RBF, or “Resting B*tch Face,” of course. Based on this, when I first started photographing her, I found that all her images made her look completely unapproachable. She looks like a sour skittle. Like an unamused, entitled little fur-covered rebel who would do a stealth poop in your garden and run without remorse. In other words, Junie is the perfect case of a dog who needs a little pixie dust in order to make her come across as charming and likable in photos as she is in person. The solution? Exercise the bajeeze louise out of her before attempting to take her photos. It doesn’t always work, (because remember, unshakeable!) but about 50% of the time, if its warm enough out, a lengthy frolic in the grass will get her panting lightly for a few minutes, which transforms the face on the left into the one on the right.

Ah, yes. Nothing a little pre-photoshoot trickery couldn’t take care of.

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