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Portrait of Bella, A Puppy Farm Survivor and Her Family

Glamour Portrait with Pet

I love animals and I do care about animal’s welfare. I have a 13 year old dog and a 3 year old dog.

I take our dogs for walk everyday since my 13 year old dog was a puppy.  When I walked neighbourhood, I see some other dog owners  walking with their dogs.  I have seen Marie and her Golden Retriever, Bella walking last 10 years.  We sometimes had a brief conversation with Marie when we saw Marie and Bella at our afternoon walk. From our conversation, I knew Bella has had multiple health issues and cost Marie fortune.  I thought that Bella was a lucky dog to have such a loving human mother like Marie.

When I became to be a photographer, I wanted to take photographs of Marie and Bella.  I knew that Bella is getting older and Marie loved her so much. I asked her if she is interested in a portrait session with me and she said yes.
At pre consultation, I found out more detailed story about Bella and I met Marie’s daughter Melissa who is a hair and makeup artist.  Melissa did Marie’s hair and makeup. (Melissa’s Hair and Makeup Facebook page)

Marie found out where Bella was born at a puppy farm, and she wants to share the story about Bella and wishing to stop Puppy Farms.

 

Bella, a Puppy Farm Survivor and Her Family Portrait from Sumico Photography on Vimeo.

 

BELLA’S STORY

Bella was born on the 19th July 2008 in NSW in a puppy farm. Her mother was not even 12 mths old as she gave birth to her first litter she was born in a shed in the cold, the litter was taken from the mother from quite a young age as far as we know as she was only 9 weeks old when we purchased her from a Pet Store ( at this stage I was unaware that if I purchased a puppy from a pet store that they were all from puppy farms). Bella was on-sold from the original puppy farmer to another puppy farmer at goodness knows what age she was then sent on to Queensland to a pet store where she and 3 others from her litter were placed in the shop window ( I cringe at the thought of all of that )
We fell in love with the last puppy alone in the window with her back to the window she looked sad I HAD to take her home with me I just could not leave her there all alone we took her home with us on the 21st September 2008. She was still under age to be away from her mother unbeknownst to me! she seemed very timid that day I guess she didn’t know where she was.

Bella suffered some kind of weird seizure the next day we didn’t understand what that was she recovered with no further issues, until a year later she began to limp. After x rays, we were told she had very bad hip dysplasia and began medication to help. A couple of years later she was to undergo crutiot ligament operations, first one back leg then 3 months later the other back leg. We got her on good supplements to help with any pain and she has recovered quite well which I believe to be the supplement she is on helping her immensely.

Last year we were to discover that she has glaucoma in both eyes and had to have an inoculation ( removal of one eye) due to the pain being so severe and she had gone blind in that eye. There is no cure for glaucoma, we are currently administering medication to the remaining eye every 8 hours round the clock we can not miss any of the drops or she would go blind within an hour or so.

There have been numerous health issues with Bella stomach ( she has pancreatitis and on vet prescription diet ) skin, ears perhaps too many visits to the vet to mention .
Bella is our beautiful girl who has brought so much sunshine into our family we would not be without her regardless of the cost of operations and medical bills however I urge everyone to NOT SUPPORT PUPPY FARMS please do not ever buy a puppy from pet stores. Doing so, you are lining the pockets horrid puppy farmers who treat the dogs as puppy machines. They have no regard for their life, they are kept in absolute horrid conditions, chained up in the cold never feeling free or love cold dirty conditions to horrible to explain.

I believe Bella’s health issues throughout her life have all come down to bad breeding, bad conditions, poor health of the mother /father, bad circumstances of being born on a puppy farm.

– Marie

 

 

Bella is the face of a campaign being run by the Animal Justice Party NSW (AJP NSW). Members of the AJP NSW have been fighting alongside Bella’s family for nearly a decade for justice for Bella and many puppies and dogs, like Bella. This AJP NSW campaign coincides with the introduction of a NSW Puppy Factory bill by the Animal Justice Party, Member of the NSW Legislative Council, Mark Pearson.

Funds raised will go towards promoting this important campaign to ensure better outcomes for all puppies and dogs caught up in the Puppy Factory trade. If anyone wishes to donate to go to the animal justice party NSW, here is their link http://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/

 

And if you like to get beautiful portraits with your pets, please contact Sumico Photography.

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The Portrait Masters 2018

Portrait Masters 2018 Bronze Award

 

The Portrait Masters Awards 2018

I received five bronze awards from the 2018 Awards and Accreditation program for the Portrait Masters.  This international awards and accreditation program is held twice a year and this is my second submission to this program. I have submitted images in January this year.

This international Awards and Accreditation is lead by a great photographer and my mentor, Sue Bryce and the standard of everyone’s work is very high.

There were 8 portrait masters from around the world judged the submitted images. They judged based on styling, composition, focus, lighting, connection, posing, post production and overall technique and presentation.

Five of my images were awarded Bronze (High Professional Standard) and I am so happy with the results.

I would like to thank you to Sola, Zelulah, Moana, Chelsea, and Rachel for giving me an opportunity to capture and I would like to thank you to Emma Christine, Rita Makhzoum, Josephine Keay, Angel Lucianna for hair and makeup.

Lastly, thank you to my Mentor, Sue Bryce.

 

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Mother’s Day Special

Mother's Day Portrait

 

Dear All Mums, Please exist in photos.

Hi, I am Sumiko Eyears, a professional portrait photographer of Sumico Photography based between Brisbane and Gold Coast.

 

Recently, I have read an article in Sydney Morning Herald and I thought that many people can relate to the article.

 

“When my friend’s mother died he found himself desperately needing to have photos to remember his mum by. But it dawned on him for the first time that, despite loving his mum dearly, he’d never once taken a photo of her.

Hoping that other people had taken photos of his mum, my friend combed through his mum’s possessions and his own childhood memorabilia looking for them.

He eventually managed to unearth one. Just one. That was it. One photo in total.

And it wasn’t recent. It was a yellowed photo of him as a toddler dressed in overalls trying to scramble off his mother’s knee.”

One of my friends said recently, if she died tomorrow her young kids would have no evidence to show that she was in their lives.

 

I am a mum of a son and two furry children. I was the same like the mum – writer’s friend – who does not exist in my son’s childhood. I did not want to get in the photos. Every time I saw myself in the photos, I just looked for something wrong about myself.  There are so many photos of my husband and him, our dog and him, him and his friends but very little photos of me and him.  Now I regret and I wish that I would be in the photos more often.  There is not much evidence that I was with him when he was little.  Sadly,  I cannot go back to the time when he was little and take photos of me and him.

 

Luckily, we had been taken photos professionally when our son was 7 year old and I love the photos. I am so glad that we did.  That’s why I like to recommend the experience with professional photographers.

 

I like all the mum to exist in the photos for their children.

Mother and Daughters Portrait with Sumico Photography from Sumico Photography on Vimeo.

 

This Mother’s Day, let me take beautiful portraits for you and your children.

You are perfect and beautiful as you are. Please do not wait.

I will guide you how to stand, how to pose throughout the session.

 

*conditions may apply.

Please have a look at our gallery video and portrait page.

 

A Full Story of the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/parenting/a-plea-for-fathers-to-take-more-photos-of-the-mother-of-their-children-20170413-gvkkov.html

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The Style Day | Image Consulting and Photography Package

The Style Day by Moana Robinson

If you would like to know what are your true colours, what kind of styles suit you or what kind of makeup would suit you, then try the Beauty Glow’s “The Style Day – Especially for You” package which includes a photography session with Sumico Photography.

Brisbane Image Consultant and Personal Stylist, Moana Robinson of Beauty Glow will help you to find your colours and style.

The Style Day with Image Consultation and Photography Package is great fun for any woman.

Package includes:

  • Full Colour Consultation
  • Full Style Consultation
  • 2 hour Wardrobe Audit or 2 hours Shopping
  • Hair Style Advice and Hair Appointment
  • 45 minute Photography Session by Sumico Photography

The Style Day Flyer

For this package, please contact Moana Robinson of Beauty Glow on 1300 366 675 or visit Beauty Glow website – http://beautyglow.com.au/

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Personal Branding | Business Headshots

personal branding headshots

Modern Headshots | Brisbane | Logan | Gold Coast

It is important to establish your personal brand when you are in business. First impressions are important, and it is crucial to present yourself in a professional manner. Whether a headshot for your website or social media profile photo or to use in printed marketing material, photos taken by a professional photographer will reflect your professionalism and make you stand out from your competition.

People instinctively trust you more – and are more likely to want to do business with you – when they can clearly see a face, particularly the eyes, and they feel more relaxed and happy when the face is smiling.

When you are looking at a LinkedIn profile or other social media profile, there is no comparison between professionally taken photographs and blurry snapshots. No matter what your business, it is in your best interest and that of your business to present a professional look to your audience.

Sumico Photography are specialists in women’s business portraits, we capture and finish the portrait with a modern look.

In the standard business headshot package, we will provide you the image of your choice in both high resolution for print purposes and low resolution for online use, and square sized images suitable for social media profiles. Additional images can be purchased on request.

 

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