Dogs are my first love, but I also have a serious weakness for plants. So I get super excited whenever a dog photo session also has interesting plants. Tracie Edwards Photography and her clients, Molly, Christopher, and Koda, the Newfoundland, had a gorgeous holiday session at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. However, it is perfect for any time of the year.
From Tracie: “Molly and Christopher recently moved to Phoenix from North Carolina! Being their first holiday in the desert, they decided to show off their new home by doing a holiday session with me at the Desert Botanical Gardens. It seems to me their pup Koda, a beautiful Newfie, is pretty happy to be living the desert life with his parents!”
From Molly: “Koda is a 2-year-old Newfoundland who just moved from North Carolina to Arizona. He has such a silly personality and loves anyone and any dog. His favorite thing to do is to visit new places and meet new friends! He can be quite the handful at times but is the sweetest when sleepy, so we make sure to get lots of walks and fetch time in.
Chase is his favorite game and daycare is his favorite place to go! He will do almost anything for a good treat, including sitting pretty for pictures. Koda is so smart but also so stubborn! He will look you straight in the face and ignore you unless there’s something in it for him (will do anything for a bully stick). He can also be a big baby and such a scaredy cat with loud noises or new objects. 
Koda has many nicknames (Koda Bear, Buggy, Bubby, Sugar Butt, Mr. Sweetums, Buggernut Squash, the list goes on) and has the most smooshable face! We love him so much!”
Before heading to the Desert Botanical Garden with your dog, please keep in mind that dogs are only welcome sporadically.
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About Tracie Edwards Photography: Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Tracie is an adventure elopement photographer.
That is a HUGE dog! I love these photos they are so moody and gorgeous! Such a lovely couple!
Good gracious, Koda is beautiful! I love these desert photos and the colors. Such gorgeous styles!
Big beautiful dog.Great pictures of the three of them. Beautiful gardens.
Very cool photos. I LOVE big dogs!
Those desert plants are gorgeous and they do make the perfect backdrop for photos. What a beautiful family and awesome photos!
I am a dog lover too and Koda is gorgeous! I love when people include their pets in their professional photos!
Koda is a beautiful dog. From what I read ge sounds like a sweetheart. These pictures are great
Now that is one big dog. Very nice photos as always. Too big of a dog for us and our home.
What a fantastic place for a photo shoot. Koda is such a gorgeous dog. My pets have many nicknames too.
This is my first time seeing a Newfoundland and boy are they cute! I just want to run my fingers through that gorgeous fur.
What a gorgeous family! I love this dog. Such a stunning breed.
This is such a beautiful photoshoot. Newfoundland looks like such a great fur baby. He’s such a cutie pie.
This photo shoot looks like a portrait that could hang in a museum. I love how sophisticated the dog looks!
Koda is such a handsome dog. I absolutely love that chocolate brown color in dogs.
Koda is beautiful! And those pictures are stunning. I can’t get over how huge those cacti are.
Oh my goodness, Koda is adorable! He is also such a massive dog, which I love! Hearing that he enjoys doggy daycare so much is cute. My dogs love going there too if we are out of town.
Wow, he is such a unique colour! As always, you capture the most stunning portraits.
Gorgeous dog though quite massive. Great setting for the family shots.
This is such a beautiful family! There is happiness everywhere! So beautiful!
What a beautiful dog! I would love to have family pictures with our animals. Getting the kids to cooperate is hard enough. Beautiful!
Love all your photos! Koda is so beautiful! I hope I could schedule a photo session with my dogs too.
Koda is beautiful, lovely pictures, you take very nice pictures and write nicely.
So awesome as always. love to look at your pictures of the pups.
I have a HUGE weakness for dogs, they are definitely my number 1 weakness. This precious pup is so adorable, I can barely handle it!