About The Furrtographer, Seattle Pet Photography

Hi! I’m Josh, though my business name is The Furrtographer. You may already know me from my Facebook page, or as the winner of the A-List San Francisco’s Best Pet Photographer award in both 2013, 2014, and 2015 and 2016. Or perhaps you were checking out Bay Woof magazine’s Beast of the Bay awards and saw I was listed as the Best Dog Photographer for 2014 and 2016. Regardless of how you came across my site, thanks for clicking!

You may be wondering how I got my start in this crazy world of pet photography. Well, it all started with a blind cat named Gigi. I adopted her in 2005 from the San Francisco SPCA and soon thereafter adopted a second blind cat who I named The Sniffer because she always had her head up in the air sniffing around and listening. Things just began to spiral from there and before you know it I had three blind cats, all living with me in a 1BD apartment.

My blind cat Rufus, who passed away in 2017.

As a blind cat lover I became aware that a lot of these special needs animals get euthanized when they arrive at a shelter, so I got involved in Cat Rescue to help cats like them (seeing and non-seeing) find homes. And I figured one of the best ways to help them was to make sure they had great pictures.

So, after taking photos of rescue cats and dogs for almost a decade I decided to become a full-time Pet Photographer. I still do a lot of rescue work as a volunteer, but most days you will find me out and about doing commissioned shoots for private and commercial clients.

If you live in the Seattle area and would like to commission me to photograph your pet(s), send an email, or call me at 408-332-3233. I’m excited to work with you and your fur baby!