Savannah Rae Photography L.L.C

Instinct cannot be taught...Only revealed
Living Lineage

When I first started Living Lineage, I thought I was creating a series about dogs. What it’s becoming is something much larger🌎

With every destination, every landscape, and every dog I photograph, the vision continues to expand. Living Lineage has become a study of instinct and atmosphere, documenting dogs not through posed portraits, but through experiences that allow them to simply be who they are.

The goal isn’t to place a dog in a beautiful location. It’s to find the places where their spirit comes alive✨

Sometimes that’s along a rugged coastline. It’s deep within a forest. It’s standing quietly beneath an endless sky or racing across landscapes that seem larger than life.

❤️This September, I’ll be bringing Living Lineage to Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and I couldn’t be more excited to continue building this series with dogs from every background, breed, and story❤️

What excites me most, though, is where Living Lineage is heading.

This is no longer just a nationwide project. It’s becoming a worldwide one.

I’m already speaking with people across different regions, states, and countries, and if you’ve ever dreamed of having your dog documented within the landscapes that shaped their story, I’d love to begin planning it. Whether that’s a hidden gem close to home or a destination halfway across the world, the purpose remains the same:

To preserve your dog in their truest element.
This is only the beginning.

Where are you and your dog located?🇺🇸🇩🇰🇬🇧🇫🇷
Drop your city, state, or country below. I’m curious to see where the next chapters of Living Lineage might take me🌎

Today is Vixey's 11th Birthday and her Gotcha Day. ❤️
Nine years ago, a little rescue dog came into my life and changed it forever.

Before she became my Vixey, she had been found surviving on the streets of Detroit. It's hard to imagine now when I look at the confident, happy little dog curled up beside me, but there was a time when her future was uncertain. Then somehow, our paths crossed. I truly believe she was always meant to find her way to me.

Over the last nine years, Vixey has been by my side through every chapter of life. Through the dreams, the setbacks, the successes, the grief, the laughter, the uncertainty, and the moments that changed me forever. She has been there through all of it. When I lost people I loved, she was there. When I was building this business from the ground up, she was there. When life felt overwhelming, she was there. When life felt beautiful, she was there too.

She has traveled with me, explored new places, met countless people, and spent more hours riding in the passenger seat than I could ever count. No matter where life takes me, Vixey is almost always right there beside me. She isn't just my dog, she's my soul dog.

The one who knows me better than anyone. The one who can make me smile on the hardest days. The one who has walked beside me through some of the most important years of my life.
Looking at her today at 11 years old, I can't help but feel grateful. Grateful for every adventure, every memory, every cuddle, every road trip, every quiet moment, and every year we've been given together.

From a little rescue found on the streets of Detroit to the dog who became my heart, Vixey's story is one I'll cherish forever.

Happy 11th Birthday and Happy Gotcha Day to the girl who changed my life. My best friend, my constant, my soul dog.

I love you more than you'll ever know. ❤️

Today, we remember the brave men and women who laid down their lives for our country and the freedoms we are able to live with every day.

Memorial Day is more than a long weekend, it is a day to honor sacrifice, courage, and the families who carry that loss forever.

To those who gave everything for this country: thank you will never be enough. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸

May we spend today remembering, honoring, and appreciating the heroes who gave their lives so others could live freely.

Happy Memorial Day ❤️

Where the Wind Found Him ✨

Klaus has such a regal presence about him. The second he stepped into the forest, everything just fit him perfectly, the deep greens, the quiet woods, the way the light filtered through the trees.

What I loved most was how naturally he carried himself out there. He stood in the middle of the trail like the wind itself had his attention, completely calm and connected to the environment around him. That’s one of the biggest reasons landscape matters so much within my work. I love creating images where the dog doesn’t just pose in nature, but actually feels like part of it.

The forest felt like it belonged to him.

Jango's Instinct & Atmosphere Spirit Within the Flock Highlights🌲

Jango did not enter the woods as just another dog on a trail. He moved through the Narnia Trail in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with the kind of presence that makes you stop walking and simply watch. Sunday’s Instinct & Atmosphere session felt wild in the best way possible, light coming into the trees, moss beneath our feet, squirrels constantly pulling his focus deeper into the forest as his energy continued to build with every mile we hiked. The further we went, the more alive he became.

There was never a moment where Jango looked uncertain. He carried himself with this endless confidence and spirit, moving from adventurous chaos to complete regality within seconds. Everything about him felt powerful, intelligent, and deeply connected to the environment around him.

This is exactly why Living Lineage exists. Living Lineage was never built around simply creating beautiful portraits. It was built to preserve dogs in a way that feels larger than photography alone, preserving instinct, & atmosphere. Every volume is centered around dogs who carry something undeniable within them, and Jango embodies that so naturally within Spirit Within the Flock.

The way he watched the woods, reacted to every sound, chased movement through the trees, and then settled into stillness with such intensity felt like witnessing instinct fully surface in real time. What made Sunday unforgettable was not just the scenery or the adventure itself. The dark evergreens, the rugged stone, the silence between movement, it all reflected who he is so naturally that it no longer felt like a dog being photographed in nature. It felt like nature recognizing him as part of it.

These are the sessions that remind me why I continue building Living Lineage across the country. Dogs leave an impression that goes far beyond a photograph....Jango is one of them.