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GALLERY IS FULLY UPLOADED🥳🤩

🐭 Thank you Red Dog Ratters for a fantastic trial!

🦜Early Bird Discount: Use "PRIDE10" at checkout for 10% off your order until 6/24/26! If you have multiple photos you'd like to purchase, please check out the "packages" section for extra discounts! Sign up with your email to be notified with future deals! Congrats to Jayne Walker on winning the photo session!

Red Dog Ratters: Pride 2026 Photo collection by Powell Creative

The Maryland Lavender Week is upon us😍 I can't wait to see so many old friends and meet new friends! Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 🫶

Last chance to book lavender or 2026 sessions (in Maryland)! With the schedule and the slotted times I've rented the field for, I have a couple of openings between sessions! Due to a schedule change I have a Saturday AM or PM session available NOT at the lavender field. If you're interested, please contact me ASAP so I can get you on the schedule. Lavender sessions are in North Harford County MD. Saturday sessions can be almost anywhere in MD

Lavender- Friday AM: 8:35am (mini session)

Saturday:
- AM: start time between 6:30 and 7am
- PM: start time between 7:30-8pm.
*Times are dependent on weather and location*

Lavender-Sunday AM: 8:45am or 9am
Lavender- Sunday PM: 5pm or 6:45pm (mini or short & sweet)

🐭 Thank you Red Dog Ratters for a fantastic trial! Always a fantastic trial between the playlist, volunteers, and tacos! Thank you to everyone who made this trial possible. It was so much fun photographing this trial! Huge congrats to all the wins, no matter how big or small! Share a photo of something you're proud of this weekend!

🏳️‍🌈Photos are continuing to upload as I edit and as fast as my wifi can handle! They should all be up within the next 24hrs, but make sure to check back just in case there's new uploads:)

🦜Early Bird Discount: Use "PRIDE10" at checkout for 10% off your order until 6/24/26! If you have multiple photos you'd like to purchase, please check out the "packages" section for extra discounts! Sign up with your email to be notified with future deals! Congrats to Jayne Walker on winning the photo session!

Red Dog Ratters: Pride 2026 Photo collection by Powell Creative

As I finish editing the HRKC gallery- something this weekend really stuck out with me, in all three sports I covered.

There were SO many big wins this weekend. It was an honor capturing those moments. Drop a photo/comment of your most memorable wins, and who you hugged (or called) ringside❤️

The reason we remember those big wins is not because of the ribbon (while yes, they are amazing), but because of the connection we share with our dogs & our dog people. It's the community who we share this crazy journey with. They're the first people/dogs who we hug after a big win or a big loss. They're the ones who are there for happy and sad ringside tears. They KNOW how much those wins mean, because they know how hard you've worked.

My business "goal" is to capture connection. My goal isn't just pretty photos, it's capturing the raw & unfiltered connection you share with your people & dogs. I know how important those moments are, because what I remember most about my runs- are people (and my dog ofc) who I hugged after those moments that have stuck with me for years.

*some images are unpurchased, hence the watermark*

Conformation, obedience, and rally... oh my! What A joy it is to be able to capture stunning dogs in two beautiful locations in a 3 day span! Thank you Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club for having me out for obedience & rally! UPDATE: ALL PHOTOS ARE UPLOADED!

🦅Early Bird💨: Use "WINDY10" at checkout for 10% off your order until 6/9/26.

Please note that each page is separated by class, with Sat/Sun combined. Click/swipe the bar below the gallery image for easy navigation.

Huge congrats on all the Qs, new titles, and memories made this weekend. HRKC truly put on a fantastic event, despite the wind trying to blow us all over! I'm super impressed with how the dogs handled the wind while in the ring!

HRKC Spring Obed/Rally 2026 Photo collection by Powell Creative

**UPDATE: ALL IMAGES ARE UPLOADED**

Thank you Puget Sound English Setter Club for having me capture the speciality! What a stunning location and dogs! Congrats on all the wins today!

Show 1 Sweeps & Juniors are ready! I will be uploading more as they are edited, so keep checking back for more photos👀

🦆Early Bird Discount: Use "PSESC10" at checkout for 10% off your order until 6/6/26.

JUNIORS: Juniors is always 50% off, hence the separate gallery link.

For those who have pre-ordered photos, you will be sent a private gallery link!

Gallery link: https://powellcreative.pixieset.com/psescspeciality2026/

Juniors link: https://powellcreative.pixieset.com/psescspecialityjuniors2026/

PSESC Speciality 2026 Photo collection by Powell Creative

It’s an exciting week here at Powell Creative!

I start the weekend off on Friday, photographing the Puget Sound English Setter Speciality. I am offering a brand new package, that saves you time and money! I am accepting pre-order photos! This means 🤩UNLIMITED DIGITAL IMAGES🤩 from the entire day, for your dog. Not only is it an incredible value (single digital images start at $40 post event), but also saves the dreaded “Who was the photographer? Did they get any photos of my dogs?” This is an exclusive offer only to English Setter people on Friday. I will not be accepting any pre-orders after 6pm on Thursday.

Pre-orders will include all web sized digital images taken on Friday. Print quality resolution digital images and prints will be available to purchase post event. You will still be able to take advantage of Early Bird specials. To make sure you have a great experience, pre-order clients will need to review my portfolio to make sure my work aligns with what they like.

The show location is a beautiful backdrop for private mini sessions. Just imagine, an already groomed dog with manicured gardens at the show site 😍

If you’re not 100% sure about pre-ordering, but still want priority coverage- submit a Photography Request by clicking this link: https://forms.gle/WJdrp8sErQy4MHMu6

Please message me if you’d like to pre-order or have any questions!

Good morning!!! It's a beautiful day to go outside and view some agility photos😏

Thank you MudPACK Agility for having me out! It was great getting to photograph at the Kitsap Fairgrounds and a new organization! Please note that I was only there on Friday.

🐥Early Bird Discount🐥: To celebrate the CPE National, I’m offering 40% off digital images & digital download packages! Use "CPE40" at checkout, valid until 6/3/26! Good luck to all who are competing this weekend!

https://powellcreative.pixieset.com/aprilmudpackcpetrial/

Volunteer Organizations & Burnout: The Conversation We Need to Have
by Raina Moss

Want to know why clubs are struggling to keep volunteers, workers, and the next generation? Start by looking at how we treat the people who actually step up.

As someone who has poured thousands of hours into this sport —often behind the scenes, often without recognition— and the clubs and communities I care about, I think I know part of the answer.

Too often, the very people doing the work are the ones being pushed out.

We say we want new people. We say we want younger people. We say we want the next generation to step up. But when people show up and do the work, we punish them for it.

I’ve experienced what it feels like to have your work minimized, your intentions questioned, and your efforts picked apart by people in positions of power who smile in public while tearing you down behind closed doors. And I’ve watched it happen to others, too.

I’ve seen people carry major event weekends that brought in thousands of dollars for their clubs—after months of planning, recruiting, promoting, problem-solving, and showing up—only to be met with suspicion, accusations, retroactive criticism, and armchair leadership after the hard work was already done.

It happened before me. It happened to me. And then it happened again to someone else.

At some point, we have to ask why we keep attacking the very people doing the work.

Too often, leadership hides behind weaponized incompetence: “We didn’t help because no one asked us directly.”

But leadership should not need a personal invitation to lead, to show up, to step in when an unexpected problem arises, or to help.

Many newer and younger people are volunteering while working full-time jobs, building lives, and still choosing to give their limited free time to clubs and breeds they care about.

They are not doing it because they have endless time. They are doing it because they care.

And when they finally say they are burning out, too often the response is for others to blame their job, their schedule, or their lack of time.

But the truth is, the people keeping clubs alive are not burning out from the workload. They are burning out from the people. They are burning out from the toxic leadership, criticism, suspicion, and the emotional weight of trying to shield newer people from the same toxic behaviors that nearly pushed them out, too.

Eventually, the people actually doing the work stop showing up—not because they stopped caring, but because they got tired of being punished for caring so much.

And that should concern all of us.

Because when politics, ego, and toxic leadership push out the people actually doing the work, clubs do not just lose volunteers.
They lose experience.
They lose trust.
They lose momentum.
They lose their future.

We do not need toxic leadership. We do not need people abusing their roles or positions of power to settle personal scores, silence people they dislike, or make volunteers feel disposable.

We need clubs that welcome new ideas instead of punishing people for having them. We need clubs that are thankful for their volunteers and the work they do.

The future of purebred dogs will not be saved by gatekeeping. It will be saved by education, open doors, honest conversations, and experienced people willing to break down walls instead of building them higher.

We have to create spaces where new people can ask questions, learn, make mistakes, and still feel like they belong.

So what can YOU do?
If you hold a title, earn it.
Support the people doing the work. Thank them. Protect them.
Do not sit back while others carry the load and then criticize from the sidelines.
Do not hide behind “I wasn’t asked.”
Do not use a title as a shield for inaction or a weapon against the people doing the work.
Lead.

And while some people may question my motives as a young, successful breeder, minimize my work, or call it self-promotion, I will keep showing up.
I will keep volunteering.
I will keep building.
I will keep doing the behind-the-scenes work.
Because I care about purebred dogs.
And because our breeds deserve communities strong enough to protect their future.

Take a moment to ask yourself:
Are you helping carry the load… or just commenting on the people who do?

I’ll get off my soapbox now.

If you’ve seen this happen in your breed, your club, or your sport… what do you think needs to change?

What could clubs do better to keep volunteers, workers, and the next generation involved?

2026 BIRTHDAY BASH IS ON🤩🥳

While yesterday was Mother's Day, it was also Roscoe's 10th Birthday and Zest turns 4 this Saturday! It's a busy week celebrating many important dogs this week.

🥳While I love celebrating with my two pups, Roscoe and Zest have some goodies for those who want to be a part of Powell Creative Collective🤩

🥳Meaning that you get:
-exclusive offerings
-first to know about current & upcoming events
-dog focused community happenings

🥳Birthday Bash Deals will be sent to anyone who signs up for Powell Creative News! We've got exclusive offerings for those who sign up before May 16th.

🥳If you're deciding between how many digitals, prints, or wanting a session this summer, these offerings are for you!

🥳Must click any gallery link (event and private sessions), enter your email address, and click the button "Send me news and promotions from Powell Creative". You can also do this at checkout or when you make a favorite's list.

🥳Public Event Galleries: https://www.powellcreativellc.com/eventgalleries/

🥳Birthday Bash Email will be sent no later than May 17th with exclusive deals! Please check spam/all mail. If you'd like me to resend direct gallery links, please message me.

Cannot be combined with other offers.