Hop Kiln Winery {who you’ve definitely seen mentioned in this blog before} is one of my favorite clients – partially because they are a winery {i love wine} and partially because they are a sister property to Kenwood Inn and Spa {which has become one of my favorite places in the entire world} but mostly, because the people there are really fantastic and a joy to work with. Did I mention they make really great wine? Yeah, they do. Located in the heart of the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County – Hop Kiln produces some delicious estate Pinot Noir as well as a charming Chardonnay and several other delicious proprietary blends.

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We are about to embark on another exciting design project which is still top secret – but you can bet I will share it with you when it’s finished! In the meantime, check out their new web site, join one of their three wine clubs and generally investigate this jewel of Westside Road: Hop Kiln Winery.

We seem to have acquired a niche in designing logos for other pet photographers… Makes sense I guess, we sure do know the biz inside and out!

I met San Francisco Bay Area photographer Pam Biasotti at Jamie’s Pet Photography Workshop where I was a guest speaker. Pam wasn’t clear yet about the way she wanted to change her existing human portraiture business to incorporate pets, but new she wanted to create a new and separate brand.

A while after the workshop, she contacted me in a rush of excitement and said she’d finally found it – her new name: You Had me at Woof Photography! I loved it immediately (what’s not to love!?) and we set about creating an identity for her new path.

Anyone who knows Pam knows that she’s an avid Golden Retriever fan, so it was pretty important to her to incorporate this concept into her brand. She also has a minimalist eye for design – white on white, clean lines and simple shapes. She wanted to convey fun and whimsy but in fairly monochromatic, dynamic and simple way.

After our first round of sketches it became clear that a silhouette would be the way to go (yet another one of our design niches) and we started to narrow down concepts.

Well my friends we are all done!  Here is Pam’s new brand, complete with simple shapes, clean lines and of course, a Golden Retriever.

The concept works on many levels, my favorite being that used in the right capacity, the ball the Golden is looking down on can also act as a period, which then makes the dog the sentence.

This idea of the dog being the words/language is fun and relates to her business name: “You had me at woof” – our suggested tagline was “speaking the language of dog” – I think you’ll see this concept realized with a fun flash design that we suggested for her new web site.

Pam also just got a new Golden puppy: “Karma,” so she’ll be plenty busy plastering her new watermark all over the massive quantity of photos she’s bound to take over the next year.

Congrats Pam! Stay tuned to learn more about the new projects we’re working on: two wineries, a pet networking site and yup, another pet photographer! Never a dull moment…

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Handsome Riley-dog images included in this post are all Copyright Pam Biasotti- 2008

From this day forward, ditch the ampersand and add a plus sign, no capitals and no serif…

Dane & Dane Photography has become dane + dane studios

In addition to arriving just in time to accompany our FAB new website {www.dane-dane.com — visit it again for the first time} and a whole slew of events {which you will see coming up soon in this little bloggety blog} this identity overhaul marks a new era for dane + dane.

No longer are our services limited to the fabulous pet photography you’ve come to know and love, but we now also offer graphic + web design and WEALTH of other resources for our small and big business clients.

These are services we’ve long offered by referral only, but with some small changes and some new additions (which you will learn all about shortly) we are now able to support the demand that publicizing these services has created.

The new name: “dane + dane studios” encompasses both “dane + dane photography” as well as “dane + dane design” which are now equally important parts of our double dane identity Stay tuned for more of the nitty-gritty about who and how this change is possible and we hope you enjoy our new brand, logo and marketing materials as much as we do!

Of course can still find us, as always, in CityDog Magazine every quarter, and in Bark Magazine every other month.