A Guide to Taking Great Pet Photos at Home Having a photoshoot can be a fun way to spend time with your favourite furry friends. I should know! After spending years capturing weddings and human portraits I turned my attention to pets, having always been an avid animal lover. Recently I was thrilled to be Read more ..

Thank you to everyone who came along to Wyndham Pet Expo on Sunday. What a great day out with your pets enjoying some free activities and entertainment. A major highlight would have to be the guys at Wild Action with all the awesome wildlife of Australia. Roka Pet Photography has been a proud partner of Read more ..

If there is a sport that was made for Barney, it is dock diving! Today Barney got to have his first taste at dock diving at Aquapaws in Somerville VIC. Kim and Goochy are the owners of AirDogs Australia and will be starting up the sport very soon in Victoria. You can join their Facebook Read more ..

Just before Christmas we had an adorable session with these 6 week old little french bulldog puppies. It was lots fo fun watching them play and run around our studio in Preston. Check out all the fun in the video below:   <a

A Colombian farmer’s pet rabbit was always close by until one day she started to disappear for short periods and then return. Because of this suspicious behavior, the Farmer decided to follow her, and what he found astonished him… He installed a camera to capture this mystery and we guarantee you it will melt your Read more ..

RSPCA Million Paws Walk 2014- Wyndham   June 18 marked the annual RSPCA’ s Million Paws Walk. Roka Pet Photography Melbourne was invited to go along to the Wyndham walk in Presidents Park and join the hundreds of animal lovers and their dogs for a great morning out. Below are all the wonderful people and Read more ..

Roka Photography featured at Dog Lovers Show this weekend If you are heading to the Dog Lovers Show this weekend, be sure to keep an eye out for Roubaix (Pronounced “Roo-bay”) the Border Collie who will be featured in the Show area up on the wall (see below). Our good friends from Air-rated were commissioned Read more ..

Pet and Animal Expo 2014 A few weeks ago Roka Pet Photography attended the Pet and Animal Expo in Werribee for the second year in a row. This year saw the event double in size with great shows, stalls and free activities for the whole family. It was great to see so many animal loving people Read more ..

While most of us look forward to watching fireworks when celebrating the New Year, pets can suffer greatly. According to animal shelters, the amount of dogs at large during this period increases about 4 times. This also means an increase in dogs getting hit by cars. Dogs hearing is 4 or 5 times the capacity Read more ..

With our first human baby on the way, it was crucial we took a few weeks rest before our peak season over summer 2013-2014. Both Rodrigo and I grew up in the country and have a love for the outdoors so we thought we would go bush! Our Roka Pet Potography family includes 3 large Read more ..

 Watch how overwhelmed and excited BugaBoo is to see her owner after 6 months serving his country. You could almost put subtitles for her telling him everything that happened whilst he was gone.  

Last Sunday a fire engulfed a house in Santiago, Chile taking the life of an 82 years old woman. Her 2 beloved dogs ended up asphyxiated after inhaling the toxic fumes and were lifeless. In a heroic act, an animal loving Fire fighter performed CPR on one of the dogs in a desperate attempt to Read more ..

Abolish Puppy Farming There has been a lot of discussion about “Puppy Farms” lately due to a recent national rally to create awareness of Oscar’s Law and to abolish puppy farming. Whilst volunteering at the event I had a lady in her mid 50’s, who had just been passing by, come over to me and ask Read more ..

Everyone loves taking photos of their pets doing super cute things and capturing each phase in their lives. Recently we have had a lot of customers asking us what they can do differently to help them take better photos of their furry friends. The most important tips not only apply to dogs but any other Read more ..

I must admit that my perception of the type of dogs and cats available for adoption 5 years ago was that all the animals were old, mixed breed and not cute and fluffy like the ones in the pet shops. I had no idea how wrong I was until I started volunteering at one of Read more ..

Did you know in some countries like Chile in South America, there are over 80 thousand abandoned dogs and 1.2 million that are still living on the streets but have some kind of owner? As soon as you get off the plane and drive around Santiago you will see the hundreds and hundreds of “Quiltros” Read more ..