Strong Eyed Studios

10/05/2026

Some of life, lately ft some of my own crew.

Life / Photo Update that is long overdue ✨

The photos from the BDU Disney event are almost done, then the Finals, SuperHeroes and Wild West are right behind them. With community help I was able to buy a new laptop and monitor and have made progress on editing and catching up on the nearly 100,000 photos from BDU this summer. I am pretty limited on time, as we do not have WiFi available at home right now but photos are coming and I apologize for such a delay. I will post here as soon as galleries are live and photos are available for purchase!

Since the Dock season ended, I’ve been facing some new symptoms and am hoping to have more to share soon. While I await a diagnosis, I will say that these new symptoms are having a debilitating impact on my memory and ability to focus for more than a couple minutes at a time. All of this made worse by stress, and I’ve had a very stressful summer season. So, the end of the season has not been the furious push to finish photos I’d hoped it would be and for that I apologize. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared, but this is part of what getting older as someone with Ehlers Danlos involves. I appreciate all of your patience with me as I am still slow to reply and have to limit my screen time most days.

06/26/2026

Hi friends,

The gallery from the Wake the Dock trial at Brown Dog University is live!

As many of you know, I have had a slew of tech troubles since the trial and had to start completely over on editing and uploading when my new (very slow) computer arrived.

I typically aim to get photos out within 2-3 weeks of an event, and cannot apologize enough for how long these photos took to publish. As a thank you, all photos from this event are available to download for free.

Please feel free to share on social media & tag me Strong Eyed Studios and Brown Dog University so I can repost! Thank you for your support, trust and patience in me as I worked to finish these photos.

I am now working through the photos from BDU’s 10th Annual Summer Luau and will be shooting this weekend’s Disney Splash. I am expecting Luau photos to be done within a week, and then will get Disney photos finished ASAP. I hope to see you poolside this weekend!

If you would like to pay for any photos, I am accepting donations towards a new (faster) computer at any of the payment methods below:

Venmo: @ strongeyedstudios (3430 last 4 #)

CashApp: $ StrongEyedStudios

PayPal: http://paypal.me/mshawphotography

As always, it is an honor to have the opportunity to capture moments between you and your dogs and I hope that you enjoy the photos!

Thank you,

Max Shaw
Strong Eyed Studios

06/07/2026

📸 Photo Update 📸

The good news is I got a new computer & am slowly working on getting photos uploaded from the following events:
RiverRAT Barn Hunt Apr 24-26
BDU Wake the Dock
BDU Luau

The bad news is that the new computer is slow & won’t work for what I need. I am going to replace it after this round is done, which is taking much longer than expected: editing, exporting and uploading are all taking 10x longer on this machine and I am so frustrated.

Photos fromRiverRat and Wake the Dock will be heavily discounted as a thank you for your patience.

05/21/2026

📸 UPDATE 📸

ICYMI: I am still working on RiverRat Barn Hunt photos and BDUs Wake the Dock photos. My computer is officially kaput and I am waiting on its replacement, then I will be able to finish posting photos from those events in the next week or two.
As a thank you, I’ll be giving away some freebies and photos will be discounted! I am so sorry to everyone waiting on photos and will post as soon as they are ready.
So far this event season, Me: 0 Technology: 1 🙃🫠

I am back up at for the next week photographing our big Memorial Day event. Check out the admin shed for info on how to get the early bird discount. I hope to see you there!

Enjoy these photos of Extra at the beach - which reminded me why I hate editing with LR Mobile on my phone so much 😂

03/23/2026

Photos from Saturday’s Spring photoshoot with are coming soon!

Check the link in my story to sign up for an email alert as soon as photos are live 🤩✨

We will be having another photoshoot day so if you missed this one, keep an eye out for a sign up sheet for the next one. Huge thank you to all who came out!!

03/11/2026

03/07/2026

Some late night studio practice ft our whippet puppy, Extra!

Extra came home a few months ago and made himself right at home. He’s related so many of my favorite whippets and I see so much of them in him as he matures. He’s charmed all of us & spends most of his day playing bitey face and napping with his Aussie friends.

We have a lot of fun plans for this dude & adore having him around. He is silly, confident, outgoing and sweet and just a good buddy to have around 💖

03/04/2026

A couple of my favorites from our special Valentines Day hike with 💖🤩 I love seeing their bond shine through these photos! Baby Fleetwood has gotten so big since I last saw her & she is all spice and drive! Extra charmed both her & Kai and I can’t wait for more time out in the woods with my friends this summer 😍