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Rainey, a pit bull who
lives in Annapolis,
checks out the camera
of Ashley Norfolk of
Crofton during a walk in
downtown Annapolis.
Ashley Norfolk and
her camera are going
to the dogs
BY MARY CAROLE MCCAULEY Capital Style
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR
rutus wanted a belly rub.
The big black and tan Rottweiler had barely seen Ashley Norfolk coming before
he hit the ground — tongue lolling, belly exposed. paws held close to his chest and
curled in anticipatory pleasure.
As Norfolk bent down and began to scratch the dog’s chest, Brutus tried to lick her
face. The two are best buds from way back, ever since Norfolk first started photographing
Brutus for her popular Instagram blog, “Dogs of Annapolis.”
“You are so precious,” she said.
Annapolis residents, both two-footed and four, have become accustomed to seeing the
35-year-old Norfolk and her Sony 6500 camera after work and on weekends patrolling
Main Street and hanging out by City Dock, looking for pups who will pose. Norfolk
works as a computer programmer — initially for the State of Maryland and now for the
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