TAKE YOUR DOG TO WORK DAY//BAY AREA'S BEST DOG PHOTOGRAPHER JESSE FREIDIN

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"Attention please. Attention. This is Pancake. It's 'Take Your Dog To Work Day'. It's a very important day. I go to work every day but today I kicked my dad out of his desk and made him follow me around all day while I did important studio things. Like edit photos and make frames and stuff. I guess my dad's an ok photographer. I mean, I let him take my picture and all."

"So I started off editing some photos. On the computer. It scared me."

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"Whatever. I got the hang of it, ok?"

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"Miko tried to act all cool like he could edit photos, too. But he's too young to understand the complexity of composition and stuff like that."

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"So then I was like- Dad, stop lollygaggin' we gotta make frames and stuff. Pass me the tape gun. And go clean some glass for me and stuff ok."

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"Whatever. Then I was all 'Dad get out of the way I gotta make these prints and stuff.' And he was all 'No dogs allowed in the darkroom.' And I was all "Whatever I can make these prints real good. It's all Zone 6 and a touch of contrast and pass me the dodge tool and don't forget to split tone. Duh."

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"I kept my tie on the whole time. Because that's what a real artist does. Whatever."