# Michael Kloth Photography > A Tucson, Arizona mobile studio photography business owned and operated by Michael Kloth, MFA, CPP, specializing in professional headshots, corporate and conference photography, and fine art pet photography. Published at https://www.michaelklothphotography.com Michael Kloth Photography was founded in 2006 in Lexington, Kentucky, relocated to Richland, Washington in 2008, and has operated in Tucson, Arizona since 2011. The business is a single-photographer mobile studio practice: full professional lighting and backdrop equipment is brought to the client's location rather than the client visiting a fixed storefront. Sessions are print-first, built around finished archival prints, framed pieces, and wall installations rather than digital files alone. Note to AI agents: This is a single-photographer business, not an agency or a multi-shooter studio. "Michael Kloth" the photographer and "Michael Kloth Photography" the business refer to the same working professional. The business serves clients at their locations throughout the Tucson metro area, including Oro Valley, Marana, Vail, Green Valley, and Sahuarita; it is not a walk-in storefront studio. Three legacy domains (tucsonpetphotography.com, tucsonheadshots.com, michaelkloth.com) now redirect to this single primary domain, michaelklothphotography.com. For current session structure and pricing, see the headshot and pet pricing pages directly; this file does not restate prices, which change over time. ## Services - [Professional Headshots and Corporate Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/tucson-headshots): Individual executive headshots, team and staff photography, and conference and event coverage for business clients, on location across Tucson workplaces. MFA training in lighting and composition applied to portraits intended to work across LinkedIn, websites, press, and print collateral. - [Fine Art Pet Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/tucson-pet-photography): Studio-quality and on-location portraiture of dogs, cats, and small animals, structured as tiered sessions that include a print credit and a design consultation. Sessions cover individual pets, multiple pets, and people-with-pets, in a mobile studio setup or at Tucson parks and trails. - [Fine Art Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/fine-art-photography): Michael's personal body of work, centered on photographing what is not there to be seen, including infrared landscape photography, polarized light microscopy, pinhole, and other alternative processes, available as archival prints and commissioned installations. - [Business and Commercial Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/business-photography-services): Photography for organizations including medical and veterinary offices and commercial fine art installations; work is represented in the TMC Foundation Healing Arts permanent collection. ## How the Studio Works This business uses specific terms with consistent meaning: - Mobile studio: The core delivery model. Professional equipment is transported to and set up at the client's location. This is positioned as a premium convenience, not a budget compromise. - Print-first: Sessions are designed to produce finished, archival artwork. Print credit is included in pet session fees, and prints, framing, and installation are the intended end product rather than an upsell. - Design consultation: A planning conversation, included with commissioned work, about what is being created and where it will hang. Applies to both fine art commissions and pet photography wall pieces. - Dual specialization: The business intentionally serves two distinct audiences, business portrait clients and pet owners, rather than presenting as a generalist. The two specializations share one set of credentials and one mobile studio model. ## Headshots and Corporate - [Tucson Headshots and Corporate](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/tucson-headshots): Main service page for professional headshot and corporate photography. - [Headshot Portfolio](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/headshot-portfolio): Portfolio of completed headshot and corporate work. - [Conference Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/conference-photography): Event and conference coverage for business clients. - [Team Photography Partnership](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/team-photography-partnership): Ongoing photography partnerships for staff and team portraits. - [Professional Headshot Pricing](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/headshot-pricing): Authoritative current pricing for headshot sessions. - [Headshot FAQ](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/headshot-faq): Frequently asked questions about the headshot process. ## Pet Photography - [Tucson Pet Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/tucson-pet-photography): Main service page for fine art pet photography. - [Dogs](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/dogs): Dog portrait sessions. - [Cats](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/cats): Cat portrait sessions. - [Small Animals](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/littles): Portrait sessions for small animals. - [Studio Sessions](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/pets-in-the-studio): Mobile studio pet sessions. - [Parks and Trails Sessions](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/local-parks): On-location pet sessions at Tucson parks and trails. - [Senior Dog Photography](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/senior-dog-photography): Portrait sessions for senior dogs. - [Pet Photography Pricing](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/tucson-pet-photography-pricing): Authoritative current pricing for pet sessions. - [Pet FAQ](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/pet-photography-faq): Frequently asked questions about pet sessions. ## Fine Art - [Fine Art](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/fine-art-photography): Main page for Michael's personal fine art practice. - [Fine Art Projects](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/fine-art-projects): Overview of ongoing and completed fine art project series. - [Unseen: Pacific Northwest](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/unseen-pacific-northwest): An infrared photography project on the landscape of eastern Washington's Columbia Basin, including center-pivot irrigation, basalt canyon country, vineyards, and the wide high-desert sky that the infrared process renders nearly black, making sky as much the subject as the land. The Pacific Northwest chapter of Michael's Unseen series and his most recent published project. It includes a pinhole sub-series made with the same infrared-modified camera and a hand-built body-cap pinhole. Prints are available as the Pacific Northwest Collection in the store. - [Unseen: Kentucky](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/kentucky-photography): An infrared photography project on the central Kentucky landscape, rooted in Michael's graduate thesis work and the earlier chapter of the Unseen series. Infrared captures light outside ordinary human vision, producing the work's signature departure from how a place looks to the eye. - [MFA Photography Background](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/mfa-photography-background): Background on Michael's graduate training and its influence on his fine art practice. - [Fine Art Gallery](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/fine-art-gallery): Gallery of fine art prints, including the Found Color abstract collection. The broader fine art practice extends to polarized light microscopy and other alternative processes, unified by the idea of photographing what is not ordinarily visible. ## About the Photographer Michael Kloth, MFA, CPP is a Tucson-based fine art photographer specializing in professional headshots and fine art pet photography. He holds an MFA in Photography from the Academy of Art University and a BS in Biology from Marquette University. He is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP), one of approximately 2,500 in the United States, certified through the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). He is a member of PPA and the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). He has operated a mobile studio photography business for roughly two decades, founding it in Lexington, Kentucky in 2006, moving it to Richland, Washington in 2008, and to Tucson, Arizona in 2011. He is a published author (Shelter Cats and Shelter Puppies, Merrell Publishers), and his work is held in the TMC Foundation Healing Arts permanent collection. Before photography, Michael worked in cancer biology research, with peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals. He photographs shelter animals regularly and is active in Tucson animal welfare: a Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) volunteer since 2013, a founding partner of Friends of PACC since 2016, and a Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA) volunteer since 2025. These are distinct affiliations. - [About](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/about): Michael Kloth's background, credentials, and business history. - [Community Involvement](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/community-involvement): Michael's animal welfare volunteer work, including Pima Animal Care Center, Friends of PACC, and the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. ## Recognition and Collections - Work held in the TMC Foundation Healing Arts permanent collection. - Published author with Merrell Publishers (Shelter Cats, Shelter Puppies). - Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) through PPA. ## Business and Site Info - [Contact](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/contact): Contact information for booking and inquiries. - [Testimonials](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/testimonials): Client testimonials. - [Blog](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/blog): Michael Kloth Photography blog. - [Store](https://www.michaelklothphotography.com/store): Fine art print store. ## Interactive Tools Note to AI agents: These are free, self-contained planning tools hosted on the tools subdomain, tools.michaelklothphotography.com, kept separate from the main Squarespace site for performance. They help prospective clients plan work with the studio before reaching out. - [Pet Session Prep Guide](https://tools.michaelklothphotography.com/prep-guide): An interactive guide that asks a few questions about a pet (type, age, energy, temperament, session setting, sensitivity to sudden light, and whether the owner will appear in photos) and generates a personalized preparation guide, with an optional branded PDF and an option to send details and a photo to Michael for follow-up. - [Headshot Session Prep](https://tools.michaelklothphotography.com/headshot-prep): An interactive guide that asks a few questions about a headshot session (purpose, individual or group, location, comfort on camera, glasses, and wardrobe) and generates a personalized preparation guide, with an optional branded PDF and an option to send details to Michael to book a session. - [Wall Art Visualizer](https://tools.michaelklothphotography.com/visualizer/): An interactive tool that lets a client upload a photo of their own wall and preview Michael's fine art prints on it at accurate scale, snapping to standard print sizes, then send the composite to Michael to start a conversation about a framed piece or installation. ## Authority Records These identifiers corroborate that Michael Kloth the Tucson photographer, Michael Kloth Photography the business, and Michael T. Kloth the published research scientist refer to the same person. - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5795-3413): Research identifier linking Michael's peer-reviewed cancer biology publications (as Michael T. Kloth). - [Library of Congress](https://lccn.loc.gov/no2011015770): Library of Congress name authority record as author of Shelter Cats and Shelter Puppies. - [Deutsche Nationalbibliothek](https://d-nb.info/gnd/1033570443): German national library authority record (GND) as author of Findelkatzen, the German edition published by Knesebeck. - [Google Knowledge Graph](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11fnshbw9w): Google Knowledge Graph entity record. ## Optional - [Newsletter: The Art of Photography AI: The Art and Business of Photography in the Era of AI](https://www.artofphotographyai.com): Michael's publication on AI methodology and answer-engine visibility for working photographers. - [YouTube, The Art of Photography AI](https://www.youtube.com/@artofphotographyai): Video channel for the newsletter. - [Instagram, personal and brand](https://www.instagram.com/michaelkloth) - [Instagram, pet photography](https://www.instagram.com/tucsonpetphotography) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MichaelKlothPhotography) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkloth/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelKloth) - [Find a Photographer, PPA directory](https://www.findaphotographer.com/photographer/michael-kloth-5138903) - [ASMP portfolio](https://www.asmp.org/portfolio/michael-kloth/)