Eden

This is little baby Eden, who I met the other day when I went over to photograph her with her mum, Angela, and Angela's mum, Mary:



It was lovely to capture images of mum and new baby together:







There was even time for a bit of a nap, under a watchful eye (or four) of course!







And I couldn't resist a 'pawtrait' of family dog G, a wonderful Weimaraner:

Meet Mr Bojangles

It was a lovely morning this morning and it was an early start to go and photograph Mr Bojangles, the beagle, in the park in Kettering for Lindsey and Tony.

Here are some early favourites:











Sometimes, when there isn't a tree available, you've just got to wait your turn...



I guess you could say this was a bit of a 'pawtrait' session!

Who let the dogs out?

I can't confess to being a pet photographer, but when I do get to photograph pets, especially dogs, I tend to treat them as I would a portrait shoot i.e. after finding some nice soft light I'm looking for an interesting background, a bit of colour and or texture being ideal. I then like to shoot a nice, tight head and shoulders image before thinking about wider pictures.

So, a few recent images of a couple of dogs.

Firstly, Bo, the chocolate Labrador, photographed this afternoon. It was bitterly cold so it's amazing any images where sharp as I'm sure my hands were shaking so much (!):







And then Lilly, the Hungarian Vizsla, photographed late last year:





Thankfully there was some texture in the wall behind Lilly in the first image. I wouldn't want to be caught photographing her against a white background ....

Next week I'll hopefully get some hints and tips on pet photography as my good friend, and terrific pet photographer, Paul Walker is giving a couple of seminars at the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographs annual convention in London.