I love my job. Every day brings something new, and something different: weddings, people, kids, cars, cat, and… dogs. Every job is different, and each brings its own set of challenges.
I got an email from Sally in Sutton. Sally owns not one, not two or even three dogs, but… 6 dogs! 4 small, Jack Russell Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier, Shih Tzu, and Papillon – 1 medium, Collie Spaniel, and 1 large – Labrador.
Sally was looking for a single photograph with all her dogs together and finished the email by telling me “they are all naughty and hate to sit still to order”…
A challenge indeed.
So, off I go to meet Sally and the dogs at home. The dogs are lovely, every one of them – all very friendly, but also all (barking) mad! We decided to start off by photographing each dog in turn so Sally would have some nice portraits of each individual dog. Take a look at the following, all taken with available light around the home in a very improvised manner, as the dogs ran rings around me!
Lovely aren’t they? Each was very individual, and it was clear that Sally knows each dog’s character intimately. Some have come from rather unfortunate backgrounds, but have all been lucky enough to be taken in by Sally who obviously loves them all to bits.
In case you think I jest about our ‘working conditions’… take a look at these two snaps – yes his feet are off the ground in the first one, and that’s three of the six dogs with one toy, in the second!
So what of the multi-dog picture? Clearly, this crazy bunch wasn’t going to hang around to have their pictures all taken together. We gave it some thought, and came up with a plan – a line up! With no room to take the shot inside, we cleared an area of the patio and set to work – and aided by the wonders of modern technology and more than a little jiggery pokery (both in taking the photo and during post processing) I can now show you the following ‘line up’ (which never actually happened)…
and finally… Sally’s seasonal idea…
Sometimes when you wake up in the morning… you really do never know what’s gonna happen next.
Thanks for your help Sally, it was a lot of fun!
Full galleries of Sally’s dogs will be available very shortly.
Rob.
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