A quick snap today of George – Sharon’s gorgeous (but rather camera shy) dog in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Sharon contacted me a while ago and had some lovely photos taken of George for her husband’s birthday – and this shot finished up as a beautiful canvas!

Busy, busy.

Now, with the bulk of the 2009 wedding season now drawing to a close, one might be forgiven for thinking things would slow down right about now… but instead, this is the time of year I get a lot of calls for portraiture – for both people and their pets. Indeed , with Christmas right around the corner I’ve been spending a lot of time taking “secret” photos which will end up being great Christmas presents, and as such haven’t been posting much up here on the blog for a little while. However, I just have to show a couple of photos from one such recent shoot (no names) involving two little Miniature Daschunds who were just too cute for words! Take a look at these adorable little dogs, who loved every minute of their Christmassy photo shoot…

Aren’t they sweet? I have such a great job

Rob.

Professional pet photography for South East England

I haven’t done any pet portraits for a little while, since our wedding season is now well and truly underway – and it’s been even longer since I got to do any horse photography – so when Louise called me and arranged for me to go and photograph her horse Henrietta I was looking forward to getting outside and taking in a bit of fresh country air! As it turned out, Henrietta was completely unimpressed with both myself and my camera gear – but did enjoy feasting on the lush long grass in her field while I chased around after her trying to get a good angle for her photos!

We got a bunch of lovely pictures, ranging from some nice standard portrait/lansdscapes, right up to a few that I think are just a little bit different. Let’s take a look at just a few of them then:

Well, that’s all for now then – I hope you enjoyed viewing them. Thanks has to go to Louise for her help in chasing Henrietta around the field for me!

Full galleries available here.

All the best for now,

Rob.

We’re not quite done yet… but I do have time to show you something else for a change now

Regular readers will know I’m a bit of a sucker for animal photography, so today I’d like to introduce you to Keane the Rottweiler, owned and loved by Jody. Keane is a lovely dog with a great temperament, not at all how many people imagine Rotties to be. In fact – he’s a big softie!

So let’s take a look at him then – starting with Jody’s request for a white background studio portrait – taken in our tiny front-room!

A handsome beastie isn’t he? Here’s another from inside…

After getting a few shots ‘in the bag’ I suggested to Jody we take Keane to the little park ‘next door’. With the autumn colours and a few leaves on the ground, this is a great time for outdoor photography – for pets, people or kids. Such lovely colours around…

I love a nice natural picture – and of course Keane didn’t seem to object in the slightest!

That’s all for now. Best I get back to my wedding processing

Full galleries for Keane can be found here;

Rottweiler photos – Keane

All the best for now,

Rob.

Surrey pet photographer – covering the whole South East regions

Andrew asked me to photograph his Red brindle Boxer dog for him, and visited me at home last week where we took a series of photos – both ‘studio’ and natural. We got some great shots of a real character. Here are just a few for you to take a look at…

Preserving modesty…

The guys…

Full galleries can be found here: Andrew’s dog photos

Enjoy!

Rob

Surrey dog photographer

Lee called me up a few months ago and asked me if I could take some pictures of Mum’s Miniature Schnauzer, Sheba – in Peterborough! Now, ordinarily I wouldn’t venture so far out from home… but I guess Lee caught me in a weak moment, and was very complimentary about my photography (I’m a sucker for sweet-talking) – so that’s how I found myself at Mum Grace’s place last week.

Sheba turned out to be a lovely dog, and quite the poser…

After a quick pause to mow the lawn (hey, she’s miniature Schnauzer after all and we wanted to see her properly!) I started snapping.

Want to see some pictures? Here you go then;

Grace and Sheba together…

…and a few family shots thrown in for good measure…

Of course, not everybody wants to be photographed all the time

Lovely family, lovely dog, horrible drive

Thanks for all your hospitality guys, I enjoyed taking your photos for you.

Full galleries can be found here: Grace’s Miniature Schnauzer and family photos

All the best,

Rob.

Professional family and pet photographer

…but you know how things tend to slip through, right?

Shelley from Ashford, Kent contacted me some time ago to arrange for a series of photos: 1 dog, 3 cats, 2 humans was how she described it – and that’s just what it was. Shelley’s cats turned out to be somewhat camera-shy… but a good dose of patience, some laying on my belly, and a trip to the cupboard to photograph one particularly shy subject later, and we had a number of shots in the bag.

Here are just a few of them for you…

Good stuff… full galleries here: Shelley’s pet portraits

Enjoy the photos!

Rob.

Professional animal photography in Kent

Angela contacted me because she wanted some really special portraits taken of her new puppy Delancey – a 6 week old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. We arranged the shoot quite quickly, knowing how fast puppies grow. Angela really wanted to capture Delancey in his true “puppy” state.

So on to the shoot… Angela arrived by train with Delancey in his own little travel bag – and when she let him out I could see he was a gorgeous little thing! Excitable, inquisitive, fast and constantly moving but very very cute.

I guess you wanna see some cute puppy pictures then, right? Ok, get your “Oohs” and “Aaah’s” ready ‘cos here they come.

1. Tell me that’s not cute..

2. Aaah..

3. Isn’t he gorgeous?

4. Now for some fun with a wide angle lens!

5. This was great fun. With a 12mm lens fitted to the camera, this was taken just a couple of inches from puppy.

6. And finally one to make you laugh. Angela told me she loved those shots where the head looks really big and the body small – almost a cartoon caricature of Delancey… Could I do one? Well let’s see…!

Ok, that’s all for now. This was a fun shoot to do. Puppy was the cutest thing – and even though at just 6 weeks old he’s had no training yet, he turned out great to work with too (once we’d employed a few tricks to keep his busy little self contained)! Angela loved the session and I just know she’s going to be excited when she sees her pictures, so I’m looking forward to that.

Hope you enjoyed the photos. Please do leave your comments, I love to hear them. Until next time then..

And if you want your own set of professional pet photographs taken you can find full details on how to book your photo session by visiting the pet photography section of my main website.

All the best,

Rob.

Professional dog photography in Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, London, Kent

So… on to today’s story: Val contacted me and asked me to photograph Woody for her. Woody is a lovely 13 year old dog with a great temperament and was so relaxed during our photo session that I thought he was going to drop off to sleep completely! A bit of bribery from the biscuit barrel seemed to get his attention though.

Here’s a few shots for you…

Lovely isn’t he?

Full galleries will soon be available here: Val’s dog portraits

Comments welcome, and thanks for looking

Rob.

Dog photographers in Surrey

Sadly, our model today is not in great health, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer… so I took a trip down to Dorking for our photo shoot.

There is a saying “Never work with children or animals”, which is borne from their tendency to do what they please when they please… Our model for today decided he wasn’t keen on photography so we ended up doing a bit of ‘sniping’ in and around Michael’s home. He was a lovely cat, but a bit camera shy – and who can blame him!

Perseverance paid off, we got our pictures, and I left cat and owner enjoying the weather in the garden. A few pictures for you…

Full galleries can be found here: Michael’s cat portraits

I hope you enjoy the photos.

Rob.

Pet photography in Surrey