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

Here’s Ginty, Heather’s Bearded Collie. Ginty is a gorgeous dog, and very well behaved – so in the space of an hour, we managed to get not only a good range of studio photos taken, but also a lovely series of shots outside in the local park. With the autumn leaves now on the ground, we were able to take advantage of the lovely colours in the background for our shots.

Let’s take a looksee then – starting with a nice smiley portrait

I love this next one – reminds me of a big soft rug on the floor!

and outside…

Well… that’s all for now. Full galleries are available here;

Heather’s Bearded Collie photos

I hope you enjoyed the previews. All the best for now,

Rob.

Surrey dog photography

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

Isn’t that just the cutest?

Last week I was lucky enough to find myself in West Sussex photographing these gorgeous little Sheltie puppies, for Burns Pet Nutrition. I did a shoot for Burns Pet Nutrition a little while ago, which included a Chihuahua, a Great Dane and a Patterdale Terrier. Full details of that one can be found here.

Anyway… Colin contacted me again and asked if I would like to do another shoot for them. He included a picture of one of the puppies in his email, and I immediately thought this would be a great fun shoot to do. I mean, just look at this puppy below..!

So, that’s how this one came about. The dogs are owned by top breeder Bernadette Bay, who both breeds and trains Shelties very successfully. If you’d like more information on Bernadette’s success, please visit her website here: O’bay Shelties

Although as with all children, animal and baby shoots, this did have some challenges… it was still a fun shoot to do, and I think we were rewarded with some lovely shots of the dogs.

Here’s the last one for now…

Thanks so much for all your help Bernadette, you’re a star with those dogs! And thanks to Colin at Burns Pet Nutrition for letting me play with the animals again

Full galleries will soon be available here: Sheltie puppy photos

Comments welcome, as always.

To get your own top quality pet portraits click here

All the best,

Rob.

Professional animal photography in West Sussex, East Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Kent and London

Burns pet nutrition is a sponsor for Danetrain - a company specialising in supplying fully trained dogs – including but not limited to Great Danes to the film and TV industry. Carole from Danetrain brought along a total of 11 dogs, and we chose 3 for our shoot: Tucker the Great Dane, Lofty the Chihuahua and Ivor, a Patterdale Terrier. All 3 dogs are experienced actors/models, and turned out to be great to work with!

So… want to see some pictures? Here we go then. Let’s start with a group shot…

And another…

Aren’t they gorgeous?

Tucker is absolutely huge, and towered over “Lofty”!

And finally, one of Ivor on his own…

If you think you recognise Ivor, that may be because he is currently appearing in a TV commercial for Olympus cameras, which you can see here: Olympus commercial footage from Utube

Well, the shoot was a lot of fun to do, and I think we got some great pictures.

Full galleries available here soon: Burns Pet nutrition photo shoot

Thanks for looking: comments welcome.

Rob.

Professional animal photography in Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, London and Kent