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

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

…this shoot was also going to involve the four family dogs! Since this was going to need a bit of space, we arranged the shoot in a dedicated studio in Croydon. The dogs were four gorgeous Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

Each of the dogs was impeccably well behaved during the shoot, and obviously loved all the attention showered upon them by all involved. We got some great shots of each of the family, and the dogs included. Here’s just a few from the session…

Lovely.

Full galleries will soon be available here: Linda’s family and dog portraits

Comments welcomed.

Rob.

Family and pet portraiture in Croydon, Surrey

Nellie is Andrea’s gorgeous looking Tibetan Spaniel, and I was invited to come and photograph her at her home in Purley so Andrea can use the pictures for a sculpture she is planning. This meant we needed a good few record shots of Nellie from various angles so the artist will be able to get Nellie’s various dimensions correct – which meant me doing my usual trick of laying on the floor to get the shots we wanted!

Nellie is a sweet little thing, and it was a pleasure to photograph her. Here are just a couple more of the photos we took during the session.

Isn’t she sweet? For full galleries, click here: Andrea’s Tibetan Spaniel portraits

Rob.

Pet portraits in Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire London and Kent

Sophie contacted me a few weeks ago with an idea for a portrait session for herself and her brother, Micheal – a great Christmas present for Mum & Dad. We agreed a booking, and then extended the shoot to also include Sophie’s partner Kevin, and Micheal’s partner Jo.

The group decided to go with the popular white backdrop, and here’s a few examples of what we got, beginning with Sophie and Mike…

here’s Sophie again, this time with boyfriend Kevin…

Micheal, and girlfriend Jo…

…Mike and Kevin…

And finally… all the guys as a group

A nice fun and relaxed session, which I think everybody enjoyed. Sophie and Micheal had been about 20 years between photo sessions… let’s hope they don’t feel the need to leave it another 20 years before the next one!

Rob.

Surrey portrait photographer

As is the ‘norm’, with 3 dogs in one session, things got… a little bit excitable for our four legged friends – but we managed to get each of the dogs photographed in turn before going for some group combinations, which I thought worked out rather well…

Hope you like the images! If you’d like your own pet portraits taken, either for yourself or as a gift, please feel free to get in touch.

Rob.

Dog portraits in Surrey

Andy called me and asked me to photograph his girlfriend’s horse for her at the stables in Eastleigh, Hampshire as a surprise gift for her. No problem: here’s a few pictures of Shannon – first outside then in…

…and finally, a quick shot of one of another horse from the same stable.

Many thanks to Hannah for her help in looking after the horses (and me)!

Andy’s full horse galleries here

Rob.

Horse portrait photographer in Hampshire

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.

Surrey dog photographer