Puppy!

Last weekend Ellie and I went down to Kent to visit a friend, and they have recently had a new addition within the family - Jasper the puppy. Naturally, I took plenty of pics of him, and thought I'd post a few here because he's cute and it breaks up the endless shots of ugly rock stars!

Jasper is huge considering he's only 3 and half months old. We took him on his first proper walk round a nearby lake on the Saturday - he had a good time but was shattered for the rest of the day!

Not to be outdone, Teddy - the other dog in the household - was also happy to have his photo taken.

Later on, Jasper perked up a bit a was more playful. He took a particular liking to my camera strap, as you can see here.

Hope you enjoyed the pics - don't forget to get in touch if you'd like any shots of your pet doing!

Down on the Farm

Yesterday I headed to Grange Farm near Ryton to do a shoot with a work colleague of my Mum and her family - three teenage daughters, one dog and one horse. The shoot was good fun, and I came away with lots of images that I'm really pleased with...hopefully my models will think the same! As there were so many different faces, I've posted a couple of each person, just so you get an idea of the different shots that I've ended up with. So, here's the first daughter.

...and daughter number two...

...and last but by no means least, daughter number three!

The girls also brought along a friend and I got some great shots of her as well. The more the merrier they say, so here she is.

We also used the shoot time to get some shots of the family unit - some of just the girls and some with Mum in as well. Here's some of my favourites.

And of course, I wasn't going home without getting some shots of the other family members - the ones with four legs each!

The next four images are my absolute favourite shots from the day of each model. I'll be interested to see which ones the models themselves like.

Thanks ever so much to all my models, I really appreciate you all giving up your time to let me shoot you, and I hope I've managed to get some shots that you all like! Cheers :-)

I've gone barking!

I've decided that, as well as shooting music and lifestyle portraits, I'd also quite like to get into shooting people's pets. As such, I did a quick practice shoot with my own dog, Monty, this afternoon, and here are some of the best shots.

If you'd like to see more of my pet photography, then check out the new Pets Gallery on my website.

If you have a pet that you would like me to photograph, then please feel free to get in touch and we can sort something out. Hopefully your pet won't look as stupid as Monty does on this next one.