A morning with Holly

We don't often have non furry children around here but who would (or could) ever say no to photographing this face!!??



Holly is the most pleasant baby ever! She's just happpy no matter what!!






Turns out, photographing a 9 month old baby is a LOT like photographing a dog (in the nicest possible way)! I used a squeaky toy like normal, rolled around on the grass like normal & made a whole lot of funny noises like normal!!!







Holly, you are going to break some hearts :) x






I trust Holly will absolutely LOVE her first Christmas and hope you'll all be this happy on Christmas morning!!

Billy The Frenchie

Billy's the first French bulldog i've had the pleasure of photographing! From the photos i've seen of Frenchies they're very good at expressing their mood through their facial expressions and BOY was Billy one of those!! We'll start off with a little montage of the many faces of Billy . . I will attempt to decipher the thoughts behind each photo . .

This first one is simply a "Where is that funny noise coming from"??



"i LOVE having my photo taken!"



"You are boring me"



"i will not cry, i will not cry"



"WHAT IS THAT SMELLLL??? I CAN'T BREATHE!!!"



Billy's shoot was supposed to take place on our lovely doggie beach but as soon as we hit the sand the rain decided to start! Got a quick couple of cute lil portraits though





We headed back to get some studio shots since the weather refused to play nicely







Bec, if you get any more beautiful i will refuse to sit next to you at the family dinner table :p



We wandered outside once the sun came out & let Billy have a play :)

Whilst you might argue that a photo of a dog with his eyes closed is useless - i find that it's normally my favourite photo of the day!!









We finished off with a little cuddle time :)

The Lovely Lou Lou

Lou Lou's mum received a Petography Gift Certificate from a lovely lady for her birthday earlier this year :)

So on Thursday morning Lou Lou brought her mum and dad out to her favourite park for their photo shoot. Lou Lou is 8 years old and was a very willing model once we got her to stand still!

But first . . she needed some doggie time . .





Then we had us some family time :) Lou Lou had NO problem with some extra attention & lots of cuddles!









and then Lou Lou found her inner Elle Macpherson . .











I had a great time with all three of you & hope i've captured the Lou Lou you love so much :D

Claire :)

A Roly Christmas :)

I was lucky enough to work in the same building as Roly the Jack Russell for about a year. That's right, i said work in the same office as Roly . . . The Jack Russell! Roly would be at the office almost every day of the week helping out where he could and generally doing all the doggy things around the place; sniffing out any bad smells, ensuring we didn't waste any food, playing with his toys (he even has an automatic ball thrower for when he needs a break from the office work) & of course keeping guard!! Roly's mum, Amanda is unbelievably fabulous - i LOVE her! She's a Settlement Agent and is one of the most contagiously happy people i've ever had the pleasure of meeting. This of course meant i was super excited when she asked me if we could organise some christmas cards with Roly's handsome face on the front for her clients. Roly was a star. . he quite literally looked into my lens as a clicked away in his little face!! And his mum thought he wasn't the modelling kind!!! . . ..





This is Roly's secret weapon - if you're ignoring him whilst there's food around he brings out this move: NOBODY can resist!







I sent a few Chrissie card options & due to Roly being too irresistable in each, we're getting both printed for the lucky clients!





You have to say it out loud to appreciate it . . . "We wish you a ROLY (aka: really) Happy Christmas!!"

Roly is looking forward to a location shoot early in the new year :)

Jack's Mission

Kylie is my girl. She's hands down, the loveliest person anyone could ever meet. She's blonde and has on occassion, done her bit to enhance the blonde stereotype - the best one being when she let slip that she genuinely thought that Unicorns existed (she was 22 years old when this hapenned) - but was quick to add "i know they don't have wings and fly though!" Phew - good save Kins, for a second there we thought we were going to have to disown you :p
Kylie and I get along better than anyone i know - though there has always been one tiny flaw in Kylie's perfect existence . . i'm just gonna say it . . .(deep breath) . . she . . . doesn't . . . like . . . DOGS!!!!!! It's not her fault, she never had dogs growing up & has just managed to avoid them.
I'll admit, my two k9 children do get VERY excited when visitors come over, they jump up & lick your face and take a good few minutes to calm down once you've come in and sat down. When Kylie came over to visit my new puppy (11 months after we got her) she wasn't quite prepared for the greeting she received. Alfie & Jersey gave her the same greeting they give everyone only they just LOVED it when Kylie started screaming and running around our island bench which they of course assumed meant she was playing a very competitive game of chasey and had to catch her! As Aidan & I laughed all the breath out of our bodies Kylie eventually stopped running, stood still and yelled "I can't believe you didn't help me!".
A few short weeks after this life threatening experience, would you believe it - I got a text message from the Kins, and it said "you won't in a million years guess what we just bought. A dog!! haha" I have NEVER been so shocked in my life!! This was it - i've always told kylie that it would only take one dog of her own to become a changed person and now we will see the transformation as Jack goes from being an outside dog, to a cuddle buddy when the boyfriend's away :)
Just look at those eyes!!!



Jack's not quite 3 months yet so we had his firt little photoshoot in his backyard.









It was just a tad sweltering this afternoon so Jack cooled himself off in his water bucket :)








I cannot wait for Kylie to start talking about him in such a way that people will assume Jack is her human child :)




Congratulations on your first fluffy born xxx