Poochie Portrait Night

I survived it then! Apart from a rotweiler decided to have a munch on my arm I managed to get through the whole 'school portrait for dogs' without any major issues.

School portrait for dogs?  Yup.

You may or may not know that me and my son's dog, Mrs Woofy, are bezzie mates. We're often to be seen wandering round the moors and countryside of Darwen in all sorts of weather.

In addition to our daily (ish) walks we attend agility and obedience classes together. It keeps us both out of mischief and we have fun.

The committee at St Thomas' dog club asked me if I'd shoot a few portraits for the other club members.  There was talk of cats and rabbits as well which brought me out in a cold sweat as I had visions of all sorts of mayhem and bloodshed going on.

Luckily, all that turned up on the night was the dogs, all scrubbed up nicely for their school photos.

Here are a few of my favourites:

Mrs Woofy isn't here. She got a special photo shoot all of her own:

And my personal favourite:

It's been a woof couple of weeks

Hahaaa!! Geddit? Woof?

Oh, ok. I'll get my coat.

There have been an abundance of dog owners wanting poochie portraits of their four legged friends recently.

The trend hasn't finished yet.

This Thursday I'll be working at our local dog club, you know, the one I go to every week with Mrs Woofy, 'the dog that isn't mine' (but that's another story).

I don't know if they already knew I was a photographer or if it was just a coincidence but they asked me if I knew anyone who could take photos.

" I might be able to help you there."

Now, the 'Poochie Portrait Night' has evolved into a general menagerie night. I know at least one person is thinking of bringing her rabbits along. There was even talk of cats and parrots being brought along.

Oh. Dear. Lord.

I'll let you know how it goes.

In the meantime, here are some photos from my last two poochie portrait sessions.

Lassie the border collie, small, feisty and very, very fast.

There's always time for a cuddle.

 Diesel and Jet, the Belgian Shepherd brothers. Aren't they cute?

Animal Magic

There has been a larger number than normal amount of people wanting their dogs photographing recently. Funny that, I've never advertised as an animal photographer but somehow all these pooches and poochettes have ended up on my doorstep.

They do say never work with children or animals but I've had the best fun in the last couple of weeks. Here are a few of my favourite shots:

I mean, seriously, how cute?