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Category Archives: Pet portraits

Pets and their people

Hedgehog photoshoot all curled up

In this project I’m capturing portraits to show the human – pet connection, that celebrate pets as the true stars of the show. For centuries, humans have kept pets for many reasons – assistance, joy, fun, love.  But the why is not always logical. My household is currently ruled by a herd of guinea pigs....

Tips for your dog photoshoot

close up dog portrait

I love to photograph a doggy photo session.  I’ve got a list of a few tips to help you get the most out of your session. 1) Lead. There is no need to let your dog off lead during our portrait session unless you are comfortable that we are in a safe place to do so....

Happy pet calendar contest

Buy Pet Calendar

Contest Rules Enter to make your pet a star! Entries: Each entry is £5 Limit of 1 pet per photo entry. People are not allowed in photos, only your pet. Photos that do not follow these rules will not be eligible to win with no opportunity for a refund. All photos must be uploaded; we...

Hedgehog portraits – Hetti and Anca

Pet hedgehog

Hetti is a 3 year old African Pygmy Hedgehog. Hetti loves to eat cat food, cooked chicken and mealworms.  Her favourite place to be is in her cosy fleece snuggle sack.  She loves to run on her wheel at night and loves cuddling with the kids. The domesticated African pygmy hedgehog is the most popular...

Stick insect portraits – Crawley and Austin

Pet stick insect and boy

Crawley is a baby Indian Stick Insect, and is about 4 weeks old.    Austin is training him to like being picked up by giving him food.  Indian Stick insects grow to about 8cm long and have been kept and bred in captivity for decades.  They eat common garden leaves such as privet and bramble....

Guinea pig portraits – Mr Fluffy Head and Jenny

Close up fluffy guinea pig

Mr Fluffy Head is a very fluffy guinea pig and he is 3 months old. Sadly there are more male guinea pigs in rescue centres as they are more likely to fall out when kept in boar pairs that are not well matched, and they are social animals that do not like to live alone....

Guinea pigs – Crumpet, Sprinkle and boys

Boy with teddy guinea pig - portrait

Crumpet and Sprinkle are Teddy guinea pig sows, and are 11 months old. They live in a large indoor open topped C&C enclosure in the lounge and come out for exercise, cuddles and to mow the lawn.   Though they don’t like to sit down and watch TV with us they do greet us every...

Gerbil portraits – Nibbles and Gordon

Gerbil

Nibbles is a wild coloured male Mongolian gerbil. He enjoys exploring and climbing over his human and the whole room. Mongolian Gerbils are found in the wild in asia and were first bred in captivity in the 1930’s. They were introduced to the pet trade and became popular in the 1970’s. Selective breeding has produced...

Toddler Twins at home – unique twin project

I met these lovely read headed twins as part of my unique twins project for a short photo shoot at home. The family live on a farm with a Noah’s ark of animals – 2 horses, 3 dogs, 1 pony and 1 giant rabbit, and I wanted to capture their importance to the family. The...

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