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Client Session ~ Boo the Great Dane

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Probably my most ironic session location yet – “Boo” the Great Dane, photographed in a cemetery! Boo and his Mum live just down the road from the intriguing St Stephens Cemetery and regularly stroll through the broken gravestones and memorials and amazing old trees on their daily walks. I was so excited to shoot there, and although the light didn’t quite cooperate on the day with looming heavy cloud, the atmosphere was still pretty special.

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So enough about the location and onto the star of the session – Boo! This lovely boy was 9 months old at the time of our shoot and your typical gangly and exuberant Great Dane teenager. With a tongue that rarely stayed inside his mouth resulting in a constant endearing doggy grin, he obviously enjoys his walks through the cemetery and adjacent park, running through the long grass and sniffing around the old gravestones.

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I just love his distinctive white chest blaze.

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We managed to persuade Boo to sit down and relax for a while in the long grass an open corner of the walled cemetery enclosure, resulting in some nice quiet shots.

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Then it was back to exploring again.

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Before settling down to chew a stick, Boo looking at me with a familiar ‘dare you to come and get me!’ attitude.

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In the grounds of the cemetery is also St Stevens Anglican Church. Built in 1874, it’s a lovely old church featuring gothic revival architecture and these amazing doors! The light was fading fast by this stage but we had time for just a few shots of Boo featured in the doorway.

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If you’d like to know more about this very special place, check out the Wikipedia article on the history of the Camperdown Cemetery and then head over to the offical website of the St Stephens Church in Newtown. Interesting stuff!

Client Session ~ Chopper the Great Dane Labrador Mix

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Chopper is the chilled out, mature big brother of Bozley and Giselle and yep, he’s a foster failure too, and it’s easy to see why! At seven years old he is starting to slow down a little, but still loves to get amongst the action every now and then.

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Though given the opportunity (a lovely sunny front garden devoid of the annoying young ones) he quickly switched to lying in the sunshine, soaking up the rays.

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A big solid boy thanks to his Great Dane heritage, Chopper also has the look of a big cuddly overgrown Labrador Retriever.

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Big brown eyes and an old grey face are a beautiful combination.

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I couldn’t resist making a feature of his lovely head wrinkles too of course.

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Client Session ~ Bozley the Staffy Mix

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Where do I start with Bozley! First up, he was a foster failure. It must have been a combination of his endearing sooky nature and his exuberance for life in general that made him impossible to pass up. There are definitely two sides to this boy and I knew I was in for meeting a real little character when in the questionnaire, his owner gave him the following description:

“Bozley is cunning, sly, impetuous, loving, eager to please, dominant, the class clown and bad to the bone. He is also extremely cuddly.”

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I certainly wasn’t disappointed – Boz was a complex character! Such a busy boy, so much to do, checking the fenceline perimeter, giving his Mum kisses and cuddles, rolling in smelly mushrooms along with sniffing absolutely everything in the front yard. A challenging boy to shoot but very rewarding.

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Ok, so I admit I am obsessed with head wrinkles!

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Client Session ~ Giselle the Great Dane

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While we are on the subject of Great Danes, I thought I’d share one of the dogs from a recent three dog session I had while in Sydney over Easter. The owner in question actually has a total of four dogs and regularly takes on foster dogs from the pound, buying them time so they can be rehomed. The work she does is amazing and she’s been instrumental in saving many wonderful dogs who would have otherwise met their end while waiting for a new home at the pound.

When her beloved Great Dane boy Xander sadly passed away, she decided that now was the time for her to treat herself to a puppy, after so many years of taking on adult dogs and foster failures.

So, meet Giselle! Giselle is a beautiful merle mantle girl with big brown eyes, the cutest black and pink muzzle and a most endearing expression. Never fear though, she knows how to assert herself in her pack as well!

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Those big brown eyes look amazing in both colour and black and white.

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Love those little white whiskers!

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As a final note, Giselle is a total water baby, and super smart too! She loves playing with the garden hose and actually grabs it in her mouth, hauls it over to her water bowl and fills the bowl with water. Don’t believe me? Check out this video of Giselle when she was younger, doing exactly that. Plus more of Giselle and her water-baby ways.

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Client Session ~ Aspen, Dakota, Emilee and Brandon

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Welcome to my first official session with both dogs, and children! When Michelle asked me if I would be interested in a photo session with her two dogs and her twins, I did warn her that I am much better with dogs than with children, however she was happy to just let me do my thing. Just what I like to hear! It may be a slightly unconventional child session but I’m sure Michelle was prepared for that.

The dogs first – Aspen is a 9 month old Japanese Spitz and his big sister Dakota is a 15 month old Samoyed. Both are bright white, incredibly soft and fluffy with brown eyes, but that’s where the similarities end. These two have very different personalities with Aspen the more outgoing of the two and Dakota with her sweet, laid back temperament.

My favourite shot of the two of them.

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Aspen.

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Dakota.

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Now on to the children! Emilee and Brandon are 11 year old twins and two absolutely gorgeous kids. I can see where they got their looks from their mother and I am assuming dad is pretty handsome too! With quite different personalities, they were a joy to work with. I think this shot sums up the pair of them quite well.

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Both of them were very confident kids and made it easy for me to get some fun shots like these.

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We had heaps of fun on the play equipment in the park.

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Miss Emilee was quite the little professional model.

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You can definitely see the twin resemblance in these shots.

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Finishing off with a fun shot of Brandon and his buddy Aspen.

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This was the first of three sessions I did while in Sydney. Expect to see many more gorgeous doggies (including two Great Danes for the fans out there) over the coming couple of weeks.