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.
Aspen.
Dakota.
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.
Both of them were very confident kids and made it easy for me to get some fun shots like these.
We had heaps of fun on the play equipment in the park.
Miss Emilee was quite the little professional model.
You can definitely see the twin resemblance in these shots.
Finishing off with a fun shot of Brandon and his buddy Aspen.
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.
Tags: australia, child photography, Children, dog photography, Dogs, japanese spitz, park, playground, Samoyed, sydney, twins, white fluffy
Mali’s session was a gift from her owner’s daughter (also a client of mine) for Mother’s Day last year. Inspired by her daughter’s Havanese dog, Mali’s owner jumped at the chance to own one of these great little dogs when the opportunity arose – so Mali was quickly integrated into the family!
The bond between Mali and his Mum is obvious the moment you see them together. After a quick couple of shots at home, we headed to the local park and got busy. Mali’s Mum was keen for some shots of the two of them together so we made sure we got plenty of them to choose from.
Mali was a perfect angel off-leash at the park, even resisting the urge to dive in to the lake and chase some ducks, he came straight back when Mum called like a good boy. Keen to show off his jumping ability, a demonstration was arranged for me.
Time for some modelling shots in the gorgeous park grounds.
Then back home again to soak up the last of the day’s light on the jetty.
Ragdoll cats are my favourite cat breed. So cuddly, affectionate and playful and who can resist those big blue eyes. Hector was a typical Ragdoll who would much rather lie on his back, flat out on the floor that pose nicely for me, so I had to work hard with camera in one hand and a furry, feathery, noisy, bright green cat toy in the other. Cats are hard work!
His favourite pose – flat out, upside down on the floor.
I met Ruby’s owner at a pet festival where I was holding a stall promoting my photography. I had both my girls there and Ruby’s Mum decided that she’d love a few photos of her little white dog with my big dark one, so she booked Ruby in for a mini session in the park.
Luna, not being the best model in the world, was passed up on the day in favour of the more obliging and photogenic Kaya, who showed Ruby the ropes and gave her a few sneaky modelling tips.
Ruby was a very sweet and well behaved little girl and I managed to grab a few nice shots of her by herself before moving onto some posed shots with Kaya.
