Pet photography – Leo
So something a little different … portraits with Leo, a completely loveable labrador. Not my usual subject but when previous wedding clients Ben and Amy asked if I could help out with a Christmas present for Amy’s parents, who was I to resist making a new furry friend?
Anyone who has been photographed by me will know that I direct quite carefully, even for the photos that ‘look’ unposed. So you can imagine how far out of my comfort zone I am with pet photography! Getting a dog to be still, with paws in the right place and looking in just the right direction was never going to happen. But oh how we tried! And laughed!
The trick, I found, was something that you do all the time as a wedding photographer: predict what might happen and get there before it happens. All I had to do was create some situations, where the light and backgrounds were good, for Leo to be Leo.
This, my favourite from the session, was taken in the split second before Leo came bounding full pelt towards me!
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