While walking with the whippets this morning I got pondering about why our business is growing in these tough economic times of cuts backs and osterity. Pictures, Images I thought, that is one of the reasons.
A chance meeting in 2010 when a lovely lady came into my little shop in Totnes to buy her labradoodle a bed and a collar. She commented on a water colour picture that I had of Bruno on the wall (painted by my very talented friend Andrea Franklin) and we got talking about how I had sold the shop and was about to launch my new Dog Business and how I needed to find a photographer. Ha! said she, I am a photographer!
You know those times when you meet someone and it just seems right? Well this was such a time, and Maz offered to take some pictures of our dogs to see if she was up to the job!
These are a few of those images and you can see that I knew immediately that we were going to work together. Maz creates a kind of magic that she captures through her lens and such a serene way about her that we are all relaxed in her company, and the results show.
So the big photo shoot was booked, I recruited anyone that I knew who had a dog to model and we all met up in the picturesque village in Devon where Maz has a home. The weather was kind to us that day, and I thought I would share a few of my favourite pictures that weren't selected for use, but sum up the lovely day we had.
You couldn't meet two such different dogs, Blue, elegant, Henry, scruffy!!
My dear friend Len with his whippet Barney, true love!
Whippets know where the treats are! Barney, Cloud and Bruno
The delectable Blue, so relaxed!
Henry had the hots for Dolly!
Oh we had some fun that day, and considering that many of the coats and jumpers didn't fit the dogs, we managed to get enough images to launch our website.
Since that shoot in 2010 we have done one every year, and are preparing to do the next one in July. Now things are much more organised, we recruit models through social media sites, and I make garments that fit perfectly. Of course we have had the weather to contend with, in 2011 we had torrential showers and sun, in 2012 we had the hottest day of the year, and who knows what this July will bring! Whatever the met office throws at us, we find a way to make the best of it as I think you will agree!
My two rascals
Billy and Andreas PINK wellies!
Nolly and Tinker such great friends
Hot Dog Nolly taking a break!
True companions
The star of the day, Frank!
Maz takes amazing photos of people too, and you can look at her fabulous work on her website
www.lightanddayphoto.com
I will see you with the results of the next session with our favourite photographer in the next post.
Debbie x
