Pet Portrait Promotion Until September 30th

Pet Portrait Promotion Until September 30th - Don't Miss Out!

From today until September 30th we are running a promotion for pet photography. Book with us before then and receive a complimentary portrait session for your pet (whatever variety that may be - although if you bring me something crazy please manage your expectations of what I might produce. But I am willing to try just about anything). We'll also give you a £100 voucher to put towards your order (not redeemable for cash).

As I discovered very recently, pets are valuable members of the family who end up sorely missed before we know it. We lost our cat Mittens who was hit by a car a couple of weeks ago. I'm quite glad I have lots of photos of her, but amazingly the last proper portrait I have of her was when she was just a kitten. I think its time I attempted portraits of our remaining two cats before its too late for them too.

(This is just a quick one of Luigi, one of our remaining cats. Its just as hard to photograph cats as you'd imagine. There is no following instructions with these guys)

(This is Tiger, the other cat of ours as a kitten, still one of my favourite photos and amazingly it was much easier back then and a lot more fun too)

(This is a set of Bulldogs which wom me Pet Portrait Photographer of the Year for 2013)

I'm looking forward to photographing some real characters.

Contact us if you've got a pet you'd like photographed
To get in touch or book your session you can either ring us on 01455 611069, follow this link to our contact us page on our website, or send us a message via our Facebook page here. We look forward to hearing from you.

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