About Me

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am an amateur photographer from Newcastle upon Tyne. I live with my husband, Graeme, alongside our 7 dogs, 3 cats and 2 ferrets. We are both interested in dog agility and I have recently started some gundog training. As well as our own dogs, I run a dog walking and pet care service. I am also studying canine behaviour and training, so always have a dog or two as a good photographic subject. I have completed two basic photography courses as well as a night photography course, to try to improve my existing skills, as well as develop new skills and find some new subjects for my photography. I shoot most of my photos with a Nikon D3000. I have two lenses - the 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 and the 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6. I mainly use the 55-300 lens, as it covers most bases for the type of photography I enjoy. I also have a Nissin Di622 Mark II flashgun and have recently been gifted a Manfrotto tripod.

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Merlot and the Two Blondes

We are back to drizzly and wet weather today, so I decided to take my afternoon dog walk to the beach. I usually only have my standard poodle Lottie and her labrador friend Merlot. However, at the moment they are joined by another Lottie, this one a golden retriever. Makes shouting for the dogs easier as I get two for the price of one.

As it was raining, I took my Samsung D860 with me, as I am not too bothered if it gets wet and full of sand. It does not do action shots or zoom very well, but general portrait shots seem to come out OK.


Not the best of shots, but it was the only one I got of all 3 of them together. I like the fact I got their reflections in this one, just would have been better taken with my Nikon D3000.


Golden Retriever Lottie trying to share some sand with me. This girl is always smiling


Lottie poodle and her wet, windswept look


Merlot labrador with a huge smile - not surprised, having two gorgeous blondes to himself


Merlot and his innocent look whilst trying to smuggle half of the beach into my van on his harness


We don't let a little bit of bad weather stop our fun. The dogs were well and truly tired by the end of their walk, ready to be chauffered home in comfort.
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