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Dogs photographed on open common ground, off lead where recall is reliable and on a line where it is not.
Pet Photographer in Gerrards Cross
Relaxed animal photography in Gerrards Cross, we work at your pet's pace with treats and play, and finish with prints, frames and canvases.
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Studio in Northwood HA6 · weddings from £750 · free consultation
Serving Gerrards Cross
Pet photography in Gerrards Cross
We photograph animals on Gerrards Cross Common, in your own garden, or in the Northwood room, with Stoke Poges, Iver and Fulmer within reach as well. Dogs are most of the work. Cats and the smaller animals are done at home, because a journey in a carrier spends the calm the whole session depends on.
One thing worth doing before we start: bring the toy or the noise that reliably lifts both ears, and hold it back until we ask. Used from the first minute it stops working inside five, and the ear lift is the difference between a snapshot and a portrait.
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What we offer
Pet photography in Gerrards Cross
Cat & Kitten Sessions
Dark coats worked against bright sky rather than shade, so the outline of the animal survives the frame.
Prints & Wall Art
Short early bookings for nervous or elderly animals, before the Common fills up with other dogs.
Local and experienced
Reassuringly patient with pets in Gerrards Cross
The camera goes low, down at the animal's own level, and we photograph in bursts of a few minutes with proper gaps between them. We follow the animal round rather than calling it into a position it has to keep.
Owners are welcome in frame and often useful out of it, holding attention just off camera. You get still, looking at you pictures and moving ones from the same session, because the two need different settings and we switch deliberately between them.
Recent work
Wagging tails and curious whiskers
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Pet Photographer in Gerrards Cross, FAQs
A gallery of beautifully edited images that capture your pet's true character. You can then pick prints, frames or canvases to display at home in Gerrards Cross. Because our turnaround stays quick, you will see your photographs soon after the session rather than weeks later.
Yes, often. Many households in Gerrards Cross bring several animals, and we photograph them together and one by one. Mixed groups of cats and dogs are welcome, and we take our time getting everyone looking the right way. A helper for each pet makes it easier.
Absolutely. Dark coats are wonderful to work with, and long experience has taught us precisely how to light a black cat or dog so the eyes and every strand of fur show clearly. Pets from Gerrards Cross in pale or white coats get exactly the same attention.
Extremely. Twenty-five years behind the lens and thousands of sessions have brought dogs, cats, horses and small pets of every age and character before us. All that time shows in a calm, quick and gentle presence that soon puts even nervous animals at their ease. This applies across Gerrards Cross and Fulmer, Iver and Stoke Poges.
Of course. Anxious cats just need patience, and we have plenty. We keep everything quiet and calm, let your cat wander and sniff at its own speed, and wait until curiosity replaces caution before we start. Gentleness reveals a shy animal's true nature. Around Gerrards Cross we plan for landmarks such as St James Church, a Grade II* listed church of 1859 designed by Sir William Tite with its distinctive dome.
Serving Gerrards Cross
A pet photographer near Gerrards Cross
As a Buckinghamshire pet photographer, we know Gerrards Cross and the towns around it well. It sits close to Chalfont St Peter and Denham, which we cover too. Getting to you in Gerrards Cross is quick from our Northwood studio, with no travel charge locally.
Gerrards Cross is an affluent commuter town in south Buckinghamshire that grew rapidly after its railway station opened in 1906. Gerrards Cross station sits on the Chiltern Main Line with services to London Marylebone. For on-location sessions we often head to spots such as Gerrards Cross Common, close to the well-known St James Church.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Gerrards Cross. Explore the rest: We also cover pet photography across Buckinghamshire, including Amersham, Chalfont St Peter, Chesham, Denham and Beaconsfield.
The thing to understand about photographing an animal on Gerrards Cross Common is that common land is open. There is no gate between the ground we are standing on and everything beyond it, so a dog that comes back when called can be let go and a dog that does not should stay attached to a line, and there is no useful position between the two. Footing decides most of the rest. Bracken and fallen leaves hide roots, which is nothing to a young dog and a genuine consideration for a stiff old one, so with an older animal we stay out on the open ground and let it set the speed, dropping the camera to its shoulder height instead of looking down from ours. Coat colour then chooses the ground for us. A dark coat under a closed canopy loses its outline completely, because the shade behind sits at the same value as the animal, and the answer is not more light but the open space, where bright sky behind lays a rim along the back and ears and pulls the two apart. The Common is managed for public use, which means other people and other dogs, and for a nervous animal that, rather than the camera, is the whole problem. An early hour is quieter, and a session that begins on the lead and only opens up once the animal has settled returns far more than one that starts with everything released at once.
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Walk in from Gerrards Cross
Gerrards Cross is only a few minutes from our studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Walk in for passport and ID photos, printed while you wait, or bring prints, frames, old photographs and negatives for us to work on in house. We are open Mon to Sat 10:30 to 18:00, Sun 13:00 to 18:00.
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