Pet Photographer in Oxhey

Cat and kitten photography in Oxhey, unhurried studio sessions that let even shy animals settle before we begin.

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Studio in Northwood HA6 · weddings from £750 · free consultation

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Capturing your pet's character in Oxhey

Three quarters of an hour is the ceiling for most dogs, and we finish while the dog is still enjoying it rather than once a list has been worked through.

Frames arrive in colour and in mono, which for a dark dog is not a matter of taste: mono holds detail in the coat at the point where colour has given up and gone to an outline. Both versions come sized for a phone and for a frame on the wall.

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Pet Photographer in Oxhey

What we offer

Pet photography in Oxhey

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Pets With Their Owners

Dog sessions in Oxhey Park, with the river worked into the pictures or kept out of them entirely.

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Rescue Dogs

Cats, rabbits and nervous animals stay at home for the session, in rooms they already own.

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Character Portraits

Shorter sessions for older dogs, built around what the animal can comfortably do that day.

Why choose us

Why families in Oxhey book us

We photograph owners with their pets too, capturing the easy affection between you and your animal without stiff posing. We let cats explore the studio at their own pace, and only start photographing once they are curious rather than cautious.

Small pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs are photographed within a safe, enclosed setup, and sessions with them are kept short and calm. Bring the toy your dog is obsessed with, the treats it actually responds to and, if such a thing exists, the word that makes its ears go up.

Pet photography near Oxhey

Recent work

Recent pet sessions near Oxhey

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Pet Photographer in Oxhey, FAQs

Certainly. We regularly photograph two or more pets from the same Oxhey home, both as a group and individually. Cats and dogs together are no trouble, though it takes patience to catch everyone at the right moment. An extra pair of hands per animal always helps.

No. An energetic dog is easier to photograph than a flat one, because the pictures come out of the pauses and a dog that runs hard hands you a pause every few minutes. In Oxhey we start in Oxhey Park and spend the opening stretch simply walking, so the camera stops being interesting. Expect an hour, of which perhaps twenty minutes involves the dog holding still.

You receive a gallery of carefully edited photographs that show your pet exactly as you know it. From there you can choose prints, framed pictures or canvases for the wall. We keep the turnaround fast, so you are not left waiting to see the results. Landmarks we can work with near Oxhey include Oxhey Chapel, a Grade II listed seventeenth century chapel founded in 1612.

Hardly anything. A good walk can calm an excitable dog, and a slightly hungry pet usually shows more interest in treats. Pack a favourite toy, then simply let your animal be itself. We will take care of the patience, the play and the perfect timing. We cover Oxhey and nearby Watford, South Oxhey and Oxhey Hall.

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. Open air sessions near Oxhey can use Oxhey Park, riverside parkland beside the River Colne in Watford.

Serving Oxhey

A pet photographer near Oxhey

Clients come to us from all over Hertfordshire, including Oxhey (WD19). It sits close to Bushey and Carpenders Park, which we cover too. We can photograph at the studio or on location in Oxhey, whichever suits you best.

A residential neighbourhood on the edge of Watford in the Three Rivers area of Hertfordshire. Reached via Carpenders Park station on the London Overground Lioness line towards Watford Junction. For relaxed outdoor photographs around Oxhey, we like Oxhey Park, and Oxhey Chapel is a well-known local backdrop.

More in Oxhey

More photography services in Oxhey

The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Oxhey. Explore the rest: We also cover pet photography across Hertfordshire, including Hemel Hempstead, Radlett, Bushey, St Albans, Mill End and Chorleywood.

The river is the first thing to settle in a pet session at Oxhey Park, and the answer is nearly always portraits first, water afterwards. A dog that has been in the Colne comes out with the coat flattened and darkened, the ears stuck down and the outline gone. Fifteen minutes of dry photographs cost nothing and the swim follows, which is where the loose, happy frames come from anyway. The opposite order leaves you one usable set instead of two. Coat colour decides the background more than the light does. A dark dog put against the leaves of the far bank loses its edge completely and prints as a silhouette with eyes in it. The same animal on open grass, lit across rather than from behind, keeps the line of the back and the shape of the ears. Pale dogs have the opposite problem and want the shaded ground under the trees, where nothing blows out. Recall beside water, on a path other dogs use, is the honest limit on off-lead work. Where recall is patchy we use a long line and take it out in the edit, which is quicker than an hour of hoping. Rabbits, cats and any anxious or elderly animal do better at your own house in Oxhey than brought anywhere. The journey costs more of their patience than the session does, and a fifteen year old dog with stiff hips has a limited number of good minutes to spend.

At the studio

Oxhey is minutes from the studio

If you are in Oxhey, the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU is close enough to drop into. No appointment is needed for passport or ID photos, and printing, framing, photo restoration and scanning are all done on site. Opening hours are Mon to Sat 10:30 to 18:00, Sun 13:00 to 18:00.

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