So what is Dog Photography? Looking for some memorable portraits or printed wall Art for your home of your family dog? Why not book us for an hour’s walk with you in a countryside walk and create some unique portraits with your favoured friend. W love meeting the family pet and to create some beautiful photos capturing them for eternity so you can share them with friends and family.

Our Session Fees are £75 and our “PAW”trait sessions are held on location in woodland and countryside locations to give a feeling of nature inspired portraits in a natural setting. Portrait settings can last up to an hour and a half and afterwards we will arrange a viewing of images with you to decide on what you would like from prints through collection boxes to wall Art and how you would like them presented.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Do you only hold your Pawtrait sessions at specific locations?
  We like to use specific, selected locations for a number of reasons including ease of access and availability of parking, the variety of areas within the location, and our knowledge, from our experience helps to produce the best photos of the best areas to use depending on the time of year, time of day and lighting conditions.
• Are other people and dogs around?
  The locations we use are public and, they are used by other walkers and dogs, but we have chosen areas where a 10 minute or so walk should take us away from too many distractions.
• Where do we meet you?
  Full details of the location will be confirmed at the time of booking.
• How many dogs can we bring?
  The short answer is ‘how many have you got?’  Usually we work with one to three dogs, but we’re happy to work with however many you can control. For multiple dogs we do recommend that two or more people come so there are spare hands to assist with handling and controlling your dogs.
• My dog is very lively and won’t keep still for photos
  We have been photographing dogs for many years and have worked with dogs of all temperaments, from shy, timid rescue dogs to absolute livewires. We always ask that you bring a collar and lead with you and, if necessary, we’ll photograph your dog on the lead but show you how to stand and hold it so that we have a fighting chance of removing the lead afterwards.
  If your dog normally wears a harness please do bring a collar for the session. Lead removal, if the lead is held as we show you, can be relatively straightforward afterwards but removing a harness not so.
• What happens after the session?
  We’ll bring samples of our most popular frames and wall art to your pawtrait session and at the end of it will take a few minutes to show them to you, discuss some of the options, and give you our detailed pricing in preparation for your viewing and ordering appointment – usually via Zoom, a few days after your pawtrait session. That gives us time to fully process the images that we select to show you.
  At your viewing and ordering appointment we’ll help you choose your favourites and decide on how best you would like to display them in your home, finalise your order and take payment.
• How and when do we pay for our order?
  Payment is due in full at the time of order due to the bespoke nature of your artwork. Payment can be made via PayPal note we do offer payment terms and will be happy to explain those to you if interested.
• When do we receive our images?
  Your finished images are ordered once payment has been received and are then usually ready within 3 to 4 weeks. Once received and checked we’ll arrange to deliver directly to you from our lab.

Looking for more information please feel free to email us for more details

info@essayphotography.co.uk

M: 07974 356 546