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A few months ago, the quiet road where I live got a little bit quieter. Murphy had succeeded in being a puppy for almost fifteen years, but age catches us all sooner or later. He still wanted to play - the toy in the picture below was only brought out at the last minute in case he chased it all around the studio. He was the sort of dog that nobody could dislike. A bit daft, but always fun.
Never let it be said that I can’t make people relax in my studio. Well, animals anyway. After giving Lyric the golden retriever a little while to sniff around and suss the place out, she promptly lay down and dozed off, presumably not realising that she was in fact the centre of attention.
Now what is it they say about sleeping dogs….?
I’ve been doing more portraits for young adults recently, which is an encouraging trend. It’s a strange phenomenon that most of us don’t visit a photographer after leaving school, until we get married or have kids. And yet we almost always look our best at this time. Why not have a record of it?
