It is amazing how new opportunities can pop up unexpectedly every now and then. As many of you know, we have always enjoyed photographing our golden retriever Paddy when we are out diving. We have posted many images of him on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. And so we were delighted to be asked to come and photograph a doggy pool party at a new facility in Manchester called K9Swim. K9Swim offer swimming session for dogs for fun or for rehabilitation. The dogs love it!
We were there to provide unusual images for a news feature about it, but it has also led to us developing the idea. We get asked all the time if we can photograph dogs in the water, but it has always seemed to difficult to organise in the sea or quarries, as you are so dependent on the weather. At this facility, we will be able to run regular days where we can do underwater dog portrait shoots. So we have setup 2 dates, with the first already fully booked on the 18th November and only a few places left on Sunday 16th December.
Paddy, for all his love of the water, cannot be persuaded to put his head under the water. To get a really spectacular image of a dog underwater, this is what you want. So many of our new customers have been practicing in the pool to get ready. We cannot wait to get in and give it a try.
To see some truly brilliant underwater dog images - here is a link to the best of the best at this - Seth Casteel:
Our day in the pool was a little more hectic for the article. While we thought that we would be getting 1 dog at a time to try to get portrait shots, it turned out to be a dog pool birthday party, with 10 enthusiastic dogs leaping into the water at any given moment. The owners throwing toys at our heads did not help the underwater photography at all! But it was great fun! Hopefully our first portrait session will be a little calmer. We will, of course, post the results on Facebook, the Frogfish Photography website, and our new website:
We will also try to get a blog about the day up as soon as we can. We will have to keep working on Paddy and his dislike of getting his nose wet!
