Glenda and Peter contacted us and organised to have their family portrait photo shoot with their children and grandchildren on the beach late last year, when everyone was up in Port Stephens for the Christmas holidays. After the family had received their beautiful wall collage from their portrait session, they realised that there were 2 very important members of the family that were missing!

Don’t forget the dogs

On Thursday afternoon I met their gorgeous dogs at their home.  I spent the afternoon photographing Harvey and Buckley who absolutely loved playing with the ball while I captured all their cheeky expressions. Glenda and Peter love all the shots of Harvey and Buckley, which now complete the room displaying their beautiful family wall art.

Pets complete the family

Do you want us to capture your pets when they are in their prime, full of energy and love to play?

Give us a call on 4981 9659 and let us get to know you and your pets!

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Everyone here at Capture Imaging Photography loves animals. We all have pets as companions at home, and we hate to see one of our loved ones hurt or injured.

What would you do for your “best friend” if they were injured?

Here is a story of what Rob and Bear have been through in the last 2 month or so…

Snapped his leg:

About 7 weeks ago, Bear who is a large German Shepherd (20 months old), was walking down his driveway, spotted another dog  ”dinner” and gave chase. He must have turned too sharply on his right paw and snapped the bone in his leg.

First Vet:

Rob then took Bear to the local vet, they then operated and put a screw and 2 pins through Bear’s bones to stablilse his leg. A few weeks later one of the pins came out and when they operated again, they found that his bones were not healing properly.

This was a very sad day for Rob and Bear. I spotted them going for a “walk” at Bagnalls beach soon afterwards and they both looked pretty miserable.

The options were to amputate Bears leg, or get a 2nd opinion.

Notice the scar and skinny right shoulder?

Animal Specialist gets involved:

Rob then took Bear to Sydney to the small animal specialist hospital (sashvets) to have an orthopaedic surgeon give it another go. They used a  steel plate and 7 screws to hold his leg together. This was another major surgery and Bear had to stay in Sydney for a few days.

The animal specialist comes at quite a financial hit, but Rob says it’s worth it.

When Bear got back home, he limped to his corner in the house and fell asleep. He must have been happy to be back home, and probably exhausted from the surgery and the travel from Sydney

Another setback:

If this ordeal was not enough, an infection has been detected in Bears leg and he is now on more anitbiotics… but we all hope the worst is over.

I visited Rob and Bear yesterday and Bear seems to be full of beans and wanting to play. He is hobbling along on his 3 legs, but still has a lot of energy and fighting spirit. When he jumps up and tries to hug you (or maybe eat you) you know about it.

Bear has lost 1/5th of his body weight in the last few weeks, he now weighs 40kg.

best friends – photographed in our studio last year

Pet photography shoot:

Late last year, we photographed Rob and Bear, first in our studio and then on the beach. Here are a few images from the photo shoot, and you can see that Bear is a happy dog, loves to play and run. There is a strong bond between Rob and Bear, and I have great respect for both of them.

Please leave comments below this post, I’m sure Rob and Bear would appreciate any well wishes. Brent

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Naturally we started in the studio, where all were very well behaved. The dogs waited quietly while Hollie had her hair and makeup expertly done. Hollie looked stunning in her tutu and many fun outfits, naturally with matching shoes and had great fun with Brent, getting the perfect shots….a little bit of glamour photography.

Down to the beach so the dogs could do what they love best, just being dogs. Brent got some amazing shots, natural expression, heart warming moments with Hollie and her Fur Babies. We love photographing dogs.

Here is a little quote from Hollie after she has her beautiful Acrylic Images in her new home. Thanks for the testimonial Hollie.

“Thank you to an amazingly professional team from start to finish, who not only made me feel completely glamorous and at ease, but also ensured my fur babies had fun during their photographic (dogography) experience.

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We miss you Zulu.

Rest In Peace.

Brent

Zulu at Birubi

He loved the sand dunes

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Using Biribu beach as the back drop, where we have the crystal blue water, golden sands and the volcanic rocks. It is a great place for beautiful dogs Scooby and Milly to have a walk as well.

I am sure Brent has never heard the old saying, “never work with kids or animals” because he seems to be able work wonders with both. His natural talent for bringing out the best in all creature great and small, especially pet photography.

Jane and I laughed so much in the viewing theater where I was showing her the images that Brent has taken on the massive screen of her beloved dogs. It looked like they were about to leap out of the photos and land on our laps. Karen.

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Brent has photographed a large array of pets (pet photography) including his own dogs before, if you have a beloved pet, Brent would love to shoot…. oops with his camera of coarse, let us know.

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