Monday, September 28, 2009

Sheryl Burnside pastel artist - Papakura



For those of you who love art - as well as their pets - here is a link to a sort-after a pastel artist. Based in Papakura Sheryl Burnside is very talented and undertakes pastel art commissions.
Contact Sheryl to discusss your artwork requirements. Her work is outstanding and the small image quality on the website does not do her stunning work justice... (maybe I will photograph Sheryl's work for her :) )

Meesha


Here is Meesha - isn't she gorgeous!
A very lovely semi long haired cat with heaps of personality - from another of the pet photo sessions held at Four Seasons...
Don't you love that white chin and those long white whiskers ?
It was so nice photographing you Meesha - Hope to see you and Jenny again one day.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Star - Sharpei puppy


This is the stunning Star - a gorgeous wrinkly Sharpei photographed recently from the Showler Shar Pei Kennel. You can read more about the Sharpei bred here .
I have not been around Sharpei before - being the owner of usually "fluffy" type dogs and found them to be nice dogs, huge paws!, cute ears, very fast waggy tails, very strong with quite different coats. It was great to meet Star and the family!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Hamish and Piri


Hamish and Piri are our goats.. Well let me re-word that - They are my husband Mike's goats. They are about one year old now - and were once well trained (thanks to the Marshall children!) - until it comes to walking through from their secure area - to their grazing paddock. They often taken a detour, if not attached by their leads, into the house garden. Their favourite plants - aside from my old fashioned roses, are globe thistles - which take a severe beating/pruning given the chance - which of course they take at a drop of a hat . Luckily they have not attacked my large ceramic pot full of bulbs - which is beautifullly arranged with white +mauve freesias and ranunculas, anenomes and daffodils!
They have escaped a couple of times - which is not uncommon for goats - as they are pretty smart. I haven't caught them in the house yet... but I do not doubt that one day I will. I was going to rename them when they first arrived " Dan and Carter" ... but they are so.o.o.o. naughty - there is no way I can yell those names using my loud "mother" tone :).

Isabella

Little Isabella - What a lovely girl! Well behaved and such a star:)
An image from a recent photo session at Four Seasons. Hope to see you again Izzy.

Bailey and Nala

A couple of my favourite cat images from a recent pet portrait session at Four Seasons.
Bailey and Nala were such lovely cats.. a bit nervous, as most cats are, in a different environment. I would have loved to adopt them both - as they were very laid back and had gorgeous gentle natures :)

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Jazz @ Four Seasons


A couple of images from Jazz's pet photo session held last month at Four Seasons Pet Store went pretty much according to plan - after the initial excitement of being in a new place and all those new smells, Jazz settled down nicely - I think I wore him down in the end :)
Jazz is an Anatolian Shepherd – who came from the SPCA when he was one year old. Four families had put in their requests at the SPCA for Jazz – but the family I met were the lucky ones and totally adore their adopted companion. Jazz is 7 years old, has a gorgeous temperament – loves people, kids and babies but is scared of injections at the Vet!!
It was great to meet Jazz's family too !