Ava's New Forest Dog photoshoot

After re-scheduling Ava's New Forest Dog Photoshoot a number of times I was really looking forward to meeting her at my favourite New Forest dog walk, Puttles Bridge.

Puttles has a little bit of everything - well behaved trees (yes trees can misbehave, I'll write a blog on that one day I promise!), a mix of graded and well worn paths, bridges, fallen down logs, a lovely stream and wide open meadows full of heather in the late summer, you can see why it's my favourite New Forest Walk!

Strange as it may sound, summer can be very hit and miss for great light, it doesn't have the clarity a crisp autumn or spring day has so you can often get a kind of muddy light however on this lovely august evening everything was perfect! It hadn't been too hot during the day so Ava would be able to run around without getting too hot and we hit my favourite spot just as the fading light was filtering through the trees.

Whilst this location in the New Forest isn't well known for it's heather it really does have a lovely swathe of purpley pink heather in the meadow to the west of the stream so we had a great opportunity to get good light on a very black dog and show how shiney her coat is whilst being surrounded my beautiful colours.

After doing lots of running in and out of the stream we calmed things down a little by doing a few stationary portraits in the meadow to show off all her best bits so without any further ado, some of my favourite images from Ava's New Forest Dog photoshoot

If reading about Ava's New Forest Dog photoshoot has inspired you to have your furry best friend photographed please get in touch so we can chat through their favourite places to walk and get a plan together to tailor make your tail wagging pawtrait session!