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Jonathan Yearsley Pet and Equine Fine art studio and location portrait photography for pets and equine in beautiful North Wales.

31/01/2025

It's always lovely to see my images in national magazines, This weeks Country Life magazine uses a number of images in support of a little article on how wonderful Springer Spaniels are as a breed.

Look out for Pippa and Oakley.

As someone who has loved Spaniels for so long, starting with our two Springers over fifteen years ago, the anecdotes in the article really resonated with me.

24/01/2025

Way back in the Spring of 2024 I was commissioned to work with an agency to create pack imagery for the launch of a new pet food, Nutribalance, for Pets at Home.

A full on shoot, with numerous model dogs was booked in, over a period of days, which was challenging but just look at the finished packaging!

As is the nature of these projects, it's usually many months before they go to market and I'm allowed to share the imagery.

There's a number of dogs used for the different product
packs, but one extra special star of the 'Senior' range is our very own, definitely not senior, Skye.

Doesn't she look amazing?

27/12/2024

It was so worth the effort to head out to the park for our snowy session with Huntaway X - Luther in late November when we had our last big dump of snow.

Snow days don't come along that often, especially when combined with a client photo session. They don't seem to fall when I have a client shoot and might be neither safe nor practical. So, it was even better that Luther and my client lived within walking distance and dressed appropriately for the conditions.

That meant we could concentrate on making the best use of the location and where the best images could be created with the snow as part of the scene. It was great for me, as although I knew the park so well, everything looked so different, and I could play with every spot to create a new style of image, maximising the impact of the snow on the shot.

Luther was so well-behaved after his initial excitement, which is an excellent reflection of my client's efforts with his training after taking him on from the rescue. It made for such a great session, which I will cherish for a long time.

24/12/2024

Best wishes to all my clients and followers for Christmas and the New Year.

Don't forget to spend loads of time with your dogs over Christmas, capture lots of silly pictures of them in their woolly jumpers, tearing their presents apart, spending more time with the wrapping paper than the actual present and snoozing with the family in front of the fire after too much food :)

PS - This is an old one from the archives, but it's one of my favourites from the different Christmas sessions I did with our Springers, Millie and Daisy back in the day.

21/12/2024

I first had the chance to photograph Elsa, the ESS, on a wet July day in 2017 when she was just two years old. Then, we had a forest session for a second visit when it rained again.

Guess what happened when Elsa visited for a third time? Yep, it was raining once again. Fortunately, for this visit, we'd booked a studio session for Elsa and her newest pack buddy, Pippa, so the weather wasn't an issue.

We aimed to capture the gentle changes to Elsa's face after all these years. The studio images really work brilliantly here, as so often we capture super detailed head and shoulder and more close-up images from our time together.

I especially love the side profile, as we can see with the Pippa image, the edge light and eyes really do make for such a stunning final portrait. final portrait.

18/12/2024

I'm so pleased that the images we created from Alaska's location portrait session exceeded my client's expectations. At approximately 11 years of age, Alaska was in foster care from a rescue when she came along for her shoot.

Her owners had put a huge effort into helping her feel at ease in many different scenarios and preparing her for this shoot. I also did lots of planning to make things as easy for her as possible. We finished the session with a set of images my clients could have only dreamed of creating.

They recently received their finished products and are over the moon, but best of all is the news that they've opted to give Alaska her forever home. This is brilliant news, and I'm so happy for Alaska and her new permanent owners.

04/12/2024

I'm happy to admit that I'm biased when it comes to loving Spaniels, especially black Working Cockers like Mya here.

Mya travelled all the way from Essex for her late Autumn session, and despite a little drizzle, she was just the perfect model for a time in the park. Getting a little bit damp really makes the coat of a dark-coloured dog shine, and that definitely helped when putting this particular image together.

I just loved how the browns of the ferns made her pop so beautifully, and look at those Spaniel eyes, too :)

30/11/2024

I don't often see the Westie breed, so it was a delight to have Dudley and Eddie join me for a recent session at the park.

I wanted to capture the joy of these two dogs as they enjoyed each other's company, which meant taking some group shots to choose from.

Eddie, on the left, had his tongue out and was smiling throughout the session, making his picture a clear favourite to share.

25/11/2024

It seems like only yesterday that the trees were showing all the colours of Autumn and there were plenty of leaves on the ground. The recent wind, snow, and Storm Bert have all but stripped the trees bare, so that's the end of the Autumn sessions for another year.

Here's one of our favourites from the Autumn forest session with twelve-year-old long-haired rescue Chihuahua - Carlos. Pint-sized he might be, but he certainly felt he could take on any dog many times his size. So we made a point of finding quiet parts of the forest to enjoy so time away from other canine distractions and an opportunity to have some time off lead safely.

20/11/2024

I don't often get the opportunity to do it, but it's lovely when you get the chance to photograph the same dog over a period of years since they were young puppies.

Oakley, the working English Springer Spaniel, was with me for his third session in almost five years. I first met him at 5 months for a location session and a few years later out in the forest. So this time it was an obvious option to opt for the studio.

He's changed quite a lot since those leggy puppy days and is really rocking those feathery locks perfectly.

Here's to more sessions to come 😀

16/11/2024

Border Terriers are such a characterful little breed. So much to give in such a pocket-sized ball of fluff like young Rocket here.

He's got such a busy life of man-trailing, doggie parkour and scent work I'm surprised he found time to join me in the studio for his session!

I do love creating this image from the black-background element of my studio sessions. That beautifully simple lighting captures the outline and those eyes so perfectly.

If you would like similar images of your dogs in the studio, there is still time to grab a session as part of my studio promotion.

Take a look here for more details:

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13/11/2024

This is another breed from my gun dog book project, and it's one that I've wanted to try for close to 10 years.

Abel is a Korthals Griffon, which is one of the rarer HRP breeds out there and not to be mixed up with a GWP. I'd first seen them at the Cheshire Game Fair in the rare breeds arena and have really only met one out in the wild since then.

So it was lovely to have this opportunity to photograph him and his pack buddy, Nesta and tick off another from my book.

12/11/2024

Any guesses as to what breed young Nesta is?

I think this is quite a hard one to get right, especially as they are such a rare breed of gun dog in the UK.

She was another of the dogs I photographed for my gun dog book project. She joined me with another member of her pack, Abel, whom I will post an image of in the next couple of days. A lovely late summer evening spent talking working dogs and all things countryside, you couldn't get better than that.

I do hope to have a chance to photograph another one someday, but it might be sometime 😃

09/11/2024

Who says that chairs are for sitting on?!

Young Sprocker puppy Wilma, has decided that sitting is very much optional, and a cheeky standing position is really the best look for her studio photography session 😀

Don't forget that there is still time to grab one of my special offer studio sessions via the link below:

https://web.jonathanyearsley.co.uk/studio-dog-photography

06/11/2024

I don't tend to see many of the smaller breeds coming through for sessions with me, which is a shame. So it's nice to have the opportunity to share some time with them when I can.

I spent my morning here with the lovely Leo, Tinkerbell, and Poppy, two Chihuahuas, and a Pug x Frenchie.

Despite a particularly short season this year, we were fortunate to have some heather colours still to play with.

I look forward to sharing some more Chihuahua sessions soon.

02/11/2024

How cute do these two look?

These 'butter wouldn't melt' puppies are sixteen-week-old Sprocker siblings, George and Millie, who joined me for a fun little location experience a short while ago.

It already seems such a long time since we had our heather sessions and the summer was still somewhat in full swing. So now we are into Autumn and I'm enjoying the riot of colours outside my door.

How much do you enjoy Autumn walks with your dogs?

31/10/2024

Prior to my recent Podenco rescue studio sessions, I had the real pleasure of a four-dog rescue location session with three other Podencos and a Belgian Malinois.

One image my clients wanted to create was a group shot of all four dogs together, which they assumed might be pretty hard to achieve. In fairness, through a few little tricks and the four dogs' super behaviour, we created that one special image.

So here's the final piece showing Dino, Marco, Ruby and Juana at their absolute best.

28/10/2024

There is nothing better than creating finished artwork for my clients and really giving their dogs pride of place on the walls of their homes.

Whether it's out on location or in the studio, I've always put an emphasis on artwork that clients can enjoy every day and to cherish for many years.

Imagine walking past images like these of my client's Labradors in your hallway or study each and every day.

Why not take advantage of my winter session promotion and have me create artwork from the studio that you will enjoy too.

Click the link below for more information and save £50.

https://web.jonathanyearsley.co.uk/studio-dog-photography

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Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm
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It's always lovely to see my images in national magazines, This weeks Country Life magazine uses a number of images in support of a little article on how wonderful Springer Spaniels are as a breed. Look out for Pippa and Oakley. As someone who has loved Spaniels for so long, starting with our two Springers over fifteen years ago, the anecdotes in the article really resonated with me.

I love all my dog clients, but I appreciate that quite a few dog photographers also follow my little page. So here's something that will be most interesting to those who enjoy photographing and editing their dog images. I promise my typical fun dog images will be back here very shortly 🙂 It's here, it's here, and I'm SO excited! 🎉 The doors to the Hair of the Dog Summit - Edit-Palooza are officially OPEN—and I'm among the 40+ instructors! If you're like most photographers, you've experienced one (or all) of the following: * Struggling to get your editing to look "right" * Spending hours tweaking photos only to question if it helped or not * Feeling like you're still missing SOMETHING If you're ready to refine your workflow, discover new techniques, and finally edit confidently, Edit-Palooza is the best way to do that and more! Here's everything you'll get when you join us inside Edit-Palooza: * Access to 40+ professional pet photographers, each walking you through their entire editing process—from SOOC to final image. * Downloadable RAW files to practice alongside the experts. * Lifetime access to all summit content, so you can learn at your own pace and revisit lessons anytime. * The chance to finally streamline your workflow and create a signature style that sets your work apart. 👉 Click below to enroll in Edit-Palooza now! https://jyearsley--hairofthedogacademy.thrivecart.com/editing-summit/ If you want to transform your editing and create images reflecting your artistic voice, now's the time. All the content is available from October 29th, and the price goes up after that, so grab your lifetime access now! I can't wait to see you inside the summit!

Four-month-old Golden Retriever Nordman, was so well behaved on our shoot. He had a great sit/stay that allowed me to apply one of my tricks of the trade (a kazoo) and get a perfect head tilt and a beautiful character portrait to cherish.

Before and After - Group shot on leads

Clients often wonder if we can get a group shot with their dogs. Safety is always paramount, so sometimes leads and a client holding the dogs in place is best. This is just a little before/after showing the initial single image with all three dogs on leads and the client holding them in place. I then added in a few further elements to the left and right and removed the client and leads to create this wonderful finished panoramic. Meet Bullpeis (English Bulldog x Shar Pei) Fudge and Pupper with 13 year old Jack Russell, Sunny.

A quick insight into the forest location for my Autumn sessions. Find out more here: https://pages.jonathanyearsley.co.uk/21518/forest-sessions

Fun in the forest

A morning of quality time with the girls in one of their favourite places in the world 😄

How about this for an unusual visitor to our front door! We love where we are for many reasons, but one element is the semi-rural location, which gives us easy access to the main parts of the North West while surrounded by fields. Over the years we've lived here, we've seen pheasants, badgers, foxes, owls, etc., but this is the very first time I've had a stag pop up on one of the security cameras. He just walked slowly up our drive, straight to the front door, hung around and then walked back down the drive. An amazing sight and one I'd love to see again.

Best wishes for Christmas 2023

Best wishes to all my lovely clients and followers for Christmas and the New Year. See you all in 2024.

It's here, my best-ever Christmas voucher offer.... Receive a studio session voucher worth £195 for just £95, a £100 saving. Click here for more details: https://www.jonathanyearsley.co.uk/christmas-pet-portrait-photography-vouchers/

Izzy and Skye came on rather wet recce for my Autumn forest sessions, a few days ago. There's still lots of leaf cover and the colours aren't quite there yet, but I don't think we're going to have to wait too long :)

When you've got a couple of Black Labradors prone to sticking their tongues out for almost every image, we've got to use all the tricks in the book to get those tongues out of the way! I often use different noise makers to get them to partially/fully close their mouths, but as I was using a flash for this particular shot I needed them to look towards the flash. So lifting the ball in my clients hand, they slowly got that concentration just at the right point :)

Do you think you might struggle to get a group image from our session?

When I speak to prospective clients, I often hear people say that they would not be able to get their dog to sit as well as the dogs they see in my images. It might surprise you but it's actually not that unusual for me to use tricks and techniques to give the impression the dogs were better at sitting still/together than you might think. Take a quick look at the video to show you what I can create with a few slip leads and some Photoshop magic. If you would adore to have a group shot of your dogs out on location, then don't hesitate to get in touch.