Not the best end to a week for us as we had to have our little Maddie put to sleep, she was nearly eleven and was the eldest Boxer we have had to date, when I first decided to get really serious about photography, a big part of one the courses I did was working through different types of portraiture that I may be called upon to take, one was pets, which I have a knack for, my two main subjects at the time were our dogs - who bless them were always on hand, and for a few tit bits would sit and pose for minutes !! but that is all you get - so you soon get used to making sure that you get the shot, so I would like to peel away the years, and show you some of my homework, this features B.T. and Maddie and brings a big lump to my throat - as they are both gone now I entered this homework picture of B.T. and Maddie into a monthly photographic competion and won a gold award, it was then featured in the Professional Image Maker Magazine and then formed part of my Licentuate panel - I must have been paving attention in class !! Other subjects at the time were my family - although I must admit they were never receivers of any tit bits - and did a lot of moaning about having their photos taken so often, the amount of posing for me has dropped off through the years, but every now and again I get the request from my wife to take a picture of one of them - this is the latest photo I have of Maxine - my lovely daughter Last Saturday saw photographing the wedding of Trevor and Charlotte Godfrey - the reception was at Ponsbourne Park and a great day was had by all, I'd like to share the "WOW" photograph from the day - as usual the last one taken, I must add that the lighting is not the hotels, the dome behind the happy couple was lit by Elinchrom - a Swiss Studio lighting company that provide the lights that travel to the weddings with me and my helpfull assistant Scott.