Land-Girls, Planes, Ferrets and Hay Bales - Not Your Typical Weekend...

Sometimes you have such a great weekend that you want to be able to bottle it and then re-open it every now and then to remind yourself how great it was, and how thankful you are for days and opportunities like those.  It started on Friday when we went to do a land-girl photo shoot at a private air-strip in a stunning location.  Oh my it was fabulous!  A few friends of our host dropped by in their planes (landing in the garden as you do), and with the help of these magnificent men in their flying machines and two beautiful models we got the opportunity for some great shots.  Plus there was a cat living there called Clyde that I got to cuddle.  Wonderful day...

On Saturday we went to see friends of ours who wanted some pics of their three naughty baby ferrets.  Such fun and games!  They also have two cats who I've featured before (Elvis and Misty), and it was lovely to see everyone and catch up.  Then on the way home we finally saw a field of hay bales and a great sunset - so I did my 'STOP THE CAR!' thing and leaped out, camera in hand.  

So a big THANK YOU to all the people who made this such a great few days... It made me realise why I love being a photographer.

The location...

The land-girls...

The models - Lucy and Lizzie

The cat...
Clyde relaxes under his tree to watch the goings on in his garden

The gang...
It took a year of planning by David,
and the help of all these people to make the shoot happen.

The ferret...
The feet belong to our friend Nicole - the fab ferret is Freija.

The finale...

I have waited weeks to be in 

the right location at the right time

to get a shot like this.

I haven't got a shot of me doing my happy dance

so you'll just have to imagine it :-)

Song-ography...

'Pink'...

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Cats on Tuesday...

Pepper found a ribbon...

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Song-ography...

Something Beautiful... (never heard of the song but good title).

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Song-ography...

I want to break free...

Two mentally deranged cats pretending to be caged tigers :-)

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Cats on Tuesday...

A very late Cats on Tuesday.  This is purely down to me suffering from 'Bank Holiday Weekend' - itis. We had a three day weekend, which meant my addled brain thought that yesterday was Monday and I had another day to do this.  The disgust of the cats knows no bounds, and Charlie maintains his long-standing opinion of me i.e. that I am, in fact, rubbish.

As compensation here are two photos of each cat (in fact Mrs P has three as she sneaked into the background of Charlie's first pic like a ninja).

 

Song-ography...

The Summer Wind...

This got me scratching my head.  In the end I went for a longish exposure of some purple flowers I saw when I was out for a walk, and a Marilyn moment from Violet.  

Apologies for not being around much, I've been pretty busy and if I've not been shooting pics I've been editing them, or planning shoots, or working on my website (www.focusonpetsphotography.co.uk).  I've also been trying to decide on a new lens (which has taken up more time to think about than is probably healthy).  I have a yen for a 35mm f1.4, and/or a 100mm macro (I also wouldn't mind a Canon 5D Mark III if anyone is feeling generous) :-)

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