Keith Rutherford Pet Photography

Tongue out Tuesday (2 out of 3 anyway 😂)
Let’s see the photos of your pups with their tongues out too!
And don’t forget we have charity mini sessions in Derry this weekend coming up. They’re only £20 and are to help raise funds for Friends Of Rescue to help with their recent vet bills.

We’d really appreciate any shares or tags you guys could give for this post to help throw a bit of attention towards this fundraiser for Friends Of Rescue.

Charity Fundraiser Sessions
12th and 13th of June, Gransha Woods

To help raise urgent funds for we’re holding a weekend of pet portrait mini sessions in one of our favourite spots, Gransha Woods. This is where we held our first ever fundraising sessions and we’re excited to get back again.

As you may know FOR have scaled back for a little while to take stock of things and regroup to be able to come back stronger, but they still have veterinary bills mounting for animals they have in their care. Every little helps when it comes to fundraising and we’re trying to do our bit to help.

Sessions will be 15 minutes long, and will cost £20. Each session includes 4 hand edited high resolution digital images to download and keep, with the option of upgrading to the full gallery for an additional £20.

While each 15 minute session can facilitate up to 3 dogs, we do require a minimum of 2 handlers if more than 1 dog is in attendance.
For larger groupings of both people and dogs please book a double slot to make sure we have enough time to work through everyone and give you the service and attention to detail we pride ourselves on.

The booking link is below as well as in our bio and stories, if you’ve any questions at all please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

https://keithrutherfordphotography.pixieset.com/booking/friends-of-rescue-charity-sessions

Charity Fundraiser Sessions
12th and 13th of June, Gransha Woods

To help raise urgent funds for Friends Of Rescue we’re holding a weekend of pet portrait mini sessions in one of our favourite spots, Gransha Woods. This is where we held our first ever fundraising sessions and we’re excited to get back again.
As you may know FOR have scaled back for a little while to take stock of things and regroup to be able to come back stronger, but they still have veterinary bills mounting for animals they have in their care. Every little helps when it comes to fundraising and we’re trying to do our bit to help.
Sessions will be 15 minutes long, and will cost £20. Each session includes 4 hand edited high resolution digital images to download and keep, with the option of upgrading to the full gallery for an additional £20.
While each 15 minute session can facilitate up to 3 dogs, we do require a minimum of 2 handlers if more than 1 dog is in attendance.
For larger groupings of both people and dogs please book a double slot to make sure we have enough time to work through everyone and give you the service and attention to detail we pride ourselves on.
The booking link is below, and if you’ve any questions at all please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

https://keithrutherfordphotography.pixieset.com/booking/friends-of-rescue-charity-sessions

If you’d love the chance to win a portrait session with us while supporting a great cause this is for you. Buy a number or two if you can, and share the post with your friends to help spread the word!

As a pet photographer I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some amazing dogs and families, but these were a special bunch…
The Duddy family have been friends of ours for years, and as is life unfortunately, we’ve been able to photograph their pack in a couple of it’s incarnations so to be asked to do it again means a lot to us.
It’s hard to argue against how striking they are with a beautiful Poodle, a handsome black Lab, and a fabulously charismatic Glen Of Imaal Terrier.
I can’t wait to share more photos of these guys with you all, and be sure to check our stories for some before and after edits of these photos. We photograph almost all dogs on a lead for your reassurance and their safety with it being removed at the editing stage to leave us with beautiful images with nothing distracting from them.
If you’d love a professional pet portrait session of your own we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a message with some details of your dog(s) and let us tell you what we can do to deliver you beautiful images like these.
We have an announcement about an upcoming day of pet portrait mini sessions in the Ness Woods just outside L’Derry, so if you’re in the area we’d love to see you there.

We have a fabulous new location for our pet portrait mini sessions over the spring and summer months…the beautiful Ness Woods just off the A6 outside L’Derry.

Our pet portrait sessions are always relaxed, and fun and we work with your dog’s personality to help show them off to their best in our photos.

As a dog owner whose family has lost two oldies in the last 18 months I know only too well how much photos mean when it’s all you have to remember them. Whether it’s an older pup or a young ‘un our shoots are a celebration of them and their bond with you.

We’ll guide you through the whole time using gentle prompts and play rather than stiff and forced poses. Everyone we photograph comes away saying how easy it felt, so if you’re at all uncomfortable in front of the camera or you’re nervous about how your dog will behave we’ve got your back.

As a location the ancient woodland of the Ness and Ervey Woods is one of the hidden gems in the area and if you haven’t been it’s worth the trip for any reason. We think our oet portrait sessions are the best!

Our mini sessions are only £40 for each 20 minute shoot which we think is insanely good value.
The first available date for these sessions is Sunday 24th of May with more to follow and we’d love to see you all there.

Click the link below, or in our bio and story to book.

https://keithrutherfordphotography.pixieset.com/booking/ness-woods-family-mini-sessions

It’s not just dogs on their own we photograph, we love getting owners involved in our shoots.
We understand that not everyone is entirely comfortable in front of the camera, but you’ll never regret having photos taken with your beloved pets.
As hard as it is to imagine life without them all dog owners know that they’re more than likely going to outlive them, so please take the opportunity while you’re able.
We personally lost our two oldies in the last 18 months and the pictures we have of them mean more now than ever.
If you’d like more information about your own professional pet portrait session drop us a message any time. We’d love to get a chat with you.

Who doesn’t love a bit of Dachshund content now and then!
Over the years we’ve photographed a lot, I can’t say all different sizes and shapes, because, well, they’re all roughly similar 😂 But there’s been all sorts of personalities, temperaments, and every shoot has brought something new.
Small dogs are sometimes harder to photograph purely on the basis of having to get super low to the ground, but the results are worth the effort.