Pet photography With John Ferrett

Icome from a family of dog owners/lovers, so have been surrounded by dogs my whole life.

12 years ago, I lost my much-loved Border Collie “Jess” to cancer. I had Jess from a puppy until she passed at age 16. I decided that I wanted to make a collection of her photos, but only had a few nice ones of her.

I was gutted that there wasn’t going to be a longlasting record of this amazing, and much-loved dog. It was at this point I decided to teach myself photography, just so I could capture our new puppy’s life in images.

I bought myself a half-decent camera and experimented with a Lifestyle point of view.

For a while I posted my puppy’s photos on social media, and they started to get a massive audience, I even had some booking enquiries from dog owners who wanted similar photos of their dogs.

After about a year of experimentation I decided to become a qualified photographer, so in 2010 I upgraded my camera equipment, took a Diploma in Professional photography, specialising in Dog Photography.

I followed this up with a dedicated course in outdoor/action dog photography, and launched John Ferrett Photography.

As a business, John Ferrett Photography has progressed to having national and international awards, especially within the Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of the Year competition.

In 2018 I moved from England to Scotland, and now enjoy the beautiful Moray countryside. I’ve photographed many hundreds of clients’ dogs, both working dogs and pet dogs, and now work in this stunning area of Scotland. My business, as so many businesses, has been on hold during the Covid-19 outbreak, but this hasn't stopped me moving forward.

During the restrictions I launched “The Dog Photography Academy”, an online recourse where I teach dog owners and photographers exactly how I capture stunning images of our much-loved pets.

This side of the business is on-going, but thankfully restrictions have lifted enough so I am now taking private and commercial dog photography bookings.