Photography by Frankie

17/06/2026

Yep, had the cows for company for this one! Extra pressure to make content as a photographer gets to me sometimes, I think it does us all.

04/06/2026

The more time I've spent out with fellow dog owners, the more I've wanted to find a way to bring the Photography by Frankie experience to more of you. Community style.
Portrait Walks with Frankie is a monthly small group dog walk around some of my favourite locations in Cumbria and South West Scotland. Each walk aims to bring together up to three dogs from different homes and their humans, a few hours of fresh air, good company with a flask of tea / coffee and snackies, and me photographing each dog along the way.
If you come along for the walk, you will receive one fully retouched digital social media sized image of your dog from the walk delivered within a week. Love it and want to take things further? A £20 saving on a full private portrait session is yours to claim if you attend.
The inaugural Portrait Walk with Frankie will be on Friday 26th June in Quarry Beck Woods & Lanercost in Cumbria. There will be a max. of 3 dogs permitted to join.
Enjoy the special introductory price of £35 per dog, including up to 2 of their favourite humans.
You can find out more info via emailing [email protected], sending me a DM, or visiting the landing page linked in the comments. ⤵️

19/05/2026

It's Testimonial Tuesday again!
Meet Mabel. A border collie with the most expressive eyes I've ever had the pleasure of pointing a camera at.
Her human left me this wonderful review and it made me smile from ear-to-ear. The bit that really got me? "You can tell that Frankie not only cares about the photos she takes but also the safety of the pets."
The fact that Mabel's human picked up on this means everything to me, because before I think about the shot, I think about the animal. The best images come from a dog who feels safe, calm and trusted and that's something you can't fake, and something you certainly can't rush.
30 five-star Google reviews and counting. Thank you, all of you. ❤️

19/05/2026

Because I shoot for the wall, not for the gram. 📷
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A great deal of photography these days is shot with a screen in mind, it has to crop nicely to fit a feed, is something to scroll by and be forgotten about by tomorrow. A lot of my work doesn’t play nicely with the vertical obsession or ‘perform’ on socials because it was never shot ‘for’ socials - it is created for a wall, to be displayed at least 40 inches wide above your fireplace. Something to be looked at, loved and remembered… tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that.

17/05/2026

My Cumbria Life article and images about life at Cragg House Farm is now up online. Take a look!
I'm off there today for their annual open day - can't wait to watch the dog show and the sheepdog demos. 🥰

Cragg House Farm is a real boots-on-the-ground working farm, and the experiences offered for visitors provide an insight into how the land works

13/05/2026

Something very exciting is happening today. 💍
Introducing A Tail and Two People, my brand new specialist service offering fine art photographic coverage of your dog at your wedding. Because your dog deserves to be a part of the story, not an afterthought.
And to celebrate the launch, I'm giving away a wedding dog photography experience worth £540.
The prize includes:
A Tail and Two People wedding day session (including fine art print), value £295
A pre-wedding engagement session for you and your dog (including a second fine art print), value £95
£150 product credit to spend on fine art wall pieces (no purchase necessary)
To enter:
Complete the entry form via link in the comments and tell me all about your dog's role in your love story.
I cannot wait to read your entries!
Closes 11:59pm 27th May 2026. Open to couples getting married in Cumbria before 30th September 2026 whose dog(s) will be attending. Full terms and conditions on the landing page.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Meta.

12/05/2026

Time for another Testimonial Tuesday, and this week's words of kindness come from Pip's guardian. I've had the privilege of photographing Pip not once, but twice now, as she also had a portrait session in York a few months after this one.
I captured Pip in her local city Newcastle, down at the Quayside, and got some truly wow images with some Toon icons as supporting characters in the backdrop. I would absolutely love to shoot more urban sessions at sunrise, whether that's in Carlisle or Newcastle (or anywhere else, for that matter) as I definitely did a lot more of this when I was photographing dogs in Hong Kong and I really miss it!
Of course, the natural landscape is so achingly beautiful where I do shoot the majority of the time so I really cannot complain at all. But I will say, if you come to me to shoot some urban portraits you'll not only make me a very happy camera lady, you'll also have images that really are that little bit different. ✨