29/08/2026
What a day 🤩🐾🐶
I am so over the moon with the love and support I've received today opening my little business and seeing my dream come to life 💖
I had a fantastic first shoot with a stunning Bernese mountain dog puppy, Olive 😍 honestly wait until you see the photos, she is STUNNING!
and then to have friends and family turn up to celebrate with me was so amazing.
I showed some people around the studio and the buzz is real!!!!
I would like to thank SO MANY people who have got me to this point. But a few extra special ones... My amazing boyfriend Samuel Pattman for the months of support, holding me up, wiping away tears, celebrating the small wins with me, building stands, fixing mounts to walls, cleaning the studio floor at 2am and saying "I'll sort it", "I've got you" and "you'll get there" over and over again.
My friend and family Martyn Templar for giving me half his unit to do this in the first place, supporting me with all my ideas, helping me with the investment a small business takes, driving around the country picking up things from FB market and the hours of tidying and moving things to make this work. My best friend Gary Clark for listening to my dreams, worries, stresses, successes, being the positive to my sometimes negative 🤣 and letting me borrow his dog Toby over and over again for practice shoots. My lovely friend Kim Carney for trusting me with her 12week puppy Rocky (my first doggie model) to capture photos of him as he has grown, for cheering me on every step of the way and helping me in every way that she can. My beautiful friend Dawn Stirling for constantly asking how everything's going and letting me vent to her more times than I can count, for being such a cheerleader for all my photos and ideas and for being just as excited as me every step of the way. for being the light in the dark tunnel of building work and creating the most beautiful art work I have ever seen and literally pulling the vision out of my head and painting it over many areas of the studio. Lord-Neil Woodward for smashing out ALL the painting and making the vision even better than I could have hoped.
And to everyone who has been sharing my posts and has sent me messages of love and support, I am so hugely thankful.
Time to rest for the weekend ❤️🐾🐶
