Free £25 Pet/Family Portrait session and print – just collect the coupons!
What a great idea! We get lots of families coming into the studio wanting a family portrait – Mum, Dad, 2.5 
children and maybe a couple of grandparents. But, very often, the family is not complete because Fido is at home, probably sulking and chewing the leg of your best chair just to show that he, too, would have liked to be included in the family portrait. He would have cocked his head on one side and looked cute for the camera but, no, he wasn’t invited.
Of course we have photographed dogs at Postbox. Frisky labradors who sniff all round the studio, reception and changing room before deciding whether to cooperate – a big, old, ploddy Irish Wolfhound who just plonked himself down in the middle of the studio in a “ok let’s get this over with” kind of way. Then there was Ruudy who competed with his girls, Emma and Clare for the most beautiful hair of the group. And how could we forget the basket full of Chihuahuas?
You get the idea – we’re fine with dogs. So we were really looking forward to booking in the Daily Mail clients for their family/pet portraits. We phoned the first two numbers and yes you guessed it – CATS!
Mmmmmn! This is a completely different scenario. Have you ever tried telling a cat to “sit”? Impossible! A cat does what he wants to do – which is usually the exact opposite of what you want him to do. Well there’s only one way to find out how a cat will react – “Felix, Scoobie look what we’ve got for you in the Studio”. Felix, as you would imagine is black and white. He was given to us 10 years ago as a stray. He was so timid he wouldn’t come to us or let us pet him for the first 5 years and still gets very anxious in strange surroundings – not the best model for a photoshoot. Scoobie, also a stray, has got to be one of the most annoying cats in the world, she chases the curser on the PC screen and sits on the keyboard when you’re trying to work. She definitely will not cooperate.
Well what a surprise! Felix, after a little coaxing sat and posed for a good half hour then went and sat on the sofa in reception – just like a real client!
Scoobie was a bit more difficult but Amy still got some great results!
So bring on the cats!
(Just phoned the next client – has anyone got a snake we can practice on?)
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