Sky, the front cover boy

Martina Cross — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:12:45 +0000

Needless to say that I was very chuffed when our 3 year old Border Collie Sky became the front cover model of the August issue of Caninelife Magazine!

BBB

Martina Cross — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:26:10 +0000

Blue Bell Boy… Charlie. Gosh isnt he just such a looker! I love it when my models are behaving well and Chralie certainly made no exception to this!

B&B

Martina Cross — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:14:51 +0000

Nah, not the sort of B&B what you are thinking of just now. This is Bramble & Blue, two absolutely stunning Scottish Deer Hounds. Blue was awarded crufts reserve and Bramble will attend crufts.

It was the fisrt time I took portraits of this breed, but I can absolutely see why folks are falling for those beautiful dogs. I want one too!!!!!!!!!

Good News For YOU again – The June Offer

Martina Cross — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:57:10 +0000

Hey, its good news for youagain! After the very popular May offer I would like to extend my offers over the summer period!

Book a pet portait session for your little darling by 30 of June and get a 9″ x 6″ print for FREE. Yep, thats right, a print for absolutely nada, zilch, nothing…. Just quote BARKING MAD OFFER

If you have had a portrait session done by me before and refer a friend for a barking mad pet portrait session, you will get a 7″ x 5″ print from your session for free.

I must be barking mad….

Barking Mad – Pet Portraits offers a variety of portrait sessions and print packages for every pocket, just email me for more details

Greenland K9 Training Fun Dogshow

Martina Cross — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:26:59 +0000

Yesterday I was asked to shoot the Greenland K9 Training ( www.greenlandk9training.co.uk ) dog show where our little girl was doing her first ever duty as a show judge.

After some very heavy downpours the day before the sun cam out and shone all morning, everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves. In the puppy class there were lots of dogs in all colours, shapes and sizes and the advanced and gundog class has put on a very impressive training display!

I took some portraits of the scottish deerhound Blue, who was a cruts reserve once. What a stunning dog! Again, this breed was a first for me to shoot…

Thank you very much Caolyne Poulton from Greenland K9 Training and everyone else who made this such a memorable experience for our girl!

Here are some impressions of the day, lots more will follow… so check back!

Rocky

Martina Cross — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:51:46 +0000

Yesterday I shot little (and I mean little as he was only 8lb) Rocky. He was a fantastic model and was behaving really, really well! Rocky was such a credit to his mum Lynda! Well done folks!

I am still convinced that Rocky tried to sneak home with me in my camera bag after the portrait session…

Fine Art Farm Animals

Martina Cross — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:05:01 +0000

Fine art portraits of farm animals are proving more and more popular these days! Fancy having a portrait of your award winning bull, ram or horse, let me know…

Oh Deer!

Martina Cross — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:26:21 +0000

I just love to shoot deer with my canon (camera that is) In 2008 I was awarded SWPP UK Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this shot, which also won me my first full format camera a Canon 5D (I have upgraded to a 5Dmk2 meanwhile though)

Since then my my photographic appetite to do more shots of those magnificent animals grew and I am happy that I have lots of various shots of deer in my portfolio now. Here is just a small selection.

A New Facebook Group Is Born

Martina Cross — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:48:58 +0000

If you are on facebook and like to join Barking Mad – Pet Portraits there, I have just created a group where you will see my animal portraits and you will be able to post your own animal photos there too.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117122014991452

The Heather Girls

Martina Cross — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:43:34 +0000

May I present….. The Heather Girls

Last year my good friend Carolyne Poulton, who runs Greenland K9 Training and Labrador Rescue Caithness & Scotland, to photograph her two gorgeous two Labrador girls D`Arcy & Emma. All of the girls did so well (as usual) and we were rewarded with a fantastic set of photos.