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From Homeless To Professional Photographer, Inspired By Nature & Dogs
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From Homeless To Professional Photographer, Inspired By Nature & Dogs

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Today, my profession is a professional dog photographer. It could have been so different though.

I grew up in a council house in Manchester and moved around a lot, I was classed as homeless at the age of 16 while I was still doing my exams.

There were things in my life I escaped into; after school art classes, reading, climbing trees. If there was a constant in my life, it was that wherever I moved, there were always pets; dogs, cats, fish, birds – I even used to rescue injured pigeons and rehome stray cats.

You can probably imagine, with grades that weren’t the best, and no idea what I was good at, things could have gone either way in my life.

Somehow, my passions found me. Back before camera phones (WAY back then), I started taking photographs with a point and shoot, and decided to learn how to make them better. From the moment my husband and I decided we had the time to dedicate to a dog, and our first Whippet, Scout came into our home, everything changed. We fostered a dog who we adopted, moved to the countryside to have more space, and then rehomed three more whippets.

After I started taking photographs of my hounds and including the beautiful British countryside, I started to get commissions to do the same for other dog lovers, because they want beautiful images of them, just as they would do of their human family.

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My hounds inspire me every day, on days when I find it difficult to get motivated, I know I have to get out to walk them. Being outside always lifts my mood.

I have loved watching the change in the way we, as a country, treat our pets, they are now more than pets, they are family.

If you would have told a 16-year-old me that I could earn a living doing something creative that I loved, and be surrounded by dogs, I can tell you, I would not have believed you.

These are images of my own hounds, who are my muses.

More info: whippetsnippets.co.uk

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    Kerry Jordan

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    Professional Dog Photographer Photographing dogs in the magestic British countryside.

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    Kerry Jordan

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    Professional Dog Photographer Photographing dogs in the magestic British countryside.

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