WHERE’S MY DOG?

Some of you may be wondering why you can’t find a picture of your dog?  

1. ✓we were at the same show
   - it might even have been the same year!...

2. ✓your dog definitely ran in that class 
   - how could you forget? - it was a disaster/fantastic/hilarious (delete as appropriate)

3. ✓you saw me at the side of the ring 
   - you can’t miss that hat and as for the size of that lens!!!

4. ✓you even saw/heard me click the shutter 
   - you should have been watching your dog ;)  maybe that’s why you went wrong?

5. ✓you might even have been shown the picture in the camera 
   - I must stop doing that, it always ends in tears!

6. ✓I said I took pictures of every dog in the class / show 
   - I pressed the button, but the picture was rubbish!

OK - it really isn’t personal!  I just have high standards and don’t want you to buy a photo expecting it to look amazing on a print the size of your living room wall, only to find out it gives you a headache looking at a fuzzy picture on your PC screen!!!

DON’T GIVE UP...

I am a generous sort of chap and do keep every photo that I think may be of interest to a keen agility person and dog lover, like myself - I just don’t want other people to see pictures that I am not proud of technically (I do have a reputation to uphold!)

So, if you don’t mind the quality and you really want to prove that you DIDget that contact (but don’t blame me if the photo proves you didn’t), or just want a blurry reminder of a special occasion with a special dog, I may just let you have these hidden photos, if you ask nicely!  

BUT... only if you promise not to display it to the World and his wife and/or tell everyone how hard you had to negotiate to stop me from sroom 101....

Examples of pictures that might not be visible on the site, but are still on my computer, are...

1. ➡  Photos not sharp enough to look good as a print bigger than 7x5, but will look OK on FaceBook! (this is the most common category and typically there will be at least twice as many of these as there are visible on my website)
   - These are very cheap on their own and are always included on DVDs or Downloads of multiple images

2. ➡  Photos not good enough even to display on FaceBook, but show something amazing / unusual / happening!

3.      - These are FREE as digital images if you actually paid for other pictures from my site, but I won’t ever print them!

4. ➡  Something err... umm... embarrassing is visible in the picture! (e.g. the gentleman who ran a complete course with his flies undone, or the lady whose top showed more than she intended when she bent down to point out the contact to her small dog, or the ring party member in the background picking more than just poles...!) 

5.      - These may be free, (I might even pay you if they earn me money for an Athena poster or something) or may be outrageously expensive if you want me to delete all copies and promise never to show them to anyone ever again...

6. ➡  Anything else that might make me look like a bad photographer! 

7.      - These will only be available to people who sign to say they will never tell anyone who took the photos!