Born in a small mining village near Rotherham, U.K., David Dalton joined the local camera club and began working in a darkroom at a young age. Inspired by his mother, also a photographer, Dalton studied photography at the college in Rotherham and began working at a press agency as well as for local newspapers. Some of his first work include photos he took of his Aunt’s rough collies as well as his first yellow labrador. Dalton’s photos range from commercial art, media, public relations and animals. Out of all of those, Dalton’s favourite subject matter is dogs.
His serious dog photography began in 1978 when he attended a dog show and requested to take photos from fellow exhibitors. After two years of photographing the different breeds at dog shows, Dalton took “dog photography” up as his full time job. He has shot for “Our Dogs” in England and then for the next twenty years took photographs for “Dog World”.
Whenever the opportunity arises, Dalton snaps pictures of his canine friends. He prefers to take pictures of the dogs in natural surroundings, and thoroughly enjoys when the dogs are being true to their breed ancestry. He has captured whippets racing across the terrain, german wirehair pointers ready for the hunt and newfoundland dogs waiting for their water retrieval. Dalton makes sure to always take a patient and loving approach with each picture and because of his love for dogs and all animals, is able to capture the true beauty and soul behind each of his subjects. To see more of my favourite work by David Dalton, please click here.
all images in this blog entry are © David Dalton Photography
website: http://www1.clikpic.com/daviddalton/
extra source: International Photography
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