Ursula and her golden retriever Hugo
Ursula and her golden retriever Hugo are a familiar sight in London’s parks, scouting for dog owners to star in Ursula’s picture series ‘Phodography’. The photographer, 29, started snapping people and their pooches four years ago, posting the photos on her Instagram feed. Her shots are so popular a book is planned for later this year. Worcestershire-born Ursula says: ‘I love that quote [by animal advocate Roger Caras]: “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”’
Fashion blogger Caroline Receveur and her golden retriever Island in Kensington, West London
Tattoo artist Avalon Southall and her elkhound Kuruk in Stourbridge
After meeting Zoe Thras at Crufts, Ursula snapped two of her weimaraner puppies at their home in East London
Actor Nikki Taggart trained cocker spaniel Jasper for his owners and says, ‘I’m so proud to be his buddy’
Journalism student Anastacia Shuppe and her french bulldog puppy Lecter on Albert Bridge, London
Ursula photographed Abby Miller and her beloved Bruno after seeing the fluffy eurasian on Instagram
Ursula first spotted model Alexandra Panaite in Hyde Park taking a selfie with her miniature poodle Sofia
Jemma Moore with her ‘childhood best friend’, border collie Delphi, on a train in East London
Singer Kate Dowman says she and her Irish setter Fin are ‘inseparable Celtic souls’
Ursula met stand-up comedian Kelly Convey and her bulldog Nelson on Tooting Common, South London; the pair are now close friends
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