About Dewerstone

Dewerstone Photography is the working title for Louise Tope

With CANINE PHOTOGRAPHY, my aim is to produce the perfect image for the client. I always try to interpret their requirements, resulting in a photograph which represents how they perceive their dogs. Photography is an art and is always open to interpretation, not a science with rules and formulas

I have always enjoyed photography. My older sister studied the subject, and for a while, we had a small darkroom at home, in the cupboard under the stairs. She would let me help her develop and print her coursework pictures. I loved to watch the images "appear" in the developing fluid.

Later on, I spent many hours in the school darkroom when studying A-level art. Now, with the digital age, photography has become a much more accessible hobby to those without the time or funds for the traditional methods.

In September 2009, I retired from my full-time job as a professional canine beautician. I had been grooming for 21 years, having run my own successful salon for the last 10 years. This experience of grooming dogs has taught me how to be creative, and appreciate how to achieve a balanced picture, a skill I have now transferred to my photographs.

I have shown my own dogs (and other people's) since 1986. I have handled a wide selection of breeds across the groups, giving me invaluable knowledge of what I want to see through the lens.

I am more than happy to photograph dogs in a formal show pose or perhaps, a less formal portrait. Either indoors in the studio, or outside on a fine day - wherever the dog is happiest.


My photographs regularly appear in Our Dogs and The Sighthound Magazine.

Second only to dogs is my passion for beautiful cars, which I also love to photograph.

I use Nikon digital SLR equipment and Elinchrom studio lighting. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is my choice for editing, with Huey colour calibration software fine-tuning each and every picture. I use both the latest, high-tech Epson inkjet print technology and a local professional photographic laboratory for my pictures.

All equipment and public liability is covered by Aaduki multimedia insurance.