Take a lovely English summer's late afternoon, and a family with their dog in their garden looking its best and with the sun shining, and these are a few of the resulting pictures. 

Back lit, natural couples portrait

With the sun behind the couple, I used a reflector to brighten the eyes with a little extra light.  Family with their old dog in the back garden on a warm summer's evening

It's not easy to get the family dog to sit and look at the camera - they usually run over to sniff the lens. Jessie was very well behaved!

Gemma with her chicken

And even the chicken was easy to photograph. The beautiful evening sun was a real bonus.