Hi Angela and Monty well I am not really into photography but now I have this great new camera things might will change I think I will get more interested I think it could be fun when you are out and about.yes I have two dogs Onyx my retired guide dog who is eleven and a half she is a golden cross with a lab a nice red golden colour and Yazz a black lab well mostly lab mum was a lab cross golden and dad was a pure lab she is black she is just coming up for four next month,we also have a pond full of fish in the garden, love from Jenny