So many of my clients are asking to have their babies photographed with cakes for their first birthdays, where they basically destroy a cake and make as much mess as possible. I love what I do, but I’m always finding ways to switch things up a bit.

I’ve always loved animals and thought it would be an awesome idea to try and find an animal to try this with instead.

At first I was asking my friends if they had any dogs they’d like to try it with, until I received a message from my friend who is a zookeeper at Tropiquaria, Somerset, and mentioned that one of their racoons has a birthday coming up and we could try it with them!

I practically bit his arm off at that offer as I thought it was so unique. It’s not every day you get to work with amazing animals!