{"id":7391,"date":"2021-03-27T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iainfriend.com\/?page_id=7391"},"modified":"2021-03-27T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T17:32:52","slug":"about-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/?page_id=7391","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m Iain Friend DPAGB. I am a wildlife photographer and professional pet photographer (www.pawsandpals.photography). My home is near Dorchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took up photography while I was training to be a cabinetmaker. Combining my passions of observing the behavior of wildlife and photography. The attention to detail whilst running my own antique restoration business sharpened my photography skills and it resulted in me becoming an award-winning natural history photographer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;My qualification portfolios CPAGB (2015) and DPAGB (2017)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iainfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/01_Iain-Friend_-4.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Iain Friend DPAGB. 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