I spent two days photographing Lynette and her Guide Dog Pippa for the Guide Dog’s Legacy campaign.

The concept was to show a day in the life of Lynette and how Pippa enables her to lead an active live she would not normally achieve.

Lynette was only 19 years old when her sight suddenly deteriorated – she was forced to leave university and move back home. Reliant on friends and family to help her get around, she felt pressured in busy places and was in danger of walking into things. She had no confidence to leave the house on her own and only ever made trips to the local shop with her mother.

“I was treating each day as if it were a chore that took so much effort to accomplish. I had no dreams or goals past going to bed each night. I was alive but I certainly wasn’t living.”

It all changed when she was matched with Pippa – she’s now returned to university to study Leadership and Management and enjoys a full life – meeting friends for lunch, going swimming and working in a part-time job at her local doctor’s surgery.

“Before I got Pippa I was struggling just to walk to the shops. I didn’t have any confidence. Now I’m able to do what I want, when I want to do it. I’m finishing my degree, doing a part-time job… and my friends can be my friends, not my carers.”

Enjoy these photos and you can see the finished ad campaign by clicking here.