Just a couple of dogs

Zerodog

Over Thanksgiving my girlfriend and I were dog sitting for a friend and I got some nice shots of her two dogs. The idea was to print them out as a Christmas gift. What do you think?

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Dogdots

So cute -- the first photos is just wonderful

Print it them out and give them as a gift to the dog owner. They will love them.

Azzaro

I think they will make a great gift.....I really like the first two ... IMO the high key look works great...... azzaro

Zerodog

Printing the high key ones was an exercise in print proofing. I think I made around 6 8x10s of each finding flaws in the background and getting the brightness just right. I am glad I wasn't using my expensive paper! I shot 1 & 2 in front of a window in the morning with strong light coming through a bamboo blind. I thought the bamboo would be a cool pattern but, it was not as cool as just the bright background. So I just burned what was left of it out in LR. In the end I think I really like the effect.

Thanks for lookin!

Raina.Rae

I like #1 the best. You captured a great expression, and the lighting I think was perfect.

Zerodog

Raina.Rae wrote:

I like #1 the best. You captured a great expression, and the lighting I think was perfect.

Thank you.
He was easy. He just perched on the arm of the couch like a bird in the window. And he responded really well to clicks and sounds to get him to perk up.

The red dog was tough. She is really shy and really fast. If you tell her what to do she just lays down or runs around really fast. Not an experienced model!
It took some watching and waiting to get her in front of good backgrounds.

Panther

Howdy,

, I just love these, very expressive and good looking Hounds.

I think they will love them all!!

The first one is "priceless" great lighting and composition, and really like the last one, almost a Zen like feel.