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Category Archives: Non-Sporting Dogs

The lapdog Bully

Meet my friend Wooly Bully (GCh Lebull’s New Hope Wooly Bully). Bully (to his friends) is a French Bulldog, a breed that probably originated in England, where the English Bulldog was bred down to a size more suitable as a lap dog.  Some of these smaller dogs were taken to France, and apparently it was…

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SHOOT THE DOG™: Speed control

In my last post to SHOOT THE DOG, you learned how the exposure meter of your camera works and why it sometimes does a good job of creating a properly exposed photo, while other times it doesn’t.  I hope you’ve invested in a gray card to keep in your camera bag – I can’t think…

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The catch

If you’re a student of photography, you will probably have heard of Henri Cartier-Bresson.  He studied painting in his youth, but in mid-life he became interested in photography and went on to become famous for his candid images of ordinary life, the earliest form of street photography.  He was especially fascinated in the camera’s ability…

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Lola, Lola, Lola

This is Lola (Ch Lebull’s Midnight Confession).  I changed the backgrounds, fiddled with the lights, and pushed the little button on the camera.  Lola did all the rest herself. Is she TOO CUTE?!! (Thanks to my friends Hal and Victoria Schmitt at Light Workshops in Los Osos, CA for their help and for graciously allowing…

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A boy and his dog

Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, to no small degree because of its stunning coastline.  The beaches are to die for – beautiful white sand and sparkling turquoise water, a photographer’s dream.  Llandudno is a little upscale suburb perched on a west-facing cliff above a beautiful cove (apparently named…

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