Category Archives: Photography  Most dog photography is of dogs in “pet” mode. The photographer is using a relatively short lens and is interacting directly with the dog while shooting, often keeping the dog’s attention by waving a yummy treat in front of his face. This results in a photo with the dog looking towards the camera with total…  The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is the quintessential water dog among the sporting breeds. It’s a sturdy dog with an even sturdier coat, and a non-nonsense approach to the task at hand. This is an American breed, developed to be masterful in the hunt of waterfowl. This is Coupe (GCh Quailridge’s Coupe De Ville), photographed at…  We think of photography as capturing “a moment in time”, but how long is a moment? With a fast enough shutter speed you can freeze action without blur, and the resulting photos can allow us to see events that happen too quickly to see with the eye. But the camera can also record events happening…  Becoming good at anything requires time and effort. You might be born with natural talent, and that might allow you to get better faster and achieve a higher level of competence, but the path will still be uphill. Musicians and singers, painters and poets, all that achieve success got there by making a significant investment…  The difference between a good photograph and a great one is often the little “tricks” used in the setup and camera work. I wanted to get a shot of Gavin (GCH CH Lakota’s Hitman Of Cantar) gaiting that would knock your socks off, and since we were near the beautiful beach in Ventura, CA I…  I was digging through old photos looking for a particular image and I came across this one, shot almost exactly a year ago. This is Tawny (GCh Sporting Fields Bahama Sands) bred by Debbie Butt, and who was on the west coast for a show with her handler (and Debbie’s daughter) Amanda Giles. I love…  Somehow, this doesn’t seem fair. Incoming search terms:loose skin on dogsloose skin dogmagazine covers with weimaraner dogdog skin looseflabby dogfloppy skin dogloose skinweimaraner loose skin  Know when to say Uncle. Incoming search terms:great dane mastiff mixmastiff great dane mixmastiff dane mixgreat dane husky mixweimaraner mastiff mixgreat dane bull mastiff mixhusky great dane mixgreat dane dog fightbull mastiff dane mixgreat dane mix  Two can play. Incoming search terms:weimaraner husky mixamerican bulldog pointer mixweinheimer dogweimaraner mixboxer springer spaniel mixgerman shorthair weimaraner mixspringer spaniel german shorthair mixpointer i jack terrier mixjack russell terrier weimaraner mixweinheimer dog photographer  …ever so gently. Incoming search terms:dogs playing frisbeedog biting dogs legdog biting legdogs play biting  Take advantage of your opponent’s weaknesses. Incoming search terms:human dogdog biting ears other dogsspaniel earsbull terrier pullingnormal dog earpulling dog earsenglish bull terrier earsdog pulling other dogdog biting another dogs earpulling other dogs ear  Two friends having a great time. Incoming search terms:basset hound teethhappy teethhappy teeth dog  I love photographing dogs outdoors in beautiful settings, but there are some great shots to be had indoors as well. I got this terrific shot of a Basset Hound at an indoor dog show last year. There were lots of spectators and I couldn’t find an open spot next to the ring where I could…  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…  I was going to go forward from the last SHOOT THE DOG post on shutter speed to discuss aperture and how it can affect the look of your photos. But I took some photos at the dog park the other day that are great for illustrating the effects of shutter speed on action photography. Incoming…  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…  The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is a breed you don’t hear much about. It was devloped in Holland in the 1870′s by Eduard Karel Korthals, who wanted a hunting dog that would stay close to the hunter on foot, could hunt any game in any terrain in any weather, and would come home at the end…  The Manchester Terrier might be the best kept secret in the Terrier Group. Handsome in an understated way, with a slick black coat and stylish mahogany tan accents on the head, chest, and legs, he is civilized – cuddly even – at home, but all terrier when he’s on duty keeping the grounds free of…  If you’re working on improving your photography, you’ve been shooting 1,000 pics a week as I suggested in the first blog in this series (SHOOT THE DOG: Oh Romeo, Romeo), and hopefully you can now hit that shutter release with speed and precision even if the rest of the buttons and dials on your camera…  Hanging out at the dog park yesterday while my puppy burned off some energy, I shot some pictures just for fun. And I learned something about dogs that I didn’t know. Heck, maybe it’s even new to science. Incoming search terms:Dog dropping ballmy puppy with ballcool guy dog park  When you shoot a photo, you have to get the exposure right or you won’t get the shot you were hoping for. If you shoot in an automatic or program mode, most cameras now can do a pretty good job most of the time. But there are lots of situations where the camera makes the… 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…  Maverick (Am/Can Int’l CH Sterling Blunote Gambler, CGC) is a sturdy hunk of a Great Dane, 9 years old and still looks and acts like a teenager except for a light dusting of white on his muzzle. Proud owner Jeff Ball wanted some photos taken in NYC that would make the dog look great and…  I was out with my dogs and camera at the dog park yesterday, and there was this very energetic Italian Greyhound racing at top speed from one end of the field to the other, over and over, back and forth. I took lots of shots with a fast shutter speed to freeze the action, and…  If you spent a little time over the last few days pounding out your first assignment of thousand shots per week (you have, haven’t you?), then it’s safe to assume that you can now put that camera to your eye and find the shutter release (that’s the little button you push to take a picture)…  This is the first of what will be a continuing series of posts about photographing dogs. I get lots of questions from people who ask how I captured a particular image, or what kind of lens I use, or if I think Nikon is better than Canon, or did I take photography classes, or whether…  The Irish Water Spaniel is one of the lesser known sporting dogs in the US, but those that know the breed understand that dogs can have a sense of humor – for them, life is Disneyland and is meant to be enjoyed every minute. With their curly coat, naked tail, and topknot falling over their…  I just love the changing of the seasons in the eastern US, and you can’t beat Fall for providing a beautiful backdrop for some photography. So, when I found myself in Maryland just as the leaves were beginning to turn, I gathered up Alessandra Folz and her lovely Weimaraner Marge (Ch Colsidex Seabreeze Perfect Fit)…  I first met Hector (Am/Can Ch Artizoe’s High Caliber) the English Setter shortly after he arrived in the US from his original home in Quebec, Canada. He already had his Canadian championship so was no novice in the ring, but his native (human) language was French; his new owner, Shirley Hoeflinger, was American and Hector’s…  I don’t really like having to come up with a gorgeous photo under pressure. So many things can go wrong. I first saw Chanel (Ch Starline’s Chanel) as a 10 month old puppy when I spotted her in the ring at the Del Valle show, where she won the breed from the classes and took…  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…  I don’t do a lot of photography at night. It’s really dark. It’s so hard to see. And besides, I’m diurnal. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. So, faced with failing light on a photo shoot, I decided to see what I could do with a black dog at the beach.  Meet Bunny. She can wiggle her nose. Who knew?! After I returned to the States from South Africa in June 2003, one of the first shows I went to was the Hound specialty weekend in Lompoc, a little town near the coast of California midway between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. I didn’t really…  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…  I just love photographing running dogs, and there’s no better place than at the beach and no breed more exciting than Salukis. Just over the hill from where I stayed while I was living in South Africa is the lovely fishing village of Hout Bay. The beach there is deep and level, and it’s a…  Santa Barbara is an exceptionally dog friendly town and they have an exceptionally serious dog beach. Just below the Douglas Family Estate is Arroyo Burro County Beach (also called Hendry’s Beach by the locals), a favorite of surfers, sunset-watchers, and dogs. From the parking lot, you walk to the beach and turn right up the…  Sometimes the best photo isn’t the one you were looking for. While I was living in South Africa, I went out early one morning to shoot some photos of a friend’s new springer puppy and my own (South African-bred) Springer, Sally, came along. The puppy was only about 3 months old, and the weeds… |
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