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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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SHOOT THE DOG™: Black, white, or gray

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…

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Chanel does NY

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…

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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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