Posted on August 30, 2012 in Animals, People
Look beyond this adorable Maltese and what do you see? I see all kinds of plaid … and stripes thrown in for good measure! The handler is wearing the navy plaid sport coat and the judge – oh the judge….a busy combination of a plaid sport coat, different plaid shirt and striped tie! Strange as it seems, I noticed the plaid clothing first when I decided to shoot this scene! I try to have the final composition in my mind before I take the photo and in this case, what I wanted to accomplish was having the beautiful white dog surrounded by plaid. Mission accomplished! A dog with a patterned or multi-colored coat in this scene would not have given me the “look” that I wanted!
Posted on August 28, 2012 in Animals, Painting Effect, People
He was seated ringside and it appeared that his mom was an owner or handler or both as she was preparing to enter the ring with a very cute dog. What an angelic face this little boy has! He seemed to be daydreaming when I took this photo. Possibly he was thinking about the day when he can become a junior handler and go in the ring with his furry best friend too! [Processing note – I added a bit of watercolor effect to this image.]
Posted on August 23, 2012 in Animals, People, Pet Photography
“Oh, I don’t know….this might be fun for mom, but I’m not sure that I like the idea of flying through the air and belly flopping into the pool! I’m going to hold my breath, close my eyes, and here I go! Wheeeeee!”
Mom and pooch were having fun playing at Mack Pool in Allentown, Pa. last weekend. They reminded me of when I was a kid and my mom would “launch” me off of her knee into the air followed by a splash into the water! Fun times!
Posted on August 15, 2012 in Animals, People, Pet Photography
A girl and her Boxer having a heart to heart chat at the Penn Ridge Kennel Club show in Harrisburg on Saturday.
Posted on August 14, 2012 in Animals, People, Pet Photography
I don’t often take a lot of what I call “running around the ring” photos. I tend to concentrate more on the portrait or relationship type of image. At the Penn Ridge Kennel Club show in Harrisburg on Saturday, the Group/Best in Show ring was very very large. Thankfully there are always chairs available at the Harrisburg shows, so I grabbed a seat in a spot where I could photograph dogs and handlers running straight toward the camera. It was a good chance to practice movement images – absolutely more difficult at an indoor show with not so great lighting. This image was shot at ISO 4000, 1/500th of a second shutter speed, f/2.8 and I even over-exposed the shot by 1-1/3 stops. To whomever invented de-noising software….thank you very much!!! I couldn’t live without it for these images as the high ISO resulted in a lot of digital noise in the photos. Since a flash is definitely a no-no at the shows, there were no other options but to up the ISO and shoot away! Don’t you just love to see the movement of an Afghan Hound as they run around the show ring? Stunning!