A Day in the Life of Kota, a rescued mutt: “I admit. I have the best life and the most wonderful mom and dad. They rescued me when I was just a pup at 4 1/2 months old. I was lost in Arkansas with my brother and sister and mom. We were picked up by… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 11: Favorite Song
Welcome to week 52 of our Professional Pet Photography Blog Circle. I’m loving the topic this week! It’s “Favorite Song”. I do have quite a few songs that I love! The way the weather has been the last few weeks with winter in March, one specific song comes to mind, and that’s Wintertime by Steve… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 9: Wide Angle
Welcome to week 9 of our 52 Week Professional Pet Photography Blog Circle. This week we are out and about with “Wide Angle” photography! What does this mean? When shooting wide angle it simply means that the lens has a wider view of what the eye can see. The focal length is short. A 50mm… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 8: Silhouette
Welcome to Week 8 of our 52 Week Professional Pet Photography Blog Circle. This week’s topic is “Silhouette”. What is a silhouette? A silhouette is the “image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 6: Fantasy
Welcome to Week 6 of our Professional Pet Photographer’s Blog Circle. The week we are tackling the topic of “fantasy”. One of the definitions of “fantasy” is “the activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable” . My first thought for this week’s post was wouldn’t it be fun to place my… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 5: Depth of Field
Welcome to week 5 of our Professional Pet Photography Blog Circle. This week our topic is the area of sharpness (from near to far) within a photograph known as the “depth of field”. Depth of field is influenced by many factors: the focal length of the lens, the distance between you and the subject you… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 4: Catchlights
“He speaketh not; and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes”. These wonderful words were those of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. These words represent how i feel when I meet each every shelter dog that I photograph that is looking for a forever home. They all have a story to tell in their soulful eyes…. [Read More]
Project 52 Week 3: Fill the Frame
I received a phone call this past Sunday late in the day: “Hi. I’m interested in doing a pet photography session for my 18 year old dog”. I heard the sadness in her voice. We spoke a bit about how “Mickey” was doing. He’s good – he has a few months”. I mentioned that these… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 2: Rule of Thirds
Welcome to week 2 of our Professional Pet Photography Blog Circle. This week’s topic is about the “tic tac toe grid” that one can display on their DSLR camera known as the “Rule of Thirds”. Rules in photography? Yes, there are many! Of course, rules are made to be broken (I’m an Aquarius –… [Read More]
Project 52 Week 1: Blank Slate
Happy New Year and welcome to our Professional Pet Photography 52 Week Project Blog circle! This year we are starting out with a “Blank Slate”. I thought this would be a great time to tell you a little bit of how I got into Professional Pet Photography while sharing a few images of Kota since… [Read More]
