Our cat Matty is demonstrating below that you can often throw a couple of body parts in the frame besides a head.
This week's blog theme has us filling up the space in our image with the subject. If you have read through and followed this blog for more than a minute, you will often see me doing many dog head shots in this manner. It's technically called "filling the frame." It looks like this. I will often use this method when photographing shelter dogs, or any pet that is in a space with a background that is not desirable, as the photo above illustrates. Our cat Matty is demonstrating below that you can often throw a couple of body parts in the frame besides a head. If you would like me to help you fill a frame, I have many methods and styles to choose from. Contact me to set up an appointment, and I am sure we can photograph and nicely frame something up for you. There are many samples in the studio for you to review. In the meantime, check out more full frames in the blog circle, starting with Tracy Allard of Penny Whistle Photography fetching pet and family portraits in Coppell, Carrollton and the greater Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. Enjoy your weekend!
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If you were to go back through some of my blog posts, you would see a number of photos where dogs climbed aboard a rock during a photo session. Rocks are nature's pedestals. I don't have to build a platform if a rock is available. Sometimes rocks place a small dog up high enough for us to see the sky, or a rock can put a dog in a stream so we can capture him/her in the water. In all cases, rocks are a great commodity in the photo industry, especially for us pet photographers. The little, older beagle above, was at home on a large flat rock, and better able to hold a pose from that vantage point. Sometimes a rock does add an element of control, as a dog may think about jumping down. So using a rock for a dog that may not be well trained to a sit, can be helpful. We have many rocks in our area. On our property, we have a number of very large rock formations, some which are used by me for photos, and others that are used by the animals that reside with us as well as our grandkids. Many of our parks and walking areas, also have great rock outcroppings. In the photo below, three smaller dogs are brought to my level on a rock in the woods, at a local park once again providing a resting moment to dogs that may be very active or overly happy. You can tell by the expressions on these three faces, they were ready to G.O. at a moments notice. To see more dogs on rocks, the blog circle rocks on...starting with Susannah Maynard of Pet Love Photography, photographing Cincinnati pets for Tails of Cincinnati, a book project for charity.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy! More often than not when you see a sunset photo, you will see the sun behind the subject and a golden glow. I appreciate these shots for sure, but I thought I would show you some of the ways sunsets can be captured besides the standard method. This goose preening on a nearby lake has a sunset going on in front of it. You can see the color cast on the water and somewhat on the goose, but not the actual sunset. This photo gives you the idea of a sunset without actually seeing it. That's one way to capture a sunset photo. Sometimes everything around it is colored the same color as the sky during a sunset. Yesterday I went running out of my house because I thought I lived in PINK WORLD. The sky was so pink under the setting sun, that even our house looked pink! We have very vivid sunsets here, and this photo shows how, once again, without actually seeing the sun setting, you get the feel of it happening. This is Corey, and he was a very good boy the day I took these photos. When the sun is almost below the horizon, magic can happen. I was just so lucky to be driving by our neighbor's farm when this occurred, and also lucky my camera was in the car. I am never that lucky, so I am guessing this was my one-and-only sunset silhouette for my lifetime. Finally, my girl, Billie. I took her to our favorite field with the sun setting in front of her and very changeable skies due to an approaching storm. You can see the suncast glow on her face and coat. She hardly ever sits still, so all the planets must have surely been lined up. AND, we did make it home before the storm.
To see more, what I am sure will be, beautiful sunset photos, hit the blog circle starting with Tracy Allard of Penny Whistle Photography fetching pet and family portraits in Coppell, Carrollton and the greater Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. Have a great weekend, and enjoy every sunset you can! |
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