It is no joke when I say, that when I saw the theme for Week 38--Blur--I figured the easiest thing to do would be to make Billie my subject and use a manual focus lens.
Billie lives most of her life in a Blur. She is a scruffy terrier who was found as a stray, wandering the byways of a rural county with her sister. She was pregnant, and ended up having her six adorable puppies at a local shelter. She is definitely a member of the Lurcher family of dogs. She plays hard. Our Border Collie, Piper, is extremely happy she came to live with us because he definitely needed a "player" in his life.
I kid you not when I tell you that even when she is sitting still, she isn't sitting still. Once in a while, if I am very quiet, and very patient, I can snap a very very good photo of her. These times are few and far between. My thoughts have always been to one day have a contest for all of my photography friends, with Billie as their subject, and challenge them to get a fully in-focus photo that did not make her eyes seem like she was wearing a Zorro mask.
So, my plan (or story board, if you remember last week), was: Me, Camera, 135mm manual focus lens, Billie, the yard, and a sure fire recipe for Blur. What I got was this.
Billie lives most of her life in a Blur. She is a scruffy terrier who was found as a stray, wandering the byways of a rural county with her sister. She was pregnant, and ended up having her six adorable puppies at a local shelter. She is definitely a member of the Lurcher family of dogs. She plays hard. Our Border Collie, Piper, is extremely happy she came to live with us because he definitely needed a "player" in his life.
I kid you not when I tell you that even when she is sitting still, she isn't sitting still. Once in a while, if I am very quiet, and very patient, I can snap a very very good photo of her. These times are few and far between. My thoughts have always been to one day have a contest for all of my photography friends, with Billie as their subject, and challenge them to get a fully in-focus photo that did not make her eyes seem like she was wearing a Zorro mask.
So, my plan (or story board, if you remember last week), was: Me, Camera, 135mm manual focus lens, Billie, the yard, and a sure fire recipe for Blur. What I got was this.
Perfect late, late afternoon light, a wonderfully blurred background, and a magically unblurrey (<-- this is not a word) Billie (she actually sat very very still). Who knew I should have been shooting her with a manual focus lens all this time?
Susannah Maynard of Suzi Pix Photography in Cincinnati also worked on Blur this week. To see her results, click here.
Susannah Maynard of Suzi Pix Photography in Cincinnati also worked on Blur this week. To see her results, click here.
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