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General Category => General Photography => Topic started by: irv_b on February 11, 2011, 05:55:23 PM

Title: dog shots
Post by: irv_b on February 11, 2011, 05:55:23 PM
I heard this guy on the radio the other night talking about how he shoots his dog photos so decided to checkout the shots
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1348734/Pet-portraits-Photographer-Paul-Walkers-award-winning-dog-photos.html
I think he dedicates a lot of time to each session more time than I have to take shots of my dog :)
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: rksmith51 on February 11, 2011, 06:26:34 PM
Great link Irv, he would have an assistant too I bet. I know how frustrsting it can be to get Hermie to do anything. The shot of the Staffie is brilliant.

Bob
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: Sandy on February 11, 2011, 08:17:45 PM
Thanks for the link. There are some lovely photos there and I have had a couple of good scores at camera club with dogs

Sandy
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: Zenmer on February 12, 2011, 04:25:02 AM
Lovely pictures, except the last one isn't Vizlas it's Germn Shorthaired Pointers  :doh:
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: Sarasocke on February 13, 2011, 09:56:58 PM
Yepp, I think they're German all right  :) And the Jack Russell looks more like a border terrier to me  ;)

Good shots though, although some of them look as though the background was added as an afterthought, especially the whippets and the Westies. The first photo of the boy in the tree is great!
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: irv_b on February 14, 2011, 10:06:15 PM
Quote from: Zenmer on February 12, 2011, 04:25:02 AM
Lovely pictures, except the last one isn't Vizlas it's Germn Shorthaired Pointers  :doh:
yeah someone pointed that out in the comments  :)
Carol on the radio he said that all the shots are done on location, he isn't into studio work for his dog shot, he prefers them in a more natural setting!
Title: Re: dog shots
Post by: Sarasocke on February 16, 2011, 01:04:07 PM
The effect just looks a little odd somehow, sort of like the old films you see where the actors are standing in front of a backdrop instead of real countryside. The subject is kind of detached.