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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Not long ago I had asked a group of friends on Facebook if they wouldn't mind volunteering for me to photograph them. The main purpose of this is to help me build up my portfolio. Well, its growing now :)

Here are a few photos that I took yesterday with a friend of mine, Hannah, and her dog, Cleo. We took a trip out to Brackenridge Park and I worked on my posing skills lol. Honestly I wish we had picked a different location. Mainly because there weren't a lot of opportunities for 'natural' photos... There was way too much visual noise everywhere (in the form of signs, other people and trashcans...) I think I got a few good ones in there though. Hannah was very happy with them which meansI did my job well right? I'm just taking it as a good learning opportunity :)

Oh - some cool news, I have another person wanting infant shots :) Never thought 5 quick pictures of a cute baby could set off a chain like that!

Photo of Hannah cropped from the waist up. She is to the left side of the frame, torso facing the right and head towards camera. You can see giant horizontal tree limbs behind her as well as a blanket of thick green leaves. There are dappled shadows on hannah's neck and torso from the sun shining through the leaves onto her.

Hannah and her black great dane Cleo standing on a small bridge. Hannah is leaning on the black metal fencing of the bridge smiling towards the camera. Cleo is half way out of the left side of the frame with her front half and head in it. She is also looking towards the camera with her tongue out and ears back in apparent enjoyment.

Hannah with her black great dane Cleo standing on a bridge. Hannah has an arm up leaning on the black metal fencing of the bridge and she looks like she is talking to Cleo, with her head down in her direction. Cleo is standing perpendicular to hannah looking out of the right side of the frame.

Photo of Hannah and her black lab Cleo, Cleo is standing in front of hannah closer to the camera and in focus while Hannah is in the background and blurred out. Hannah is leaning against a large stone wall and Cleo is standing sideways to the camera with her ears all the way back with a goofy look on her face

Hannah and her black Dane Cleo posing for a picture. The image shows cleo with her front paws on hannah's shoulders while Cleo is licking Hannah's chin in a big Dane kiss. Hannah is leaning her head all the way back trying to keep her lips away from cleos tongue. The image is cropped from Hannah's chest up, you can see a the lush green leaves of a tree blanket in the background behind their heads.

Hannah and her Black Dane cleo on the edge of a creek wall. Hannah is sitting with her legs hanging over and facing the creek, her head is turned to the side facing the camera. Cleo is standing behind Hannah looking in the direction of the camera with her ears back and her tongue out in a goofy grin.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Critique this Blog Hop by Pixel Perfect

Another Photography blog that I follow, Pixel Perfect is having a 'Critique this' blog hop today. I am submitting this photo that I took not long ago of Darrell and his guide dog Egypt. It was a very muggy day but I had that itch to take pictures so we went out on the balcony and snapped a few shots. I wish it had more colors in it but other than that I think it came out pretty well.

I consider myself an intermediate photographer, I know my way pretty well around my camera, can do a fair amount in Adobe Lightroom, my editing software and currently have my first paid photography 'gig' set up in May. Well, here it is, let me know what you think!

A close up picture of Egypt, yellow lab, head and neck in focus, and Darrell, a young man blurred out sitting in the background. The image is taken from slightly below the labs head making her look regal and powerful. Darrell's face, while blurred out can be seen in a slight smile while he looks at Egypt.

I used my Nikon D5000, 18-55 mm lens. It was edited in Adobe Lightroom 3.

I'm open to whatever critiques you have so bring it on! Please, feel free to do so to my other posts as well. It would be really helpful :)

Sunday, March 20, 2011

I think Pet Photography is my calling....

I have always loved taking pictures of my dogs but lets be honest, labs are not always their most photogenic when they are in action. Lots of floppy skin around their faces and necks make it hard to get a good shot without a completely goofy look. Goofy looks aren't always bad but when that is all you have to work with it can sometimes be frustrating.

I was very excited this weekend to get to take some action shots of a dog with basically zero percent floppy skin.

Photo shoot with my brother's pitt bull Zeda: