This blog Circle is generally used to profile our pet photography. This week however, I am going to go a little wild. The topic for this week is silhouettes, but weather, timing and a head cold hindered my completing a new image. Instead, I am looking back at some images I took of the wild horses of Assateague Island. Silhouettes can add mood to an image or highlight a detail that you drew your attention in the first place. Generally…
Chinese New Year of 2018 is the year of the Dog. When I thought about that topic for this blog, what immediately came to mind are the dogs that had an impact on me this past year. I decided to develop a collage of just a few of the shelter dogs that had an impact on me this past year. All of these dogs brought with them a set of challenges to overcome. Some dogs were used to running free, and…
This weeks theme in our Project 52 project is Fantasy. While I love fantasy, I am not used to producing fantasy from my own photography, so this was a bit of a struggle, but that’s also the beauty of this project. Project 52 helps each of the photographer’s learn and grow as pet photographers. I took my inspiration this week from my models name. PLUTO. Pluto is out of this world, so I wished to portray him as if he…
A friend called the other day and indicated that Syracuse had some Urban Visitors. Three snowy owls were spotted close to home. We took a trek out to the site and with a little perseverance and a little luck, came upon one of the owls. My friend allowed me to borrow his 600mm lens in order to obtain the following pictures. We did not wish to get too close to frighten the animal. Note the images were cropped some more…
This adorable white boxer/pit bull terrier mix named Nora is helping me demonstrate Depth of Field. Nora is about 3 years old and looking for a family that will spoil her with belly rubs and back scratches as well as long walks and playing ball. I took Nora for a walk this past weekend with my camera in hand. It was a cool day and she wore her nifty little pink sweater. Every once in a while she would take…
