These tips are for those of you that would love to get a photo with your reactive dog, but don't know how to achieve it. These are tips you can work on with your dog, but when scheduling our consultation, this is one of the important things to discuss with me as I can tailor the session specifically in ways that will lessen the chances of your dog being triggered.
Basking in the fun play and cuddles from the dogs I photograph is certainly a treat for me, but capturing the dogs essence, much less his attention, requires a photographer to have a few tricks up her sleeve. Here are a couple of the tricks that I utilize throughout the photo session.
The belief is that the horses first came to the island when a Spanish galleon ship sank off the shore of Assateague. Assateague is an Island that is about 37 miles long and runs through both Maryland and Virginia. In order to manage the horses, the two states have divided them into two herds which they each manage separately. Virginia is well known for the pony swims in the spring which drive their herd a short distance from Assateague to Chincoteague where the pony's are auctioned off to maintain control of the numbers in the herd. Maryland residents that I talked with are very proud that they don't auction off their pony's and they are kept wild. However, I later learned that they are able to maintain the numbers of the herd by using contraceptive darts on the females.
When I am with a client or at the shelter, I often find it hard to put down my camera. Whether we are actively working on a pose, or taking…