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Sometimes Dogs do the Cutest Things in a Portrait.
During a portrait session after I take all the solo portraits of the dog I alway like to take (with the loving dog parents OK) some of them together, in this case the woman and her dog. With her white dog, her black clothing was a perfect choice for her dog to stand out and also her smiling face, too. If she had worn long sleeves it would be even a stronger portrait.
Her dog is so handsome and agreeable to having his portrait taken. It was easy for her to hug him and the ‘icing on the cake’ was when he draped his front paw over her arm. When something like this happens during a portrait session I like to take a number of poses often giving the subject subtle directions to improve the pose.
Such good friends!
Chaos and Control in the Camera Room–Leads to a Successful Family Portrait
As you can imagine when a family portrait includes three dogs, two kids (9 and 3) and mom and dad helping as best they can–well to say the session was exciting and energetic is a bit of an understatement! During as portrait session like this one part of my job is to be cheerleader, that is to encourage everyone, especially the little boy not to give up to stay focused and interested in what is happening while I am taking the portraits.
This is also where my two-fold philosophy of portrait photography is so important. First is: I have endless patience and Second is: nothing is ever a problem. Let me explain: whether a portrait session is easy or challenging my goal remains the same–capturing portraits that I and my clients will love. If it is a quick easy session or a longer, challenging session makes no difference.
If the dog(s) are nervous, jumping around or there is a bathroom accident we deal with those as no big deal and react accordingly in an easy going manner and continue the session to its successful conclusion. Capturing this portrait was a result of many controlled actions that all came together for a portrait that the parents dearly love.
Hurry and take our portrait!!
Rescuing a Portrait with Some Creative Cropping
This portrait session was was quite a challenge. I was able to get nice portraits of each dog separately not together as Wynnie the dog on the right was an extremely nervous and fearful dog. I was able to get some portrait of the husband and wife with the dogs but the couple really wanted a portrait of the two dogs together. When I zoomed in to show them how I could crop the image to show mainly the dogs with just a bit of their clothing showing on the sides.
Well, the answer is they really loved that idea and it saved my sale. They had purchased portraits of each dog separately and now had one of them together and were very happy.
Just peeking out!
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