Dog Portrait Shoot

[silverhalide]

I got approached by a local dog school to do dog portraits. My dog and I are students there, and we've shot an agility competition for them before, but I'm an amateur and this was the first time I've used studio strobes. I'm really pleased with the results.

http://gallery.silverhalide.ca/img/v4/p704741176-4.jpg

http://gallery.silverhalide.ca/img/v4/p981276961-4.jpg
(These ones were particularly crazy - every time the flash went off, they all jumped down and did laps of the room.)

http://gallery.silverhalide.ca/img/v4/p871429057-3.jpg

http://gallery.silverhalide.ca/img/v1/p657873247-4.jpg

If you're interested, there's more at my gallery. (http://silverhalide.zenfolio.com/f647134679)

Thanks for looking. C&C welcome.

[Semmonka]

I like these. Very cute shots. I think you did great with strobes

[silverhalide]

I like these. Very cute shots. I think you did great with strobes

Thanks. We had a lot of fun.

[Lori Putman]

Great job! I love them. That last one is too cute and the one of the four is priceless.

[pennypue]

Love them!!!
Makes me think that it would be great to find a local animal photog to assist at one of these events.

[ebondanes]

Very nice portrait shots. Ya did a good job. Checked your gallery. Great shots there, too. You did very well with exposure on these black dogs!!

[silverhalide]

Very nice portrait shots. Ya did a good job. Checked your gallery. Great shots there, too. You did very well with exposure on these black dogs!!

Thanks everyone.

In terms of exposure, I was in manual -- set the exposure at the start and didn't change all day (except when I turned the control wheel, which I caught pretty quickly, and I now know what the "on" position is for -- could never figure out why you'd want the camera on without the control wheel). I don't think I had to adjust exposure by more than 1/2 stop in Lightroom afterwards.

Shooting in manual meant that I didn't have to worry about the dark dogs throwing the exposure off.

[Nick G]

The focal distance is pretty wide... would be good to have the background a little less sharp perhaps. Otherwise they are nice.

Nick.