I’m in the process of designing layouts for a book of the dogs and cats I’ve so far photographed. I had considered and then unconsidered offering books because they are so time consuming to make and thus would have to be rather pricey. But I figure if I bring a sample with me to the Pawsh grand opening party, use it as both a portfolio and possible product offering, have people be able to see it and touch it…it couldn’t hurt, right?
If nothing else, I’ll have made a nice coffee table book for myself.
So I’m going through all my dog photos and some are looking fresh and new again to my eyes. Photos that were flagged as “rejected” are now “picked.” This is why I have such a hard time deleting images forever, and why I have 2 terabytes of external hard drives to back up my files. It’s out of control. You never know, with the passage of time and a pair of fresh eyes, something that was bad might become good again.
Like these blurry oops! photos. This one of Bob the Boston cracks me up everytime I see it.
Bahaha! Is that Bob or is that the littlest black and white shark in a sea of chum? He’s been churned up into such a state of frenzy. I like how despite the blur you can still make out his markings. In fact they might even be magnified now. Rrrrr rrrr rrrr!
Another blurry shot of Sadie the Springer:
Tossing her lovely locks about, pink tongue on the move!
Then there are these overexposed shots that I’m really liking.
I took this shot of Lola the Springer indoors, at night. A lamp was behind her right side, so part of her head is backlit, while the other is underexposed. I bumped up the exposure compensation and shot wide open. I didn’t like how it turned out, but once I switched it to black and white, oooo! So moody. So romantic. She just might be selling perfume.
Also, I heart negative space!
Sadie again, totally blown out. We had just stepped outside, a bright sunny day, and I shot with my camera still on indoor settings. I didn’t give this a second look until just now in Lightroom, where I increased the blacks and added a some sharpening. I think I might love it. A lot. Dog in negative space, yum. And you can still make out the anticipation on her face.
I’m loving the potential of imperfect shots that turn into something much more interesting!
You are so good with keeping those shots forever! I’m very impulsive, and if I don’t like it at first, I just delete instantly!
I like the last one the best. ;)
Funny part is that the Republican party was formed to FREE the slaves (which the Democrats opposed). Martin Luther King was a Republican. And now they have their own ‘Coffee Party” full of children of the rich and people (of all colors) are ready to fall at their feet. By the way, do you know the difference between the Republican and Democrat parties? Republicans are rich greedy company owners who never worked a day in their lives and Democrats are the children of the rich greedy company owners that are still rebelling against their rich greedy Republican parents. And until Mommy and Daddy stop taking care of them, they will continue to do so. The worse part about it is, the hard working Americans are the ones stuck in the middle because somebody has to work so the money can keep rolling in. Oh, that’s right, Clinton (another poor little rich boy) sent all the good jobs overseas when he signed NAFTA so all the rich, greedy, company owners could pay kids 50 cents a day in sweat shops. (It’s legal over there)