Cast of Characters

Dog Blog Post #997

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - Mar 20, 2013 - "Let There Be Light"

Daily Dog Challenge "506. Out of Frame"


While I ultimately went with the shot of Zachary, above, basking in the waning light, an interesting assortment of characters came out after darkness fell.

The Swell

First, there appeared this gentleman, looking rather too fine to be hanging around this part of town...

Down on His Luck

... then this poor fellow came around, with nary a hat to his name...

The Inspector

There must be something afoot, for soon after the Inspector entered the scene, sniffing for clues...

Detective Henry

... followed by Detective Henry.

Can there be any doubt that Kitty, the elusive Cat Burglar, is somehow involved?

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Deep Thoughts

Dog Blog Post #996

Photography Assignment

Daily Dog Challenge "505. Capture the Personality"

Henry is a much more relaxed dog than Zachary, and is more than happy to wait patiently for what he wants.

Here he's caught in a moment of deep...

Our Daily Challenge - Mar 19, 2013 - "Reflection"

... while I was putting the camera gear away. What's he reflecting on?

Perhaps his chances of getting Zachary to play with him and that empty box he's been carrying around most the evening.

(hint: poor)

Or the probability of me giving him Cookies after I finish taking his picture.

(hint: excellent)

I guess we'll never know.

On the Wild Side

"Arrrrrrggggg"

Fearsome Face

"Ooooppphhhhh"

"Hehehehehehe"

"Ppfthpfthththt"

Was hoping for a reflection but it wasn't meant to be. Looks like it's time to mop the floor again.

(sigh)


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Sitting Pretty in High Key

Henry: "Oh woe is me... nobody loves me."

Don't be a silly boy, of course we love you!

Henry: "Not a Cookie in sight."
(sigh)

Well if you'd lift your head up and smile I'd give you lots of Cookies."

"Cheesy Burgers!"

What a good boy.

Dog Blog Post #995

Photography Assignment

Fun with sliders, with the boys…

Daily Dog Challenge "504. Sitting Pretty"

… on the sofa.

Our Daily Challenge - Mar 18, 2013 - "High Key"

Zachary: "Oh woe is me... I never get to go first."

Oh don't you start, and you never want to go first. You'd rather snarf up a handful of free Cookies while Henry goes first.

Ahem... I pay for smiles, not attitude.

Zachary: "Hey, I get to be in color!"

Much better!

Editor's Note

Ok... I admit it... a little attitude makes for better blogging, but don't tell these two or I'll never get any work out of them!

Behind the Scenes

I actually took a picture of today's setup as I had the nifty-fifty lens on and could get the whole room in the picture.

Alas, I didn't realize quite how cluttered the family room had become and now I'm too embarrassed to show it. Oh well, it wasn't that exciting anyway.

The backdrop was the white fleece held up on the backdrop frame raised well above my head and at 3/4 width. This created the "wall" behind the boys (and obscured the camera gear that you would otherwise see.)

I then tossed more white fabric over the leather sofa, added a dog, and a white cowboy hat.

I had the umbrella and flash front-right, and the reflector front-left held in place by my old aluminum tripod - as there is no fridge to clamp it to in the middle of the living room.  In a perfect world I would have had the flash more centered, but that created nasty shadows on my "wall" since I couldn't get things far enough away from each other ("wall", dog, flash, camera) when in that location.

When you see the boys looking down, I'm lying on the floor (with Cookies).

When you see them looking up, I'm standing (with Cookies).

The rest was done in Aperture 3, fiddling with sliders until I liked what I saw.

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