Re: Wud's project 365
It went really well! I was so nervous going there, ain't that fond of speaking in front of a group, but on the way I met a good friend and we had a small catch up, and when I got to the place, people were already there, so I talked a bit with several of them - I think that really helped. So when I started, I didn't even sound nervous
So glad I did it, as I am sure I will be even less nervous next time.
Have no idea how my start was but it was easy to talk about the images. At some point in the middle, it was a bit hard to figure out what to say, as it also gets a bit of the same, but then I had dog in home and some studio images, so that wrapped it up pretty good. People had some very good questions, also one who, funny enough, asked if it was intentional I got lower than the dog when doing portraits - funny as that was just what you wrote Lawrence. I hadn't even noticed I do that, but for me, clearly thats where the dog looks the best.
About how I do with dogs - as I wrote, its pretty much what Moab Man does too. I prepare before 'adding' the dog to the image. Meaning, placing the dog and owner where I want the dog/letting the owner know where to throw the ball etc, getting my settings in camera right, so when getting the dog to do what I want, I am all ready. Not many dogs wanna do the same over and over, so I try hard to get the shot as fast as possible.
And this image shows pretty clearly what we do, lol. Owner with her hand up - keeping the dog interested with a treat, me in the middle with camera.. and some random taxi driver who stopped and got out to talk with us about his old labrador