We had fun on Sunday when Louie, Skye and Blue came to vist.
Schnauzers!
Saturday was a busy day, with 6 dogs coming to visit. Here’s Rebel, one of three schnauzers who came for a photo session.
Catherine & Armin
Armin is an 8 month old German Shepherd Dog
Jasper
I received a canvas back today of Jasper the sheltie. I have to say, it looks superb!
I hope the owners are as pleased as I am with the result.
There’s still time to order a portrait as a Christmas gift, or book a mini session for Christmas cards, but time is running out!
Dodie & Merlin
Dodie and Merlin came over for a photo session yesterday. There was plenty of barking, and some jumping :-0
Gigi On Sale!
Gigi has just gone on sale and now costs just $150 instead of $175. That’s a $25 saving!! Perfect Christmas gift – or just an anytime gift!
Features leather trim, photo on both sides and choice of fabric pattern for the sides – all included in the price.
Bags!
New! Photo bags!
My order of new bags just arrived. I have numerous different samples available. Different sizes and trims. Option of photo on one or both sides. Call me for prices and a session to create your very own bag featuring your pet!
Click on photo for a closer look.
George Eastman House
Saturday, I was in Rochester and had time to visit the George Eastman House. What an impressive place – and what an amazing man George Eastman was!
There were a couple of exhibits running. One was entitled
TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945
The other was an exhibition by Andy Lock. I was very impressed with this one. The series was called “Orchard Park” and the photographs were created by projecting the original images onto fluorescent green walls and fixing the image before it faded. I hope I got the description right. It was very unusual.
Sam
Last night I went to photograph a 16 1/2 yr old border collie mix called Sam. She’s pretty sprightly for her age but slightly deaf.
Photo Session
Natalie came round today to show me what she’d learned at a recent lighting lesson with a local photographer. We set up the lights. Main was fairly low, bounced into umbrella with the light set horizontal and positioned to the side of the subject. Fill light was also horizontal, bounced into an umbrella but set as high as possible and placed in the centre behind the camera. Fill light should be set about 1 stop less than the main. I think the lights were set to output a bit too much power. Note to self: Dial down a notch next time. Flash meter was reading f11 at 1/125 and ISO 120. I was aiming for f5.6-6.3 at 1/125 and ISO 100 as ideal. With the overhead room light switched off and just working with ambient and modelling lights, the Mk3 had no trouble focusing. Looking at the preview, noticed a grey rectangle on the lower left of the display. Switched cards and it still appeared so switched over to using the Mk2. Focusing the mk2 was much more difficult in the same light. Shot some pics of Tyra, Ivan and Natalie’s dog Sparky. Many mediocre shots. A couple of nice ones but there were some hot spots because of the lights being set to too high a power. Practice makes perfect 🙂
Went out to agility practice afterwards and on to Mexi’s in Carleton Place. Ready to sleep it off now.