Wendy, I am so not into dog portraits, but you do them well. The lighting and saturation of this shot is beautiful. It is incredibly sharp, and the black backdrop (even with doggy pee! lol) contrasts really nicely with the reds. Tanja has a lovely expression too. As I said, doggy portraits aren't really my thing, but I do like this one.
BTW, I love your "model's" name! My name is actually Tanja! I much prefer it over boring old "Tanya" (even though they are pronounced the same), but most Aussies are bordering on being illiterate (well, that is a major exaggeration and generalisation, but you know what i mean! lol) and I get SO sick of trying to spell it for people and then having people pronounce it incorrectly when it is on paper that I just use plain "Tanya". Tanja is much more exotic though... ;-) tan. -----Original Message----- From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 6:04 AM To: pentax-discuss Subject: PAW - Tanja I was in two minds whether to put this up. I know it's a bit cheesy but I restrained myself from going completely over the top. http://www.muddypawz.net/dog_port/dp_00019.htm There is some background to this shot (besides the black velour...;-) ). I had been booked to take a portrait of a lady's Shih-tzu and the resulting picture would be given as a present for her 9 yr old daughter's birthday. She then told me about a picture a friend had e-mailed her of a similar dog complete with tiara and said she liked the idea of "glam". I mentally cringed, but hey - it's work! I then went away and grabbed a couple of dogs and started experimenting with stuff and this is what I came up with. Didn't get to use the set-up with the Shih-tzu in the end as the [EMAIL PROTECTED] thing wouldn't sit still. And it peed on my backdrop. :-( Wendy (Tanja wasn't really a willing subject, but suffered in silence, for my art) Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
