----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: November PUG comments
> > "The Fellas" - by William Robb > > I'm impressed by how well behaved the dogs are. They appear to enjoy > having their picture taken. Good, strong color, plus the coats are > very visible, rather than just being solid black. The image is nice > and sharp. I like how one dog is looking happy and the other one is > serious. This does not come across as just a snapshoot, but rather, a > professional (love that word!) who knows what he is doing. > > Bill, If I ever get dogs again, I'll have to have you photograph them. Hi Bruce, Thanks for the kind comments. This would classify as a "professional photograph". I used a fairly simple lighting set up, two heads with 20 inch diffused reflectors, and barn doors for light control. We shot 16 dog portraits at the kennel club right after a protection seminar. Rollei was still a bit geared, which I suspect is the source of the rather stern expression. Leica found the seminar a bit more stressful, and this shows in her open mouth panting, which is not something she normally does. I over exposed the Portra 160 by one stop to make sure I secured as much detail as possible on the shadow side. This made the negs a bit heavey, but as the entire scene range was only a few stops, it was well within the filma ability to handle. I could probably have given an additional stop of exposure. One of the things I like about photographing my dogs is that they are obedient and trusting enough to do what they are asked to do. This was a particularly easy portrait, as all I did was place one dog, tell her stay, place the second dog, give a stay command and then went back to the camera. A few soft words to get them looking in my direction, and I had secured the picture. That was the only exposure I made of the two together. I knew I didn't have to make a second one when I tripped the shutter. Thanks again William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
