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Newfhugger Photo: Photographing into Trees
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Monday, September 5, 2011. How many times have I heard it - clients who assure me we can do a photo shoot in their backyard because they have all these great trees on their property. I NEVER agree to photograph in a location I've not looked at first, and tend to use the same spots over and over because I know the lighting, the location's assets and its challenges. Jack Voller sent this beautiful photograph of his girl, Shasta, taken in the snow against a tree-line. His posing is perfect! Jack, give this ...
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Newfhugger Photo: September 2011
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Thursday, September 29, 2011. Use of a Subject and Background. One of the very common mistakes made by beginning photographers when photographing a person (or dog) and a background is to put the subject so far back in the image that the photo has to include a caption - "Cousin Meg at the Grand Canyon." Then, viewers have to pull out a magnifying glass to see cousin Meg. Jeff did a lot of things right. He took about 50 images that day, but edited them down to 5 favorites. Bravo! Edit, edit, edit. Cameras ...
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Newfhugger Photo: Use of a Subject and Background
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Thursday, September 29, 2011. Use of a Subject and Background. One of the very common mistakes made by beginning photographers when photographing a person (or dog) and a background is to put the subject so far back in the image that the photo has to include a caption - "Cousin Meg at the Grand Canyon." Then, viewers have to pull out a magnifying glass to see cousin Meg. Jeff did a lot of things right. He took about 50 images that day, but edited them down to 5 favorites. Bravo! Edit, edit, edit. Cameras ...
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Newfhugger Photo: Beach Party!
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Sunday, September 11, 2011. For a true Newf owner, there is nothing better than taking the dog (or dogs) to the beach and enjoying the sheer joy of watching them do what they were born to do - work and play in the water! She's captured the two dogs in a wonderful moment of happiness, they are close-up so you can even see the whites of the black newfy's eye, there is wonderful detail in the fur - it is just great! Are there problems with this image? Could I improve this image? I will give you something to...
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Newfhugger Photo: Difficult Choices
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Sunday, September 18, 2011. Photographing a black dog is tough - I've said it before and you will hear me say it often. I don't want people to beat themselves up because they are having trouble with this - because we ALL do. I STILL have trouble! Robin Welter sent in this great shot of Walter, who is owned by Deb and Todd Bridge. (I was really hoping this was Robin's dog, because I just love the name Walter Welter…. Oh, well.). Then, I popped on a slight darkening that covers all the edges, bringing down...
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Newfhugger Photo: Building Better Photographs
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Sunday, August 21, 2011. A few years ago I was asked to judge a Newfoundland photo contest. Happy as a pig in mud, I spent a couple hours pawing through images of people's beloved dogs. A great number of the photos went into a thumbs down pile. A couple went into a WOW! Pile, and then there were the images in the middle. The "Oh, nuts! What a great learning experience! I thought, as I went through this middle pile, mentally removing distractions, exposing better, or changing the light of the image. Do yo...
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Newfhugger Photo: August 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. Our Newfoundlands can be tricky little stinkers to photograph. You've all received that Christmas Card or had someone send you a family photo and you know immediately that they have a Newf because there is this big black hole in the middle of the photograph - right? The black fur just sucks up all the light and can be a stinker to work with. If you are going to photograph Newfs, just plan on getting filthy! The camera flash has gone off (notice how bright the foreground is? But i...
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Newfhugger Photo: A Newfoundland in Newfoundland
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011. A Newfoundland in Newfoundland. Deanne McNeil lives in heaven - at least she can see if from there…… Well, kinda. From her home in Nova Scotia, she has fairly easy access to Newfoundland - that wicked island that stole my heart and kept it when we visited last year. She asked my opinion on a striking photograph she took of her Newfoundland Dog, Angel, at Rose Blanche, NL. Before I continue, a word of caution - ALWAYS photograph using the highest resolution you can. Yes, if...
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Newfhugger Photo: Tricky Exposures
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. Our Newfoundlands can be tricky little stinkers to photograph. You've all received that Christmas Card or had someone send you a family photo and you know immediately that they have a Newf because there is this big black hole in the middle of the photograph - right? The black fur just sucks up all the light and can be a stinker to work with. If you are going to photograph Newfs, just plan on getting filthy! The camera flash has gone off (notice how bright the foreground is? But i...