I was asked to cover a Canine Freestyle event this weekend. The relationships that these people have with their dogs simply blows my mind.
Anyone who knows me and my furry family knows that is saying a LOT!
The actual competition was a tough shoot with sodium vapor lighting, that was really dark and no flash allowed. There were four main lamps covering the ring and each of them had a drastically different color temperature overall, not to mention the way those dang things flicker. Custom WB didn't help and Auto WB was a disaster. Looking at my take from the day in lightroom grid mode reminds me of a skittles commercial, you know . . . "Taste the rainbow!"
I did some set up shots after the competition with flash and did some blue-screen formals as well. I did this one to try to keep the creative juices flowing.
Hey Jim, Love the post. My not too bright question: is there an easy way to describe how you did the strobe thing???
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It actually isn't a strobe or multiple exposure. It is a composite of three different images all done on a blue screen.
The highest part of the jump with the handler in it was the base & I added two more. It was my first time using content aware scaling in CS4 to get the canvass wide enough. I think it worked pretty well.
My first dog show
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