Meet Ramesses. This lovely fellow belongs to Laurie WIlliams, star of the T.V. Show America's Greatest Dog and the owner of Pupniron Canine Fitness and Learning Center. I've had the privilege of working with her and all her canine companions for a couple months now. We met at a photo fundraiser she hosted for a local dog club and I was very impressed with her clients' dogs, so I've started in her apprenticeship program as well. The things I'm learning there have had a pretty big impact on my photography.
I'm finding head shots of him to be a bit of a challenge. Frame too low and he looks like a deer; too high and he looks like a hand puppet. I like this particular pose though. I think it shows his royal heritage.
My main nit with this image is that it is a little darker on the left than on the right. Laurie stepped right in front of my strobe, but if I want to make it truly high-key and blow the background completely that won't be an issue.
Jim, that's so funny because I thought it was the dog's natural coloring until I realized the BG was two different shades of white also! It is a beautiful image, nonetheless. You really got inside his breed and found what makes him so special.
Definitely white on white for the first round. I'm set to be working with Laurie and her gang for the next year to 14 months so we're going to try a lot of different things.
I've done some white on white with Andrew (the Maltese from the show) and the results are quite nice.
Once we get through her whole gang (she has seven) with white, we'll probably go to black and then some action shots on an agility course.
I'll be working Andrew's Birthday Party coming up too!
Portrait of a Pharaoh
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