Neighbors Dog

[Chris Hansen]

My neighbor asked me to shoot a picture of her German Sheperd. It was rescued from a puppy mill after out living its usefullness after having over 10 litters of puppies. I didn't have a background available so we used her tablecloth! My backgrounds were misplaced somehow when I moved my office. Got some box digging to do.

Canon 50d
Canon 28-105 @ 30mm
ISO 160
Manual mode
1/200 sec @ f 10.0
Two bare Alien Bee 800s on the back ground
Two Alien Bee 1600s w/Silver umbrellas at 45 degree angles. A one to two ratio between the lights.

This is a first for shooting dogs and I'm still learning. I needed to move the background back more and I feel that my lighting ratio was a bit too balanced and the lights needed to be backed off more to about f 5.6.

All CC appreciated.

God's precious light to all,

Chris

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Chris,
Your seld assessment is right on the money...:D I like the composition and pose of this handsome fellow...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

I'm so glad she found a home !!! Will make a fine pet ... just look at that sweet face !! ...... find those bgs !!!! :)