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DIY Holiday Dog Photos: Capturing Your Dog with Christmas Lights

/ Dog Photography Tips, Seasonal Dog Photography

You’ve got your twinkle lights strung, your dog’s rocking a festive bandana, and your heart’s ready to burst with holiday joy. Then you pull out your camera… and your photos look more ‘meh’ than magical. Let’s fix that! With a few simple tweaks — and a touch of understanding how light works — you can turn your twinkling chaos into awesome holiday portraits! We’ll start with the cozy glow (ambient light) and then step into the sparkle (flash/strobe). You can try one or both! (FYI you will need a fancy camera for the flash & strobe version.) Let’s get started! […]

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DIY Valentine’s Portraits for Your Pup

/ Dog Photography Tips

Break out the pinks & reds and shower everyone with LOVE! It is Valentine’s Day!  For Blue’s portraits I broke out the pink seamless paper and box of Valentine’s props, then added in a strobe with a softbox to my left. Weirdly I typically light from the left, though this may be due to the layout of the living room. (I also light this way when I have more space hahaha!) Blue gets excited when the camera & lights come out, and he happily works for sliced cheese.  Ready to DIY your own Valentine’s dog portraits with your pup?  First

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Dogs can’t see red! Plus 5 facts about red you didn’t know!

/ Dogs & Lifestyle

Did you know that dogs can’t see red? It’s true! Dogs are dichromatic, meaning they only have two kinds of cones in their eyes (humans are trichromatic which means 3 kinds of cones!).  The red cone is missing from dogs’ eyes which means they can’t see the color red, but instead they see grays or dark browns.  The red cone is missing meaning that dogs can’t see red, nor tell it apart from green. Instead they can see in blue and yellow tones as well as muddy browns, blacks and greys. Though, in their red color trade off dogs gained

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Easter Puppy Photo Ideas: How to Capture Adorable Spring Portraits

/ Dog Photography Tips

Easter is just around the corner, so Blue and I thought up some tips for you to get adorable Easter images of your pup! How to take Easter pictures of your puppy: Start with patience. Bunny ears and Easter things are new and novel, especially for puppies. Let them sniff the props you want to use and remind them not to eat them. Request a sit & place the bunny ears.Place the ears on your puppy, followed by “leave it”. Don’t worry if they brush the ears off and attempt to eat them, these are a mega weird thing to

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Does It Really Take Luck to Get Great Dog Portraits?

/ Dog Photography Tips

Does it take loads of luck to capture epic portraits of your dog? Or is it more akin to skill? First, what is luck?Luck is defined as success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions. Then what is skill?Skill is the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.  In a sense, they are on opposing sides, nearly opposites to each other. Pure luck shows up as gambling, while pure skill lands in the game of chess. The rest of the encounters throughout our lives land somewhere on the gradient. (Google

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