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DIY Holiday Dog Photos: Capturing Your Dog with Christmas Lights

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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Easter Puppy Photo Ideas: How to Capture Adorable Spring Portraits

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?

The results: SKILLS! That’s right! All of the above are skills! NO WAY!?!?!? You may think that capturing an epic action image is luck based, but with the right skills & knowledge it is very possible to do (a beginner might attribute the image to luck, whereas the professional knows it is skill). Head tilts don’t always happen and you may think they for sure are a point of luck, but the skill of the photographer is what draws them out, not just pure chance.   Well hot dang!  Plus it’s not only the skill of the photographer but the skills

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Happy Valentine’s Day with Kisses from Blue

First shirt off and Blue stuffed into a lovely girl’s sweater. (When thrifting it’s easier to find hearts & love shirts in the girl’s section than in the boys.) The teenie weenie rug was also removed as it looked odd. A couple of sparkly hearts were added to the wall for a bit more pizazz!  Sweater squeezed out of, we turned towards bandanas and fake roses. Bandana one had big hearts but didn’t photograph well. Bandana two had a ton of little hearts and looks quite awesome!  The trickiest thing with Blue & the roses was handing them to him

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