Frida Kahlo The Courageous Mexican Dog (Click to enlarge)
Sisters Pet Pics' Studio (Click to enlarge)
Hooray! We’re in!
Yes, we’re recovered from our wonderful Grand Opening Bark Bash. The only complaint I have is only 9 doggies came. Apparently the dog parents wanted to have all the treats to themselves. I hope the four-legged folks gave them what-for when the peeps got home! But we were tickled and humbled by the human turnout. We love you all!
I’ll be posting some of the attendees over the next few days. In the meanwhile, for those of you who don’t know her, meet our precious Frida. I made some captures before folks started to arrive. Frida was dressed in her New Orleans Saints finery. Just because it was a bye week doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten.
When going through the proofs, I found it quite interesting to note that the best photos of Frida were of her right side. I had always thought it was me choosing to photograph the right (not the eyeless left) side, but no, it’s Frida.
Two of the attendees came all the way from Hattiesburg, MS. They were interested in pet photography and wanted to see our set up. I was so pleased to speak with them. This blog is about Better Pet Photography. It’s not magic, unless you subscribe to the notion that the subjects bring their own magic – as I do. It’s learning the fundamentals of photography and working with the humans in the room to make those great captures.
This shot of Frida was made without a speedlight. I bumped the ISO to 1250 – I can do that with little noise now that I work with a Nikon D3, yea!!! On the steps of the French Quarter scenic it’s relatively dark so I chose an aperture of f3.2, which worked fine for me. As long as that area around her eye was sharp, I liked it.
Frida was in her treat glory. There were plenty of goodie-bags to go around, and the treats were flowing with only 9 dogs to share them! Frida didn’t seem to care that the treats were hard. She said, “No problem, mom, I’ll use both my teeth to eat them!” Yikes. She had a wonderful time. We were still partying at 8PM, but Frida couldn’t keep her eyes open any longer. She asked to have her dress taken off and crawled into her carrier.
I want to thank all those who brought plants, gifts and flowers, they were quite unexpected and touched us deeply. I’ve said this before, but I’ll have to say it again. We have the best people and animals in our studio…and it doesn’t seem to matter where the studio is! Thank you all!
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