Trent and I - Successful "Photoshoot"!

[Anthony8858]

Nice set.
I like the look of these.

Beautiful dog too .


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[Rei]

Originally Posted by Typhoon

Beautiful.

Nice dog, too.

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say!

Originally Posted by lorihd@comcast.net

5th and 6th pictures are the nicest. very handsome boy you have there, and cant say ive seen those type of leggins here on the east coast (otherwise im sure my daughter would own a pair). very nice pictures, thanks for sharing

LOL! Your daughter and I would get along. Fashion (street fashion specifically) is one of my interests. I haven't seen anyone here with them on the West Coast, either.

Originally Posted by msvette2u

Great pics! Your dog reminds me of our Ruger, nice dark face

Thank you - I like the dark face/mask. His coat is lighting up but I am very happy that his face remained dark.

Originally Posted by PatchonGSD

Love the synchronized head tilt pic! That one is definitely frame worthy!

Thank you, that is one of my favorites.

Originally Posted by dogfaeries

I love these!

Thanks! I'm happy with them, too. Just glad to have a few pictures of the two of us, because I'm usually the one running away from the lens and jumping behind the camera.

Originally Posted by Gharrissc

Nice

Thanks

Originally Posted by Pattycakes

Great photos of you and Trent.

Thank you so much!

Originally Posted by x11

nice pasterns.....

They are a little long in my opinion but firm. He stands east/west though and that doesn't do the overall appearance any favors.

Originally Posted by WindSeeker

What a beauty!

I think so, too, even if he didn't want to cooperate. At least he always has "cute" to fall back on, which is one advantage I can't claim

Originally Posted by Anthony8858

Nice set.
I like the look of these.

Beautiful dog too .


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Thank you so much. Hopefully I will be able to have a professional do a real photoshoot with the two of us, but I'm happy with these, too.

[Anthony8858]

Don't need a professional.

The secret to getting good pet pics, is to anticipate their next move. Throw his favorite toy in one direction a few times. Watch his actions each time he gets it. When you're ready, capture an "action" shot.
Same thing for posed pics. Make him sit for a second, then a few seconds. Dogs feel threatened by a camera in their face, so be stealthy, or get a long zoom lens. Many consumer cameras have zoom lenses.

The real problem, is that many people want awesome pics from their cell phones. Use a camera. Makes it so much easier.

On a bright note.... These pics are awesome. They have such a nice feel to them. I like that the dog is out of an environment, and up against a brick wall. It has a fashionable look to it.

[Nickyb]

Great photo's Rei, I know your normal photo's surpass these by quite a bit but I too find it difficult to get photo's of Zoey and I. My computer is filled with a thousand pictures of her, and about 4 of us lol

Do you have a tripod? You could possibly set everything up with your sister next to Trent, walk back over and swap places, have your sister grab Trent's attention, focus and snap a burst?

[Capone22]

You are beautiful and he is very handsome! Great photo shoot!

[Typhoon]

They are a little long in my opinion but firm. He stands east/west though and that doesn't do the overall appearance any favors.

Now this is just a wild guess on my part...

but I'm kind of thinking he probably wan't talking about the dog.

[holland]

Great pics-was Trent chewing on you leggings(sorry couldn't resist)

[robk]

I hope Trent knows the commad "Pass Auf"!

[Rei]

Originally Posted by Anthony8858

Don't need a professional.

The secret to getting good pet pics, is to anticipate their next move. Throw his favorite toy in one direction a few times. Watch his actions each time he gets it. When you're ready, capture an "action" shot.
Same thing for posed pics. Make him sit for a second, then a few seconds. Dogs feel threatened by a camera in their face, so be stealthy, or get a long zoom lens. Many consumer cameras have zoom lenses.

The real problem, is that many people want awesome pics from their cell phones. Use a camera. Makes it so much easier.

On a bright note.... These pics are awesome. They have such a nice feel to them. I like that the dog is out of an environment, and up against a brick wall. It has a fashionable look to it.

That is a good point - when I had professional pictures done by a highly regarded (and extremely talented) professional in the area, Trent was one of my "props" and she was clueless on how to get a good picture of him. Fantastic portrait, lifestyle, fashion, and wedding photographer, but didn't have the experience to work with pets/animals.

Now, Trent grew up with a camera pointed at his face. He's very good at posing, he knows once the camera goes up he can expect signals to stay still or keep running, and that there will be toys and treats thrown all over. He has no qualms about having the camera centimeters from his face, it is an every day thing to him.

And that, is actually a bit of a disadvantage sometimes! He can sometimes seem jaded by my exclamations of "oh, look at THAT! Look at that TOY!" and sad attempts to catch and keep (that's the hard part) his interest.

He will pose standing on his hind legs for a straight 10 minutes if I wanted him to. But, he'll look bored doing if he's just not in the mood, no matter what toys or treats I bribe him with We always try to keep our "photo days" fun and interesting because of that.

The morning we took the pictures posted in this thread, we rushed through it and my sister was struggling to catch him at his good moments. But that's okay, because like I said, he always defaults to looking cute even on his worst days

However, there really is nothing like a zoom lens! I mostly use my 50mm prime, and that's on a D90 (so there's the crop sensor to consider), which works well for me... but I recently received a 55-200mm f/4-5.6 and get some nice action shots of him running and playing catch.

Thank you for the kind words on the photos and the advice! It means a lot from you.

Originally Posted by Nickyb

Great photo's Rei, I know your normal photo's surpass these by quite a bit but I too find it difficult to get photo's of Zoey and I. My computer is filled with a thousand pictures of her, and about 4 of us lol

Do you have a tripod? You could possibly set everything up with your sister next to Trent, walk back over and swap places, have your sister grab Trent's attention, focus and snap a burst?

I do have a tripod, but I think my dissatisfaction (aside from the camera settings) also comes from a lack of variation. I know when it is just Trent it is easy to get all sorts of pictures, but here it is just one pose, one scene, one (well, two) subject(s).

My sister essentially acted as my human tripod! Although now that I think about it, a wireless remote would actually work well. I'm not a fan of the continuous bursts (which was basically what my sister was doing, pressing down on the shutter and taking pictures nonstop) and like to get the framing and angles right on camera. Thanks for the idea!! I'm going to buy a wireless remote control this week...my current one isn't wireless so I never use it much.

The other problem is that Trent is completely disinterested in my sister and anything she has to offer. She also doesn't understand the difference between "attentive" and "looking in her general direction"

Originally Posted by Capone22

You are beautiful and he is very handsome! Great photo shoot!

Thank you for such a nice compliment!

Originally Posted by Typhoon

Now this is just a wild guess on my part...

but I'm kind of thinking he probably wan't talking about the dog.

LOL! I don't know if that makes more sense or even less sense I typically see pasterns as the equivalent to the "wrists".

Originally Posted by holland

Great pics-was Trent chewing on you leggings(sorry couldn't resist)

Nah, just the crazy young ones and their weird sense of fashion at play And by them, I mean me!

Originally Posted by robk

I hope Trent knows the commad "Pass Auf"!

I'll admit I had to Google that one, but I'm reading that it means "alert/watch" as a more literal translation, but a hold and bark according to few other sites?

Trent has a fantastic, natural hold and bark and spot on intuition, but I'm the one with five years of protection training. The commercialized martial arts classes, but the legs came from years of kicking decoys

[Typhoon]

LOL! I don't know if that makes more sense or even less sense I typically see pasterns as the equivalent to the "wrists".

Well, I'm allowing the guy a little poetic license. Plus, remember that dogs have front and rear pasterns.