Assistance Dog Charity Portraits

Fraser Euan White

Fraser Euan White

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A small selection of photographs that I took yesterday for a Charity that trains assistance dogs for people with all types of disabilities. This was a 'morning social tea' meeting for the puppy trainers and their owners - the dogs are amazing!

What I found extremely difficult was trying to get the dogs & the owners on the 'same level' - I obviously couldn't ask the owners to crouch or sit next to their dogs and taking the shots in a small community hall I didn't have a big enough backdrop with me - any suggestions for the future?

_DSC3037 by Fraser White, on Flickr

_DSC3062 by Fraser White, on Flickr

_DSC3067 by Fraser White, on Flickr

_DSC3120 by Fraser White, on Flickr

_DSC3035 by Fraser White, on Flickr
 
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Lovely set of photos - really portrays the close bond between people and dogs. Big thumbs up!
 
Fraser Euan White said:
I didn't have a big enough backdrop with me - any suggestions for the future?
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Yes Sir, the Inverse Square Law!

Your subject far from any wall, you and the light source
rather close to subject and, to be sure, ƒ8. :cool:
 
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I think the small backdrop has meant you have had to get in real close, I am assuming you mean you would have liked to have got more of the subject in the frame i.e. further away from subject ?
I prefer the intimacy and framing of these shots than more subject matter in the frame.
Or did you mean something else?
Matt
 
Hi Matt,

thanks for the comments - yes I would have liked some 'full length' shots showing the owner and dogs in full as well as these.

Fraser
 
Given the constraints you speak of, I think you have done a remarkable job.
Great contact and feeling expressed between sitter and the dog.
 
"Excellent" set of images Sir, liking all of these very much.(y)

George.
 
Lovely set! For next time, as a dog owner, and a lady of middling years, I would have had no difficulty whatsoever in being asked to sit on the floor with my dog (or have my dog sit on a chair next to me). I spend lots of time on the floor with my dog, as do most owners, I think.
 
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