Ben the water dog

The bottom Right image is the better shot, could do with some space to the right of the subject as its a tight crop and yes if you like it include it in your portfolio

Les ;)
 
you need to give the subject something to look into , makes for a more natural looking pose

Les ;)
 
Ok I'll take that on board, it was hard to get his attention, as he is an active dog.
 
What's the objective and aim of the portfolio? That will really determine if it's portfolio quality or not.
 
It's for university, I wanted to include a variety of photos to show skill. I'm drawing dogs in art so I thought it would be right to include the dogs in my portfolio
 
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JRM.SNAPS said:
It's for university, I wanted to include a variety of photos to show skill. I'm drawing dogs in art so I thought it would be right to include the dogs in my portfolio
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You are on the right track- by getting down to the Dogs level, the BG's are a little distracting in the first two images, thus drawing the attention away from the dog

Les ;)
 
JRM.SNAPS said:
It's for university, I wanted to include a variety of photos to show skill. I'm drawing dogs in art so I thought it would be right to include the dogs in my portfolio
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If it's for *applying* to university then you might find it's falling a little short, depending on the course you're applying to. When I applied myself the standards were extremely high amongst those who got in and showed an awful lot of creativity rather than just raw photographic technicalities.
 
Thanks for your opinions, ok so more creativity, ok I'll try to do better the next time:)

Les, the reason why I used the flowers in the background is because a photographer at my friends wedding used it in a portrait photograph, so I thought I would try it out, but I see now it hasn't worked. Thanks :)
 
JRM.SNAPS said:
Thanks for your opinions, ok so more creativity, ok I'll try to do better the next time:)

Les, the reason why I used the flowers in the background is because a photographer at my friends wedding used it in a portrait photograph, so I thought I would try it out, but I see now it hasn't worked. Thanks :)
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Just use a larger aperture and any BG will suit as the BG being softer than the subject will focus (no pun intended) the viewer onto the main subject

Les ;)


like this for example - I shot using a very wide aperture = softer BG - simples.....



Get a Head by lesmoxonphotography, on Flickr
 
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