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high-key natural light studio dog photography (yes, really!)

March 23, 2009 – 10:22 pm

Upon doing some more experimenting in the studio for a recent Decopaw sitting, I discovered, much to my delight, that it is possible to do high-key photography using exclusively natural light.

I should provide a disclaimer here: although I didn’t use any auxiliary light, only what was coming in the west windows of the studio, I *did* do processing in LR2 to get the final look (see the notes on the image below). The next time I do this I’ll be sure to start a little earlier than 2:30pm on a cloudy winter day, lol.

This is Missy. Missy was an awesome subject, and super expressive, and even given the MacGuyver-ish nature of my setup, and her penchant for jumping after her ball, the backdrop didn’t get knocked down once. I can’t wait to try this again!

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The shot below is unedited, so you guys can see the raw materials I was working with.

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Good gracious she is cute.

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My tire. Mine.

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Uhhh missy….   you’ve got a little somethin there….

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By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Posted in for photographers, Private client shoots, seattle dog photography | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (25)

my gift to you: Lily screensaver

June 4, 2008 – 1:59 pm

Awhile back I designed a desktop image (‘screensaver’ for pc users) of Lily for my macbook, as I was using a field of grass image that was nice, but lacking in, something. So I designed the desktop image, because I wanted something light, with pale blue. Something that my folder icons would easily show on. I recalled Lily’s images and thought “perfect!”. So it has been living on my laptop ever since.

This week I thought to myself “self, why not make this available to your blog readers? after all, you love them and they are well-deserving.” OK!!

So I present to you: my first gift to you, lovely blog readers: a pretty pale image of Lily, just for you to use on your very own computer. Please note: I sized this for my laptop (it’s 1440×960), so you may need to have an additional color behind the screensaver image if it doesn’t fill your screen. I recommend using a very pale smoky blue. 

Just click on the following image to enlarge, then right-click and save to your hard drive. Set as your screensaver and enjoy! :-)

Also, and I know this goes without saying, but please don’t sell this image or enter it into any contests or anything like that, or modify it or crop it in any way. Please be respectful of sweet Lily. Having said that, please feel free to send it to friends and family!

Happy Wednesday!

By Jamie 'Cowbelly' | Posted in Personal Projects | Also tagged , | Comments (0)
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