Had a couple of photos on print today: they were in a pet-related advertising paper that was published with the national, Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.
Last Sunday I met up with model Thea and her dog Kilo for a photo shoot downtown. Here’s the main photo:
Thea & Kilo. Kilo is a mix between American Bulldog, Rottweiler, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Sighthound.
To flash or not to flash?
I haven’t worked with dogs as models before, so this was the first time for me. Before leaving home I was afraid that a flash might scare the young dog – he’s only one year old – so I didn’t bring one. I could have needed a flash in the semi-poor lighting conditions downtown. I did bring a reflector though, but the artificial light wasn’t really strong enough to be reflected. Lesson learned? bring a flash next time.
Besides, Thea, the model and dog owner, assured me that Kilo wouldn’t be scared of the flash. Because of his young age Kilo was easily distracted and a flash would have helped to freeze the moment, eliminating blur.
I definitely learned a lot from this shoot.
Thea & Kilo
Thanks Thea & Kilo!
Cardinal Guzman 
Some dogs really dislike flash. They aren’t afraid, but they won’t like it and they will remember it. They can hear the whine of it, too as it recycles and the result are not great pictures. Fast lenses and natural light or good studio lights … but flash? Not for dogs or cats. You may get a good pictures, but you won’t get two 🙂
Thanks for the tip Marilyn. I guess a film light would be the best option if you need extra light then (the type that lights all the time instead of flashing). I’ve used it once in a photo shoot outside when it was dark and it worked well.
Congratulations on the feature. I suppose you could always do your shots, then try a flash shot at the end, just in case.
Thanks Lignum. Like I just said to Marilyn: I think that a film light would be the best option.
Congratulations on the print and distribution, Cardinal. Excellent.
Thank you Richard. National distribution ain’t that bad.
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Congratulations on getting that wonderful image in print. Kilo looks like a dog that could save the world!
Thanks a lot Lisa. I think Kilo would have been distracted along the way… 😉
Dude, you’re famous. DB and stuff! 🙂
Hehe, thanks. I’m enjoying my 15 seconds! 😀
This was only in an ad magazine that came with the paper, but I’ve had some news photos printed in DB before.
there you go… reach for the stars 🙂
Good work, what’s all that nonsense about never working with children or animals, or was it children and animals… 😉
I had to change my way of thinking. Suddenly distractions played a huge part of the photo session and in a regular session, you don’t have to snap your fingers, whistle or wave a treat around to get the models attention! Hehe.
You might get an interesting reaction if you tried that approach 😉
Congratulations on getting featured, Cardinal. Wonderful. Kilo looks very obedient and seems to be just a regular dog in your presence 🙂 I am sure it was a rather spontaneous photo shoot, with all the movement but that probably made it fun. Many more features to come, I wouldn’t be surprised at that 🙂
To tell you the truth he wasn’t very obedient at all!
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Oh that’s nice 🙂 Congratulations, Max! That’s a beautiful looking dog, too!
Thanks. Beautiful dog and beautiful model.