Big and Small

Dog Blog Post #373: Still melting over here. In fact, we'll probably be melting for months (sigh).

It's too hot to go outside.

It's too hot to turn the lights on inside (don't want to add any extra heat to the house, the air-conditioner is already working overtime.)

It's too hot to open all but the one north-facing blind to let light in (see above.)

... and so, well, I can see that it's going to be "interesting" to get the Daily Shoot assignments for the next few months. Speaking of which, here's todays...

Play with contrasting scale today: juxtapose something small with something big!

My first thought was the following...

... of which Zachary (above) looked the least wilted. I then decided that standing outside in triple-digit heat was ridiculous, and so took the party inside (much to Henry's relief.)

I set up the uncovered (and therefore slightly light-reflective) tri-fold backboard as close to the window as I could get it and switched the camera to "Hi-Key" mode in hopes that would make the raw backboard look... better. Some bowls, some cookies, a bit of luck, and I got the picture up top.

I just love the way Henry is looking soooooo suspiciously at his bowl! You just never know when you go for a "posed" shot. No matter how much work I put into a setup, if the boys don't give me anything, it's not going to come out.

Here, a very simple setup is worked (in my opinion, of course) all because Henry decided to glance down at his cookie and I managed to capture it.

(Equipment note: While I found a compact point-n-shoot works just fine in most cases, this would not have been one of them. It was over in an instant, and that camera just isn't fast enough.)

After I took that shot, I realized I should have had big and small cookies, too. And I took a few more that way, but I never got expressions even close to the above, so small cookies it was.

(Editor's Note: As the question came up, Weekly Worksheets were a staple on my other blog, bzdog.blogspot.com, for over a year, until an unrelated confluence of circumstances ground their uploading to a halt. However, all the new software on the new drive has inspired me to give it a go again. Will I be return to faithful posting? We'll see. We'll see...)

The non-dog picture of the day? How about "natural light in the evening" (aka "more fun with a mist bottle")...

And for those who doubt how hot it is...

... and that was in the shade!

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