King for a Day

Oh, you two look adorable!

Henry: "We look stupid."
Zachary: "Cheer up, pup. This means the reward has got to be REALLY good."

Zachary: "Told you."
Henry: "Cheesy Burger!"

"Now?"

Zachary: "Nom nom nom."
Henry: (sniff sniff sniff)

Henry: "Nom nom nom."
Zachary: "Must… wait… Must… wait..."

Dog Blog Post #1434

Yes, those are real Cheese Burgers (from Burger King).

Yes, the boys each got their own burger. I hand fed most of the burger else Zachary will snarf his up and then move on to Henry's. Henry watches the whole thing then looks up at me to "fix it" when Zachary's done.

Uh… No. I don't normally crown them before I feed them.

I suppose these are technically "Behind The Scenes" shotes, but I loved the look on Henry's face when Zachary was eating his bite.

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 31 2014 - "Fast Food"

Daily Dog Challenge 943. "Rich"

"Nom nom nom"

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Temptation

Now I need you to stay down, look up, and lick the spoon...

Zachary: "Come to papa!"

Zachary: "Down the hatch!"

Whoa!

I said lick!

Zachary: "Extending tongue…"

Zachary: "Contact!"

Dog Blog Post #1433

Zachary managed to hold his down - barely. Henry was pretty much a lost cause.

FWIW: To get nice tongue extension, I let the boys get a lick or two in then pull the spoon away before the next lick.

They generally continue extending their tongues to rather amazing distances.

Whether my timing is good enough to catch it in a picture or not is a completely separate issue.

Photography Assignment

Daily Dog Challenge 942. "Temptation"

Our Daily Challenge - May 30 2014 - "Look Up"

Henry: "Nom nom nom"

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Streaking

Ummm… yeah...

Henry

Zachary

Henry

Zachary

Henry

Yes, I know it looks like I randomly assigned names to images, but you'll just have to trust me on this one.

Dog Blog Post #1432

Well, it's… interesting?

And yes, those WERE the cream of the crop.

A forty-four image crop, to be exact. That's 2-4 times the number of shots I normally take.

At least the flash was off.

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 29 2014 - "ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)"

That is, we were supposed to physically MOVE the camera while taking the shot.

In order for this to work, without chucking your camera across the room, you have to the sloooooow the exposure down to give yourself enough time to make enough movement so it looks intentional and not like you're just a bad photographer.

Frankly, I think I managed to do both.

Next!

Daily Dog Challenge 941. "Motion"

Actually…

I liked the Dog Free test shots the best…








Why are they better? Mainly because the camera is focused on it instead of on the dog in front of it.

PLUS

The lack of a big blotch of Doggie that sort of had to remain Doggie shape and color meant I could do a lot more with sliders, cropping, and rotating during post-processing without it looking like I did.

What WAS It?

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Incoming!

Now I'm going to drop these petals on you, OK?

Zachary: "Flower me, Mom."

Zachary: "Ooooo"

Zachary: "That wasn't too bad."

Zachary: "Whoa!"

Zachary: "Not funny, Mom."

Dog Blog Post #1431

The boys found flower petals falling Down around them to be a bit Unexpected

Zachary's a good sport about this sort of shoot, and was trying to catch the petals once he figured out what I was up to.

Photography Assignment

Daily Dog Challenge 940. "Down"

Our Daily Challenge - May 28 2014 - "Unexpected"

Henry's Response…

Henry: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

As Henry doesn't care as much for this sort of shoot, I took just a couple shots we called it a day.


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Obsession

Henry, don't forget your sun hat…

Henry: "Oooph!"

… and glasses...

Henry: "Momma, Puppies don't need sun hats and glasses to play outside."

You can never be too careful about Sun Protection, dear.

Henry: "Apparently you can."

Dog Blog Post #1430

Like any good Mom, I'm a bit Obsessive about making sure the boys have adequate Sun Protection before they go outside to play.

Alternate Explanation: I'm obsessive about taking pictures of my boys wearing hats?

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 27 2014 - "Obsessive"

Daily Dog Challenge 939. "Sun Protection"

Zachary: "My day to shine; to finally show the world the star that I am."

Uh, Zachary...

Zachary: "What do you mean all my pictures were ruined!"

Zachary wants it to be known that he's in search of a new photographer, as his current one didn't notice his sun glasses were on crooked, thereby ruining just about all his shots today.

(Anybody need a pre-owned photographer?)

NOTE: May 27 is "Sunscreen Protection Day" (who knew?!)

http://holidayinsights.com/other/sunscreenday.htm



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Mr. Tidy and… Not

Zachary: "Don't I look Dapper."
Henry: "Hate raggedy hat."

You look adorable Henry.

Besides, I need to show one of you as Tidy and the other… not.

Zachary: "I can't IMAGINE who the Tidy one will be."
Henry: (censored)

Of course, the best behaved will get the most Cookies.

Perfect!

Dog Blog Post #1429

Hopefully, it's Obvious who is Tidy Mr. Zachary and who is… not.

Photography Assignment

Daily Dog Challenge 938. "Obvious"

Our Daily Challenge - May 26 2014 - "Tidy or Untidy"

Zachary: "Where's the Cookies?"
Henry: "I better get TWO glasses full."

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We're Walking...

Henry: "I don't know Momma, there isn't much room."

Plenty of room, Henry.

Just give it a try.

Henry: "Ooooh… going to hit my nose."

No you aren't.

Look for the Cookie.

Henry: "Cookie!"

(chomp!)

Dog Blog Post #1428

The boys are about 5 feet from tip of nose to tip of tail. My backdrop is 6 feet wide. My kitchen is a generous 8 feet wide.

That means getting a shot of the boys Walking across the available space showing off their Tail is a bit of challenge.

These shots were obtained by putting them in a sit in the far left corner, and dropping Cookies in the far right corner (where I was standing, smushed up against the cabinets to avoid being in the shot).

In a few cases, a bit of cloning to extend the backdrop in the upper right corner or erase my foot from the lower was required.

FWIW: The last photo (below) is of Zachary in pretty much the same position as Henry (directly above) and the neatness of Zachary's coat compared to "Bed Head" above should be pretty obvious.

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 25 2014 - "Walking"


Daily Dog Challenge 937. "Tail"

Zachary Can Walk, Too

Zachary: "I don't know what the pup is fussing about."

(gulp!)

Zachary tends to carry his tail low and gently swishing, making the shot above rather unusual.

I'm not sure why he carries it low when walking, as he is perfectly capable of flying it high and does so when excited or giving alarm at the door.

Monday Mischief

Henry's sure almost running into a cabinet is more than enough mischief for a monday.


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Freedom of Expression

Zachary rarely misses when Catching Cookies…

Zachary: "Cookies!"

(gulp)

(gulp)

(burp)

Dog Blog Post #1427

Welcome to my "studio" (aka Kitchen) in exactly the spot where almost all my pictures are taken, only today without a backdrop.

Yes, my dogs, my floors, and my cabinets are all the same color - which is why you will almost never see my "studio" without a backdrop!

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 24 2014 - "Around the House"

Daily Dog Challenge 936. "Freedom"

That was, Zachary, making faces while I toss him Cookies.

Here is Henry, NOT making faces…

Henry: "Cookie please."

… as it's waaaaaaaay to much effort to try to catch the Cookies, and if he sits there long enough looking adorable he knows I'll just hand one to him anyway.

Yup, he has me well trained.

Now, you tell me which dog is smarter?


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BZ Dogs Detective Agency

Detective Henry...

… the Strong Silent type...

… a true Leading Dog

Am I the only one who think Henry looks like Humphrey Bogart?

Henry: "Here's looking at you, kid."

Mr. Zachary

Dog Blog Post #1426

I freely admit it - I love seeing the boys in a Fedora, and adore taking these sorts of pictures.

The boys always seem to get into it, and we all have a great time.

Photography Assignment

Our Daily Challenge - May 21 2014 - "Film Noir"

Daily Dog Challenge 935. "Make Believe"

In Color...

Zachary: "What's my motivation?"

Models.

This is what all the shots in this series basically looked like before I turned them B&W and pushed a few extra sliders.


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