Milk Dud

Sorry about having a ton of pics in this post. These are pictures of my puppy from 7-14 weeks old. He is a Chocolate English Lab named, Dudley (short for Milk Dud). I can't believe how fast he is growing. He has been taking up a lot of our time. Now that he is getting a little older (14 weeks), I am hoping I can get back to shooting more frequently.

I hear Oompa Loompas

This little guy was just hanging out on a limb in my backyard. I didn't clean up the acorns this year, so I have at least two trash cans worth sitting underneath our red oak tree. To this little guy I might as well be Willy Wonka and he just received a golden ticket to my factory. Enjoy, Augustus Gloop.

I can't believe how close he allowed me to get to him before he took off. I used the D90 kit lens(18-105) @ 105mm - 105mm isn't that long of a zoom. Thankfully, he wasn't too scared of me.

I underexposed the shot so I had to try and correct it in Photoshop. I used 4 or 5 corrective layers to get it close to where I wanted. I need to be more careful to watch my exposure when I shoot next time. Remember to check your histogram! The shot looked great on the LCD screen, however, didn't look as vibrant at full size.

Padre y Madre of the In-Law Variety

So, I was able to sucker my Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, and their dog into being my first strobist subjects. Well, the dog was much easier to convince. . . only because the in-laws weren't too amused by me holding treats telling them to stay.

I set up 2 SB600's with shoot through umbrellas on either side of the camera. We shot this in their backyard around 2 pm on a 95 degree day. It was hot and we had to deal with the sun. I metered for the background first. Once I had the background the way I liked it, I used the Nikon CLS system to remotely fire the flashes. Even though the flash on camera right was getting hit with direct sunlight, the CLS system worked flawlessly. The sun started to poke through an opening in the tree canopy above and caused the over exposure on their heads. But, since I only took 6 shots I had to choose the one I liked best. This was it.