DOF and Motion Checkin

 

For this photo I was playing around with DOF trying to have Handsome(chihuahua) as the subject in focus, while having Ivy(yorkie) out of focus in a blur with her movement. I really enjoy bringing out the red in the photos giving them a warmer feeling to them especially with the fall leaves on the ground.

This was a motion photo that I was really happy with the outcome, they do have a bit of blur, but I found capturing movement was more difficult so being able to capture them with some sort of focus was a win. I did some editing again with trying to warm up the photo, but I wasn't happy with the outcome. I feel like it needs something else and I haven't quite figured that out yet.

This was my absolute favorite out of the pictures I had captured. It has a lot of emotion to it, and being able to capture Handsome in his mid-stalking was really cool. I tried to get everything in front of the fence to be in focus while the trees past the fence are out of focus bringing your attention to the dogs. The editing with this photo came out exactly like I wanted it to, it's very warm, the colors are all very vibrant and you can really see all the spots the sun is hitting.

This was a fun photo I took at about midnight during the heavy rain, I had to play a lot with the settings to figure out what would work and what wouldn't. It came out looking like it was taken with a film camera which I think was very cool. I did turn the contrast up for this photo and did some burning on the trashcan because in the original it was just too bright for the picture.