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For shots of four-foots
Photo Information
Copyright: Kimberley Broyles (gardenwife) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 185 W: 48 N: 125] (851)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment, Pets
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Dogs - Chiens - Honden [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-04-08 4:03
Viewed: 1789
Favorites: 4 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a collage of dog photos I've taken in our office. What makes these unique in my collection is the fact that they're the first photos I've ever sold. Natura Pets bought the rights to these four photos for use in their promotional materials. The bottom left shot is used on a huge vinyl banner they display at trade shows!

...Money for doing something I love, plus a year's supply of free dog and cat food? I never in my wildest dreams thought that would happen.

I love doing animal portraits and would like to do so commercially. That's part of the reason we upgraded to a 5mp camera.

I know someone will ask this, so I'll answer it ahead of time. No, the two shots showing the three dogs are not composites; they really just stood that way on their own. There's a window to the left of the chair they were in, and I would get them to look out the window by acting like something was out there, then make noises to get them to look back at me. Every once in a while, I got a unique shot!

Thanks for TrekLens for giving us a place to post more personal, home-oriented pictures like this! :)
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Dear Kimberley, wonderful work of art. Those pictures really deserved their career ! Did you ask that company or did that work out otherwise ? Composition on all 4 pictures is great. The collage went directly into my favourites. Yours, Jan

Fantastic work and I'm pleased you got some recognition for it,and deservedly so.All perfect and a nice group.

Very nice photo. The dogs are beautiful and you have nicely captured it. I like the assembly.

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  • Derek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 56 W: 25 N: 88] (311)
  • [2004-04-08 6:34]

Adorable shots Kim...each with its own appeal but my favorite would have to be the canine slumber scene. Well done and enjoy your year's supply of dog food for your efforts:-)

Wonderful composition of great photos. I have a photoalbum about a dog: William Wegman - Fay. I really offer this to your attantion, superb.

Great photo collage, sharpnness & light excellent!
But I especially like the B&W up/right. The lighing is perfect and the pose by the dog very unusual, veeeeery good!

Kimberley this a very great shot! I just love it!;-) I own a beagle myself and cannot but be fond of this shot! this an exceptional protrait really! congrats!

Eric

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  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 24 N: 1485] (11941)
  • [2004-04-10 1:45]

Great shot! I like the many different poses and the dogs are just so natural. This is a GREAT montage. More please. My favorite is the one on top right.

Kimberley, this is really beautiful, I like it very much. The composition within each image is excellent, and very well captured, the posing of the animals intrigue me very much, you must have been pretty quick to shoot them. Nice post processing.
All I can say in response to the the dogs emotions are, they are very content and secure in these surroundings.
Excellent work!
::M::

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  • kmolz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 87 W: 53 N: 228] (1157)
  • [2004-04-13 12:44]

Great dogs, great angles, great composition, great lights, great photos!!! so, GREAT WORK!!
:)

Excellent work. Each photo by itself, is a credit. Your creative way of getting them to pose has paid off well.
Glad to hear about your work being published. That's an honour.
Well done.

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  • ornis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 20 N: 139] (842)
  • [2004-05-05 16:14]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful portraits, Kimberley. I'm not surprised these have been sold (congratulations!), because they are very professional and the combination of these multiple expressions is very well done. I personnaly love the lower right one!

Great lesson of photography! Thank you

In this picture you did it very well! The Color pictures and B/W are harmonious. And the dogs are to cute!!

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  • gazo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 134 W: 0 N: 43] (504)
  • [2005-08-01 21:17]

Simply...beautifull !!!

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