My camera, the Nikon D5000, has a feature that I haven’t really used much but I decided to experiment with this afternoon. The Vari-Angle Monitor flips out so you can take photos with the camera completely at ground level but still see the monitor: I’d read that something like 80 percent of the people that …
Today I shot this photo of a milk thistle growing along the fenceline in our front yard. It reminded me of another photo I took a couple of years ago… Even though the dogs aren’t the focal point of either of these photos, I think it’s fun that they still play a big role in …
Today I discovered another online photo site that’s a fun and easy way to manipulate your dog photos. Phixr can do anything from cropping and rotating to dropping your photo in fun photo frames. Today I wanted to look at the easy color effects you can create. I uploaded the above photo of Tiki and …
Today’s 365 Photo Project is a challenge (although it might not be that challenging)…catch your dog in the act! In Tiki’s case, it was an attempt to squeeze her 70-pound body into Coco’s favorite place: The Cat Ball. We recently reviewed this super cute cat bed/toy on CatTipper and, ever since Tiki saw it in …
I’ve talked before about turning your flash off indoors. The results are flat with a background that’s too dark and a foreground, usually your dog, that’s too light. And we won’t even talk about that crazy red eye an indoor flash produces… But a flash outdoors can help your photos. If your subject, like Tiki …