Goldie the doodle: I ultimately submitted this first image because the side light was the most dramatic. The brief mentioned directional and dramatic light and this was by far the most dramatic light compared to the other photos I took.
This is my least favorite of all of them though (not because of Goldie. She was perfect.) It’s not really my style and the photo is very busy and all of the trees and the foreground detract from Goldie who posed so perfectly. But the light is the most directional and dramatic.
Harley, the golden retriever: I need a new app for predicting cloud cover because both of my apps said the skies were clear but as I was driving in the dark to this sunrise photo shoot, there were lots of clouds in the sky. Harley is facing the sun so it meets the brief but I didn’t think the light was dramatic enough. Perhaps I should’ve played with it more in editing but I immediately eliminated it because of the soft light.
Jeff, my dog: I was critical of where the light was hitting Jeff in this photo. It’s on his neck. I also didn’t think it was dramatic enough.
Mia, the westie mix: I didn’t think the light was dramatic enough in this photo either. The only shadow lines in the photo are on Mia’s left side and I didn’t think they were enough to meet the brief.
The first image below is the unedited version of Goldie’s photo. The other two are photos I considered but ultimately eliminated because I didn’t think they met the brief. The last 2 images would’ve been edited further if I’d submitted them.
Kim Hollis
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