Emmi Portrait


Here is a photo of my uncles dog, she is called Emmi. I am not completely happy with the photo, but it’s also not a photo I would delete. I like the close-up shot, but I am unhappy that I did not frame it well, I’d prefer it if I would have shot it so that you can see a little bit more of the neck. The background is a bit distracting in one area, especially the bright area beside her right ear. But photography is about practicing and improving, and I take a look at the issues to take … Continue reading Emmi Portrait

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun


This Friday, the WordPress Photo Challenge is about fun. I’d like to show off a photo that I shot last summer. I met my uncle outside and he had one of his dogs with him, and I was new to DSLR photography and wanted to try some action shots. I asked him if he could let his dog Jacko run, and I tried my luck to take some action photos. I did also take photos of my uncle that day, he looks so happy on the photos. I wish we could hang out like that again, but his brain tumor … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun

Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites


I thought I participate in the recent WordPress Photo Challenge with the motto Opposites, because my photo of Emmi and Charlie should fit. Both of them are dogs in the family, and I uploaded a very similar photo not a long time ago, it was the same shooting. I would call the photo in this post a snapshot, a term that I usually use for my photos when I just did press the shutter button to see how the photo turns out. But the thing is, with animals, you can just mindless click the shutter button, subjects like dogs or … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites