In my life before becoming mainly a landscape photographer I ran a very busy portrait studio. I would photograph about 700 sessions a year, so yes - I was busy. A neighbor brought these two gorgeous Border Collies to me so I could make portraits of them for her. I really should have entered this as my most difficult photograph because you haven't lived until you have tried to wrangle two extremely intelligent, hyper active dogs into position... and take my word, when you get both of them in the place you want them, with a semi acceptable or even great expression and pose, you have been a very fortunate photographer. But patience, and understanding dogs paid off. This was in my very early days of doing digital work, with my first digital camera. It was a Fuji Finepix Pro S-3 and I used Bowens monolight studio lighting. In some regards the FinePix Pro S-3 was maybe the best portrait camera I ever used in the digital realm. It rendered a skin tone and texture that was excellent. Not too good in some other ways, but it sure rendered nice skin tones.
Nice image of a couple of wonderful animals, I was companioned with one for several wonderful years so I can image the patience and persistence to make this image.
What was it WC fields say "never work with children and animals"? or something to that tone.
BTW, one of the two dogs let me know in no uncertain terms what they thought about the whole process by pooping on my background. Dogs are nothing if not truthful. It's one reason I love the affection of a good dog.
Nathan, maybe they were just wanted a different backdrop!? Or as Forest Gump might say “It Happens” ;)