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When I first started A Dog A Day in April, I had planned to post a photograph of a dog every day of the year. I’ve recently started tracking the traffic to this blog and haved noticed a drop in visitors on the weekends. I’m considering make ‘A Dog A Day’ a five day a week thing, but I’d really love to know what you, the blog readers think.
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I tried my best to find a dog photo suitably American for this Independence Day post. Alas, this was the best I could come up with. This photo was taken last week at the Surf Dog Competition at Imperial Beach, south of San Diego. Americans seem to love nothing more than heading to the beach for their vacation, so this picture seemed fitting.
Today I don’t intend to be travelling too far. I live on Coronado Island which seems to be one of those places that people flock to on their holidays. I have been warned that getting on and off the island on the 4th of July is next to impossible, so I’ll be enjoying the local festivities for my first Independence Day in the USA.
Here’s a fun video which proves that dogs and fireworks do not mix. Do not try this at home.
Ok…here’s something a little lighter after yesterday. The Miniature Daschund is another photogenic breed of dog that I always love to photograph. I think I must be partial to small breeds with long hair and drooping ears. Why then, do I have a large German Shepherd in my life???
I photographed these little doggies on a white sheet draped over a sofa. It was a very primitive studio setup, but it worked for me in the early days before I had invested in any decent equipment.
Trying to capture multiple dogs like this is often difficult. They all want to look in different directions, or one of them inevitably decides to wander off stage left. You have to have well trained dogs and/or a lot of patience to do this successfully. Or, in the case of the Labrador puppies in this photo, give them a good feed, let them sleep and then photograph them as soon as they wake up, and you have a winner.