Snowy Hair Mellow
Riley
This is my dog Riley. He is nine years and and we got him when he was a puppy. He has been in my life for a long time and he's the best dog. The environment I took the photo in was my backyard and you can clearly see it is covered with snow. I waited a few minutes for my dog to settle down and called his name to get his attention before taking the pictures. I took pictures from multiple angles so I could have more variety in choices for the pictures. The challenges in taking this photo was trying to take pictures where my Riley was still so it wouldn't be blurry and so I could get a nice shot. Also while doing this I was trying to get him in a nice spot to take the picture and tried to get his attention so he would look towards the camera. A triumph was when I waited him out and gave him a ball to distract himself so I could take a few pictures of him sitting still. I made sure to take the picture a little after noon so the lighting would be bright and I could clearly see him. When taking the pictures I watched the horizon line to make sure I didn't get a strange angle that wouldn't look good. I did try different angles with different horizon lines when taking pictures. When editing the pictures, I blurred the background to make use of selective focus and draw more attention to Riley.