Berry and Ziva

Friends of mine from Massachusetts asked me to photograph their two hounds, Berry and Ziva, on Sunday morning. I had met Berry and Ziva at Dewey the year before, and at that time they were accompanied by a third greyhound (Marco). Marco was not doing well, so my friends asked me to stop by their motel room and try to get a few pictures of him. I was more than happy to do so, and I thought I got a few that they would be happy with.

Marco passed over the course of the year, and when Dewey came around they wanted Berry and Ziva photographed. For whatever reason Berry was harder for me than Ziva. I just couldn't seem to get an angle that I liked for Berry. More of a problem about me than about Berry, really. But here are a couple that I was okay with:

 

Ziva was much easier for me. I suppose being younger and more energetic worked in my favor. She would go zip! to the right of my viewfinder, then turn around and go zip! in the opposite direction:

 

But she would pause long enough for me to get a head shot or two:

 

 

Ziva's furry neck reminds me very much of Nik's, as does her color.

Surprisingly there were few people out on the beach that Sunday morning. But that completely changed before my final session that afternoon.

(Shot with the Nikon D300 using the 18-200mm zoom and SB-800 flash; program mode; camera chose 1/250 second at apertures ranging from f/13 to f/18; ISO 200; daylight white balance; slow-sync; shot in RAW.)