Miss Bell
Today was another first for me. Until today I have only photographed my dogs. Bella, was my first small dog to photograph my boys are large dogs (100lbs). As I looked at most of my photos of my boys I've found a lot of them sleeping (they are old too). My point being, they didn't move too much. Bella was much more active!
She did have to put up with a lot we put her in a ladybug (or ladypug) costume, necklaces and a argil sweater. And she didn't care, it was the funniest thing! She had the same energy no matter what we were doing, no barking, no chewing (on the clothes) and she was constantly on the go.
With Bella it was very similar to photographing a child. We had to bribe her with treats, wait for her to pee and keep her interested in what we were doing. The big difference in photographing a small dog is perspective. I had to shoot from a much lower angle then I do with any other subject. I had fun for several reasons. I got to hang with Paul (her owner) and I was forced to come up with new photo ideas... We figured out quickly that you really can't photograph Pugs from the back side (tail curls up).
Being around her made me miss having a small dog. Having Bailey (my dog- who died in May) curl up in my lap is a completely different story then Bella.
