Julie,
these are very nice. I love the first Saint shot and the first two Whippet shots.

The lighting is quite good. I'd have liked to see a little more of the Saint's eyes however. Hard to get any detail in those dark eyes when they are surrounded with dark fur unless you risk burning out the white fur. But you need to be able to see some highlights.

I've not shot any Saints informally so I'm just understanding the challenge. When I use the studio lights bounced off of silver umbrellas, everything comes up just fine including the eye detail. I wonder if bouncing the on-camera flash off of a big sheet of white foamcore would create the same effect.

Jim