Peggysue,

Thanks. My plan is to shoot some really shallow DoF and some at a smaller aperture. I figure variety is the key to selling more prints.

Jim,

Yep, after one shoot with our four, we have paw prints on the material! I thought about this, but the first person that booked a holiday shoot made a specific request for white. I'm considering adding "snow" to the floor to help protect the material and hide dirt. The back part shouldn't be too hard to keep relatively clean though.

Walter,

I will bel lighting the backdrop and the dog separately, so I should be able to control that pretty well. I'll also have a few shots of the set with no dogs on it so in a pinch I can do a composite. I hope to avoid that though, if at all possible.

Interesting about the light blue for T.V. I do a lot of blue-screen work (which I imagine is darker than the blue you're talking about), but I was afraid people wouldn't be able to picture the final result if I went that route.

Tony,

Thanks. That's Rust E. Bucket, our three footed wonder dog. He's awesome.


The first time out for this display will also be the first time I've been booked by a store to do a shoot for them. We've worked out all the $$ details and the bookings have started to come in.