I'm glad you got the shoot done and even though it got darker by the end of the day, you certainly got some great ones! I think you are right about the artsy shots being done at a personal shoot more...I shot at an indoor dog show yesterday (I am most comfortable at indoor things at the moment, I always know what the lighting is going to be and there are no decisions on settings, it's alway 1.8 and ISO 1000 ) and I took a lot more closeup head and artsy type shots this time. It will be interesting to see what style sells more of. I only shoot groups and BIS since it's a LOT easier to track down the owners and I had several handlers come up and ask if I was "for hire" to take shots of their dogs in the ring. I even had the official show photographer come up and ask if he could look through my lens lol. Anyway I'm hoping artsy will be popular because I like that much better than the traditional poses you see all the time although I also understand why those sell.

For instance:

http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0024.html

http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0014.html

http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0011.html

http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t..._hound0005.html