Friday Foto Fun – Weekly Dog Photography Tips

Welcome to Alfie’s Friday Foto Fun! A little while back, I asked my human to dust off her D-SLR camera and learn to take some better dog photos for my blog. So, from now on every Friday we’ll share a new dog photo tips with our readers.

Interviews and Dog Photography Tips Every Week

Sometimes we’ll interview professional dog photographers, and other dog bloggers out there who’d like to share their best dog photos. If you’re interested in learning more about dog photography and how to take better photos of your pooch then come back every Friday and share the fun! *waggy tail*

Alfie’s Christmas Cards – the One with the Tree

by Alfie Entlebucher on December 23, 2012

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What to Wear this Christmas – A Dog’s Guide

December 14, 2012
Is this a good pose?

Roooo I just cannot believe how long it took my human to find me a decent Christmas outfit. I mean, how difficult can it be? As you’ve seen on my blog I’ve had to suffer the indignity of both antlers AND a Santa hat before I finally put my paw down and demanded a simple solution. I [...]

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Alfie’s Christmas Cards Part 2 – the Unwilling Entlebucher Santa Paws – the Big Reveal

December 9, 2012
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My Christmas Cards Roooo so my human might have been in charge of taking the photographs & choosing the outfits for our Chrismtas cards – but if you saw the card we revealed last Sunday and the one today I think you can guess who comes up with the captions! *Waggy tail* As An Entlebucher Mountain Dog [...]

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Christmas Card Bloopers Part 2 – The One with the Unwilling Entlebucher Santa Paws

December 7, 2012
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I’ve had enough Did you read my blog post last Friday? Did you see the indignity I had to suffer for our Christmas cards? Rooooo ooooo just when I managed to get those antlers off my head, and thought I was safe for another year – the human decided to take *more* photos with *more* [...]

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Alfie’s Christmas Card Bloopers – Part 1. (The one with the Unwilling Entlebucher Reindeer!)

November 30, 2012
Alfie's Christmas Card Bloopers - The unwilling Entlebucher Reindeer

Really? Every year the humans send Christmas cards to their friends and family. Sometimes they buy the cards in the shops and sometimes they choose a favourite photograph or two from the previous year to use. This year my human had a really bright idea, it went something like this. The Unwilling Dog Model ‘Alfie [...]

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The Winner of the Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of The Year Competition Announced!

October 5, 2012
What do you mean we didn't win?

Roooo, the winning picture of the Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of the Year Competition is absolutely pawsome. Its got action, its super sharp, cool composition, and its showing a very clever dog doing what they do best – herding. The only bad thing about the winning shot is that its not of an Entlebucher herding [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Vote for My Photo?

August 22, 2012
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Its been a week of dog photo competitions! The human sent off her entries to the Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of the Year Competition on Sunday – big thanks to everyone wo helped us pick the right pic for the Portrait category! Your help was invaluable. Just as soon as those photos had been sent off [...]

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Friday Foto Fun – Master Panning and Snap that Running Dog in Style

August 17, 2012
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Friday Foto Fun – Panning Welcome back to another week of Friday Foto Fun – it Linda here behind the keyboard. I really hope you enjoyed the interview with the pros of studio dog photography last week – Kathleen from BZ Training shared some of her best tips for photographing Golden Retrievers and how to [...]

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Interviewing one of My Absolute Favourite Dog Photography Bloggers – Kathleen from BZ Training

August 10, 2012
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When I first found the BZ Training blog I instantly fell in love with Henry and Zachary . The two Golden Retrievers seemed to be able to do anything from answering the phone, to setting up complicated science project in front of the camera – and although they were almost impossible to tell apart they [...]

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The Deadline is looming for the Kennel Club’s Dog Photographer of the Year Competition

August 3, 2012
2011 Winner Tina Wiliams

The Deadline is 31 August The deadline for the Dog Photographer of the Year Competition is looming, and there is  just one more month to enter the competition. For the first time, this year’s competition is free for all to enter, and there is a new category – Puppy – being judged alongside Man’s Best [...]

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How Pawsome White Balance can Improve Your Dog Photos

July 27, 2012
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Its Linda here behind the keyboard, back with another week of Friday Foto Fun. This week I thought we could take a look at white balance and how to use it for dog photography. So what is White Balance Anyway? Have you ever taken a photo of your dog and wondered why the colours didn’t [...]

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A Quick Guide To Shutter Speed and Dog Photography

July 20, 2012
the high shutter speed has frozen Alfie's action jump in mid air! 1/1250 sec at f4

Say Hello to my Enemy Number one – Shutter Speed It’s Linda here behind the keyboard, back with another week of Friday Foto Fun. This week we’re looking at a different setting on your digital SLR, called Shutter Speed Priority, what it could be used for and how it could improve your dog photos. Shutter [...]

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Friday Photo Fun – What is Aperture and How Can it Improve Your Dog Photos?

July 13, 2012
Oh no - The trees in the foreground are in focus, but Alfie is blurry! I have accidentally focused on the trees in the foreground, and the shallow depth of field has pushed Alfie out of focus. A higher f number would have solved the issue! Shot with 1/500 and f4.8

Another Week – Another Friday Foto Fun Its Linda here again behind the keyboard, back with another week of Friday Foto Fun. We talked about action dog photos last week, and judging by the positive feedback and the amount of comments and questions to that post – it seems like I’m not the only one [...]

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No More Blurry Paws – How to Capture Great Action Dog Shots

July 6, 2012
Shot at 1/1250 sec at f1.4 this shot could have been pawsome if only...

Its Linda, Alfie’s human here at the keyboard. Alfie suggested that I take over some of the Friday Foto Fun blog posts as he is more interested in mischief than camera settings. He even went as far as to say that until he gets his own camera, he’s will not write anything to do with [...]

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How To Make Super Cute Doggie Business Cards Using Your Own Photos

June 1, 2012
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Getting My Very Own Business Cards My humans and I often get lots of questions about my breed when we’re out and about. I guess, being an Entlebucher Mountain Dog makes me quite unique and people always want to know more. I asked my human if we couldn’t use some of all the thousands of [...]

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