EMAIL or MESSAGE ME via Facebook with the name of the character our furry friend is planning to dress up as this Halloween. Remember, the book is not the name of the character!
Hint: That’s a deer shooting hat.
I’ll check back but the first person to guess this character (based off time stamps) will win a free one-hour photo session. The next 10 people who guessed correctly will win a 40% off their next session. All prizes are valid for use between now and December 30, 2023 (that’s December of NEXT year). All sessions must occur in the state of Maryland.
This session was relatively easy and much easier than I anticipated. Thankfully, they make dog treats that look roughly the same size as cigarettes when paired with this dog (English mastiff). Since he wanted the treat getting him to stay in the sitting position was easy. On the other hand, he is a big boy and he kept eating the treats in one bite or two bites. So even though we only needed 1 picture, it took like 3 or 4 tries to get the treat just right in his mouth but at least he made out like a bandit with the dog treats.
Obviously, an assistant helped while I photographed. The lighting was a 3-light setup. 2 strobes on either side of him with octagon softboxes on and a light up high aiming at his head with snoot on. The goal was to get a side view of him to match one of the numerous book covers I’ve seen for this title. As for the lit part of his “cigarette” and the smoke – teaching a dog to go to the gas station, buy a pack of smokes, and then smoke is a time consuming and unethical endeavor so that is all photoshop trickery. The smoke and the lit part are not real. The “cigarette” is just a dog treat.
Anyway, good luck!
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