You guys probably all know that I’m not the only doggy that Mum takes photos of – she is a special doggy photographer and often takes photos of other doggies for their owners! Anyways, she had a shoot lined up with a lady and her Labrador dog for a really early morning session on the beach – my beach – the Spit. Mum told me that she wanted to ‘test the light’ (whatever that means) and use me as the ‘test subject’ so off we went to the beach one morning, really super early! Before the sun even got up!
When we got there, it was getting light but the moon was still up and the sky was a really deep blue. Mum said that it was perfect, because my full proper name is ‘Hildydane Luna Blue’ – which kind of means blue moon!
There were a few clouds on the horizon but when the sun finally came up above them, it was really pretty.
There was no one else there to start with, so we had the whole beach to ourselves!
Mum says that the light is really nice at this time in the morning. You can play around with it and take photos like the one above, where I am all dark, or you can do something different with the camera and take photos where I look normal, and everything else is really bright! This photo was taken about the same time as the one above, look at the difference! Mum says it’s to do with something called ‘exposure’ – but hey, that’s getting just a little too complicated for a doggy like me!
We moved up into the dunes for some more photos, it was time for me to get to work modelling! That’s how I earn my breakfast, apparently.
I like being high up in the dunes, cos you can look down on the beach and see everything that’s going on.
We saw a couple of surfers arrive.
Mum was really loving the light!
Finally I got to have a lie down and relax and look over my domain.
If you want to see the results of the shoot that Mum did with the lady and her Labrador, check them out on her blog!
by Charlotte Reeves
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