Photographing Black Dogs

One of the most important ingredients of good photography is good light. A good subject doesn’t hurt either.

One of the things I like to do most is take pictures of dogs and cats. I shot some photos over the weekend of a little black dog. Not only was it challenging because this was an energetic puppy that was hard to get to be still. It was challenging because the dog was all black.

Most people taking photos of black dogs will most likely get a very dark image. It may be little more than a black blob. So it’s important to be aware of the light when taking photos of black dogs, and a little post-processing work doesn’t hurt either.

Attached are a few samples of my black dog pictures. Let me know what you think.