Popular Photography - February 2015 USA
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A Dog’s<br />
Life<br />
A top pet shooter<br />
tells you how to<br />
capture the amazing<br />
expressiveness of<br />
the canine world.<br />
Photos by Gary Parker;<br />
text by Peter Kolonia<br />
FOR GARY PARKER, few things are<br />
more enjoyable than photographing<br />
man’s best friend. “I’ll shoot any<br />
pup I hear about—entirely for fun,”<br />
says this advertising, editorial, and,<br />
yes, pet photographer from San Jose,<br />
California (catdogphotography.com).<br />
“For the basset puppies you see here,<br />
I drove over 100 miles to meet them,<br />
and it was a blast.” Creating great<br />
pooch portraits, he says, is the same<br />
BASSET<br />
BABIES<br />
“Nothing is<br />
more fun than<br />
puppies,” says<br />
Parker, recalling<br />
these 3-monthold<br />
basset<br />
hounds. He used<br />
a Canon EOS 5D<br />
with 16–35mm<br />
f/2.8L Canon EF<br />
lens; 1/250 sec<br />
at f/4, ISO 320.<br />
52 POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY FEBRUARY <strong>2015</strong>