Fourth Shoot

My fourth shoot is by far my favourite. I had originally planned on photographing the man who's playing the guitar as I was focusing on human eyes for my exam unit (pictured left), however I managed to get such a brilliant portrait of the puppy that I decided to use him instead. I managed to get a connection with the puppy, and I believed that that created a much more powerful photo than the one I had originally taken of the man - who didn't even look up to have his picture taken. 
As opposed to my three previous shoots, my subject isn't homeless. My intention was initially to photograph the emotion in the eyes of homeless people, but after having come across the puppy I couldn't help but modify my idea just a little, because I didn't want to throw away one of my best images just because "it wasn't my intention to photograph animals." 

I love the picture of this puppy. Even though he is an animal and doesn't necessarily understand what's going on, I still feel there is a warm connection between him and I, the photographer. 

This is part II of the shoot. I like this image as it shows where the puppy is actually situated. Both these images were taken at an aperture opening of f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/110th of a second.  







The Edited Images:

Like my previous shoots, I have cropped these images in Picasa 3 at the same ratio they were prior to the crop. I also adjusted the brightness and shadows to create an effect that is rather harsh to the puppy's facial features.
I did this because I feel it makes the photograph stand out a lot more than it did prior to the editing. Also, my artist Lee Jeffries' images are quite harshly contrasted, which is one of the things I like about his work.  
The same editing applies to this image. I changed the brightness and shadows in Picasa 3, and in GIMP I changed the image to greyscale and added the Luminance effect.

Here is the contact sheet for my shoot:

My editing for this shoot was inspired by that of Jeffries'. The harsh contrasts really complement the features of the puppy, and although my second image isn't as harshly contrasted as my first, I'm still pleased with how the images have turned out.