Shooting dogs in the water can be done with the same approach you would use for any close focus wide angle (CFWA) imagery. You may also want to enlist a friend who's familiar with the dog to direct it and fast pitch balls into the pool. So obviously you will need a subject that doesn't mind jumping in the pool. The first step is to get the dog into the water. ![]() Mine are happy to swim, but reluctant to submerge their face and look underwater to find the ball.īut even only partially submerged, few things are cuter than a wet dog. Some dogs are more motivated than others. My favorite images are the ones where the dog is wide eyed, mouth open, and swimming (diving!) after the toy. There are 60 dogs described in the back of his book, but not all of them are totally submerged in his images. Setting the camera on time-lapse and throwing away a bunch of frames was the easiest way. ![]() "I lost my ball again." This image was made by cutting two holes in the ice, then extending the camera on a pole from the one hole to the other, looking up. After studying his work and trying it with my own dogs, I started to wonder if he wasn't simply looking for the "right" dog. At the time I suspected he was simply building his amazing collection of these unique portraits. I remember a city-to-city tour that Seth did years ago, shooting different dogs retrieving toys underwater. He has since followed it up with his even more adorable books Underwater Puppiesand Underwater Babies. We can't think of shooting dogs underwater without acknowledging Ikelite Ambassador Seth Casteel, whose book Underwater Dogs is one of the only underwater photography coffee table books that we know of that is also a National Bestseller. So much art and creativity stems from emulating the work of the masters. And as an underwater photographer, it's only natural to think about shooting them underwater. ![]() Like human babies, it's hard for their owners to stop taking pictures of them.
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