Catchlights are the theme for this week's Project 52 and they are very important in images with people or animals. Very simply put, if you don't have catchlights in the eyes, there is not much life to the image. In this first picture of Dash the reflection of the snow covers the bottom half of his eyes, but as far as catchlights go, there is only a tiny bit at the top of his eyes. Once he came inside, the windows cast nice catchlights making his eyes have more life to them. If you saw my previous post this week celebrating Ollie, then this next image will look a little familiar. With lots of fur and being black to boot, catchlights are sometimes the only thing that will save an image from looking like the dog has no eyes at all. In some images, the catchlights might be the only thing you see unless you print the image quite large. When you are taking pictures of people or animals with your camera or your phone, make sure that you can see catchlights in their eyes. If you can't, then turn them until you can. Anywhere there is light... windows, open sky, light coming from another room, for example. It will make a huge difference in your image. If you'd like to see more of our catchlights theme, start with John Bouma with MaxNorman Pet Photography, serving the South Florida area and follow the Project 52 links around the blog circle. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
26 Comments
1/26/2018 05:32:39 am
My first comment was going to be, nice job with the catchlights but I LOVE those slippers!! Then I saw the newf. Eeeekk!!!
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Kelly
1/26/2018 09:55:11 am
Hermes and Dash gave me those slippers for Christmas! ;)
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Courtney Bryson
1/26/2018 06:39:36 am
Really nice photos, and I LOVE your house shoes in the second image!
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Kelly
1/26/2018 09:55:44 am
Thank you, Courtney! :)
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1/26/2018 07:05:47 am
I wish we had some snow, great action shot! I love it when the snow flies - beautiful exposure too.
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Kelly
1/26/2018 09:56:43 am
Thank you, Tracy. We have snow, but I need a dog that can actually go out longer than it takes to pee and run back in. lol
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Kirsten
1/26/2018 09:29:11 am
Love the photos! and the slippers!!! <3
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Kelly
1/26/2018 09:57:42 am
Thank you, Kirsten! :)
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Elaine
1/26/2018 10:07:28 am
I NEED THOSE SLIIPPERS! LOL. And, the Newfie. As always, great stuff.
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Kelly
1/26/2018 05:31:39 pm
Thanks, Elaine. :)
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Kelly
1/26/2018 10:25:03 am
Gorgeous images!! Super cute models too. ;)
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Kelly
1/26/2018 05:32:06 pm
Thank you, Kelly. :)
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1/26/2018 10:55:19 am
Yup those slippers! Those darn dark dogs with fur hooding their eyes:0!
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Kelly
1/26/2018 05:31:13 pm
Big or small, it doesn't matter; with all that fur we just have to work a little harder. lol
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Danyel Rogers
1/26/2018 01:01:15 pm
I love Dash's big eyes. A perfect model for a catchlight theme.
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Kelly
1/26/2018 05:32:55 pm
Sometimes we think he's all eyes! It's part of his charm. ;)
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Kelly
1/26/2018 05:33:31 pm
That senior newfie was beautiful! Thanks, Darlene.
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Lynda
1/26/2018 06:41:04 pm
Love those ears....and the slippers. Beautiful images!
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Kelly
1/28/2018 01:33:36 pm
Thank you, Lynda. :)
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Sam Adele
1/28/2018 12:03:17 pm
Aww beautiful photos, I especially like the slipper shot!
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Kelly
1/28/2018 01:33:58 pm
Thanks, Sam! :)
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1/28/2018 01:19:20 pm
Nice photos - is Dash a wipet? I love the photo of Ollie - he has a very nice black fur coat and you did a great job of catching his eyes and then also having the texture in black fur!
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Kelly
1/28/2018 01:34:47 pm
Thanks, Linda! Dash is a smaller version... he's an Italian Greyhound. :)
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Lisa Browning
2/2/2018 07:04:40 am
That Newfie!!!! Oh my goodness, look at that shot of that big boy! All are beautiful photos as always - nice work!
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Kelly
2/2/2018 08:37:02 am
Thank you, Lisa! Oliver was amazing.
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