Man with Dog...

Sounds like the beginning of a joke... Man with a dog walks up to a journalist and photographer... But that's really what happened... He wanted to show his dog to us, asked about directions to the British Embassy and sped off... Only in NYC!!!

By the way: The subway series is taking a small break right now... Someone made a big statement recently involving the subway, a certain poster and pink spray paint... Hard to compete with that! ;)

Apologies!!! And an image!

First off: Thank you to those who have expressed that they want to see new installments here! It really helps to get feedback like that when contemplating of posting images or not... Luckily I have been busy with assignments recently and will hopefully be able to post some of those images soon... Here is one image of an assignment I did last week... I was invited to Atlanta and met Sherlock there... A small dog with a big personality and loads of talents! I don't think my recollections will do him justice, so I will wait for his mum to chime in if she wants to...

PS: I somehow forgot the apology: Sorry for not posting more recently! I'll try to improve the frequency of my posts!



I really like this image of Sherlock. He looks very smart and alert especially considering his age...
He definitely made me change my mind about small dogs! This image was originally taken to show Sherlock in relationship to his mum, that's why I actually like him partly obscuring her leg as if to guard her... Thank you both for opening up and sharing your life with me!

Taking portraits further...

A few days ago I received two copies of this beautiful German magazine Dogs.
I might be biased though... They had found the cover image (taken by yours truly) via the stock site trunk archive. I am super happy about the cover: The printing looks great and the magazine gives lots of play to photos in general.

About the image: It was taken a while ago... In photo school I had been taught that portraiture is about the image of a human. After years I wanted to see what else could be done inside or outside those parameters... I mean for me it was always more about trying to capture the characteristics of who I encountered than just reproducing the outward shapes of what was presented. I was trying to transport my emotions as well. After I felt that this was possible in the normal settings, I tried to see where else I could take this... Dogs to me show a lot emotion and characteristics on the faces. So they were my first targets...

I like this image because it touches me. Yes, it might be just my imagination or interpretation, but to me there is a lot of stuff going on there!