Alex_Casey

I took this photo of my cousins dog over Christmas vacation on Christmas day. I decided to choose this photo for this week's post because I thought this was my favorite photo I took of her. I like this photo because it is a good up close portrait of their dog. I like the lighting in this photo because it is well light and the color is well balanced. I like the complementary colors of Casey's fur and the wooden floor complement each other well. I also like the shallow depth of field in this photo because it draws your attention to her face as well as her hair as well. I also like that her left eye in the photo is in complete focus as well as her face because it makes a nice dog portrait. I also like that her whitish hair complements with the white rug beneath Casey. I also like that you can see all the little details of her short hair texture clearly. I also like that although she isn't looking directly at me she creates a nice candid portrait. I think with the background behind her blurred out makes the portrait photo less distracting to look at. The only few things I wish I could have changed in this photo would have been to have less overexposed sunlight behind Casey and part of the tassels on the rug were blocked because it slightly distracts the view of the portrait. I think if I framed it more to the right the rug wouldn't be visible in the photo and the portrait wouldn't be slightly distracting to the viewer. I took this photo on my Nikon D3200 without flash, using natural lighting, auto focus and fast shutter speed.