Beyond the Backyard with Rocky

One of my goals for dog photography is to take more shots of my dogs beyond the backyard. While I love the sense of security I feel when my dogs are enclosed inside a fence, shooting in the backyard often results in distractions in the images that have to be either accepted or edited out of the photo.

As a responsible dog owner, I would never risk the safety of my dogs just for a photo, so I’ve been training them to be off-leash dogs, a process that takes a lot of work and time. Each dog is at a different stage of this process, but today I was comfortable setting each one up in a semi-controlled environment inside my twenty acre property for a photo session.

Rocky has the most experience and already does well off-leash on the property. I’ve photographed him many times here and that practice is showing up in today’s beautiful portrait of him resting on a pile of autumn leaves. 🍁

Ringo and Moose also turned out beautiful portraits today so be sure to check them out.