Last week I had the pleasure of photographing 11 Bulldog puppies. And I say pleasure because I absolutely love puppies. I'm just not as keen on dogs. I know I couldn't accept the responsibility of owning a dog myself so getting the chance to have a complete litter of puppies visit with me for the afternoon was an absolute treat. Of course chaos was really what was expected for this sitting. But in the end I was pleasantly surprised. As has been my experience with a previous litter of puppies, after a brief session of play and exploration, one by one they began to drop off. And as they did so, I placed them in my chest of drawers. Amazingly they settled very well and straightaway. So much so that I couldn't bring myself to take any chances by readjusting things. To be honest I would have preferred their little heads were sitting a little higher. But that would have required taking them out and restacking the blankets again. I was too afraid of
When an ordinary photograph just won't do