Bitsy is a spunky Morkie pup, quite the clever little speedy one, too! Whenever I'm working with exceptionally fast and small dogs, I like to move quickly and shoot at their level. As a dog trainer, I understand from a behavioral perspective what their body language is saying, and every little nuance matters when it comes to capturing their personality.

In the first image here, I waited for Bitsy to have a moment of being distracted by something at a distance and then I snagged this shot. Holding the camera about three feet away, I let her rest her front paws on my knee as I worked to level the distant horizon line with her eyes. This is one reason I find that shooting without looking through the viewfinder often works in my favor.

This second image explains her personality much more than the first. Bitsy is an explosively playful and fast dog, so I ran backwards while holding my camera at grass height to catch this one. Where many would try to make her be still long enough to capture one good shot, I decided to work at her speed. There is never an animal that I work with where I find that working at their speed doesn't pay off.