Watson is such a fun hound dog mix who proved to be quite the camera ham for our time together. He had such a great smile and personality, and I had a blast capturing that. I find that most dogs are happy to be off leash and leisurely sniffing the yard or rolling on the ground, and these are the things that I like to capture more than a posed portrait.

Understanding dog body language is key to catching their quirks at just the right timing. Maybe my favorite part of photographing dogs is moving at the same pace that they move at. I love watching what they are interested in, and watching their body language helps me understand them more.

I like to imagine what the dog in front of my camera is thinking about while I'm photographing them. Were they lost in thought, or simply focused on finding the critters in the landscape in front of them? Watson seemed both focused and day dreamy, so I tried to capture that in the images below.