The Dog I've Always Wanted

Just the Light

At this time of year when we are very aware of our dwindling ration of natural light I thought it timely to post some of my photos that I call “Just the Light”. And that’s what they are…photographs of light.

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I found a lot to photograph on the front windows at the Doghouse. The frost had created worlds that I could explore with my camera.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson is without a doubt an enormously important photographer. He is considered the father of photojournalism. He is responsible for coining the term ‘decisive moment’.
Recently I have been trying to capture interesting, well-composed, action shots of fast moving dogs. Doing this involves making a great many choices and hoping that you can make them quickly enough in order not to miss that decisive moment. To quote Cartier-Bresson, “There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative.”
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