Every time I go on vacation there comes a time when I begin to miss our dog. I tend to spend time engaging people walking their dogs, just so I can pet them. While vacationing on the island of Maui one time I found some free-spirited dogs on Kaanapali Beach. I couldn't tell who the owners were; they seemed to belong to everyone at the beach. They provided a great opportunity for practicing my panning and burst shooting skills. Read on to discover some techniques for shooting a dog at the beach.
Instructions
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Shooting action pictures right before sunset without a tripod can be challenging. The first thing I do is set my camera to BURST mode, which allows me to shoot in bursts of three frames per second. Hopefully, this will allow me to capture and freeze the exact action. I wanted to get the dog IN the water while the sun was still out and fortunately this pup loved to swim in the ocean. This photo was taken with a 200mm lens at f 3.5 and 1/800th of a second.
2Try to get pictures of the dog interacting with something. It can be the water itself as in the previous picture or people on the beach. This dog wanted to play with everybody including every snorkeler exiting the ocean at the approach of sunset. This could have been one of his owners, but I wasn't really sure. This shot was taken with a 200mm lens at f5.3 and 1/600th of a second.
3Remember that not every dog is friendly. Some dogs along the beach may actually live there and be feral. We saw this dog along a beach road in a relatively unpopulated area of West Maui. He was hanging out near a small parking lot for a private beach probably because of the garbage cans and wildlife in the stream feeding into the Pacific. Never approach dogs like this; they will probably run, but may not. This was taken with a 200mm lens at f4.8 at 160th of a second.
4Kaanapali Beach is on the western shore of Maui and the sun sets right into the ocean. Since there is nothing to block it and a lot of reflecting water there is a lot of available light after the sun goes down. Dogs don't care; they will continue to play until their master gets them. Panning is the technique of moving the camera with the action as the picture is taken. It is usually done on a tripod, but since I didn't have one, I just panned these two dogs playing using burst mode. Panning gives the water an interesting look.
5Dogs love to run in sand. Unlike us, their feet make it easy to run in the stuff. It is also soft and warm, so they may run real fast and stop to roll in the sand. This pup did not let his leash slow him down at all. This was shot with a 200 mm lens at f4.3 for 1/600th of a second.
6Dogs will find each other at the beach. If you can get two dogs together it will almost always result in interesting images. While photographing the yellow lab, I noticed a black streak coming down the beach from my left and the chase began. There were a whole lot of people yelling at both dogs, but it couldn't stop the chase as they went up and down the beach until they both stopped instantly and started sniffing the grass. Dogs at the beach are joyful, and if you're patient and shoot a lot of frames, you just might capture the joy.
Every time I go on vacation there comes a time when I begin to miss our dog. I tend to spend time engaging people walking their dogs, just so I can pet them. While vacationing on the island of Maui one time I found some free-spirited dogs on Kaanapali Beach. I couldn't tell who the owners were; they seemed to belong to everyone at the beach. They provided a great opportunity for practicing my panning and burst shooting skills. Read on to discover some techniques for shooting a dog at the beach.
Instructions
- 1
Shooting action pictures right before sunset without a tripod can be challenging.
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. The first thing I do is set my camera to BURST mode, which allows me to shoot in bursts of three frames per second. Hopefully, this will allow me to capture and freeze the exact action. I wanted to get the dog IN the water while the sun was still out and fortunately this pup loved to swim in the ocean. This photo was taken with a 200mm lens at f 3.5 and 1/800th of a second. 2Try to get pictures of the dog interacting with something. It can be the water itself as in the previous picture or people on the beach. This dog wanted to play with everybody including every snorkeler exiting the ocean at the approach of sunset. This could have been one of his owners, but I wasn't really sure. This shot was taken with a 200mm lens at f5.3 and 1/600th of a second.
3Remember that not every dog is friendly. Some dogs along the beach may actually live there and be feral. We saw this dog along a beach road in a relatively unpopulated area of West Maui. He was hanging out near a small parking lot for a private beach probably because of the garbage cans and wildlife in the stream feeding into the Pacific. Never approach dogs like this; they will probably run, but may not. This was taken with a 200mm lens at f4.8 at 160th of a second.
4Kaanapali Beach is on the western shore of Maui and the sun sets right into the ocean. Since there is nothing to block it and a lot of reflecting water there is a lot of available light after the sun goes down. Dogs don't care; they will continue to play until their master gets them. Panning is the technique of moving the camera with the action as the picture is taken. It is usually done on a tripod, but since I didn't have one, I just panned these two dogs playing using burst mode. Panning gives the water an interesting look.
5Dogs love to run in sand. Unlike us, their feet make it easy to run in the stuff. It is also soft and warm, so they may run real fast and stop to roll in the sand. This pup did not let his leash slow him down at all. This was shot with a 200 mm lens at f4.3 for 1/600th of a second.
6Dogs will find each other at the beach. If you can get two dogs together it will almost always result in interesting images. While photographing the yellow lab, I noticed a black streak coming down the beach from my left and the chase began. There were a whole lot of people yelling at both dogs, but it couldn't stop the chase as they went up and down the beach until they both stopped instantly and started sniffing the grass. Dogs at the beach are joyful, and if you're patient and shoot a lot of frames, you just might capture the joy.
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