I was just backing up some recent photography and this shot of Lisa and Jake made me smile.   This hound is the terror of his neighborhood who will chase every cat and most dogs, he will pull Lisa’s father over when he is being walked, and as I discovered last year he also kills raccoons.  All in all he has quite the history of being a big bad boy.  

So when he came around recently I was ready for that big hound personality but I was a little surprised at first.  Lisa and I had discussed trying to do some more arty photographs and I had a simple lighting setup to see what we could get with him.  Well, as soon as the flash went off Jake darted behind his mother and basically hid his face.  We laughed it off at first, but then after the second and third flash it became obvious that he wasn’t happy at all.  Turns out he just doesn’t like flash lights.  So we removed all the backdrops and lights and used the natural light coming through the window and then went out on the terrace.  

Working with him always brings the unexpected for sure!  

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