Production- Photography Day Two (Whiskey)

 Whiskey

Hi Blog!!! Today I will be taking about taking pictures of Whiskey! He is a black Great Dane, who on his hind legs reaches to about six feet tall. 

Whiskey is my Boyfriends dog and since I go to his house a lot, he is already very used to he and likes me. I knew that taking these pictures were going to be easy because he is a very obedient dog. The only concern I had was about his size. 

I decided to stay further away and zoom in to him rather than stay closer and not zoom because I knew that he moves around a lot when let out so I wanted to be prepared for movement. 

We learned that he reacted better to toys then treats because when holding a treat in front of him he is consumed by eating ti and starts to door everywhere. Noah helped me by throwing around the ball and making him sit and stay to help me get my final pictures.

These are the two pictures I will be using for my cover and feature article. Whiskey showed me how to approach taking pictures of bigger dogs and what a toy could do.

Production- Photography Day Two (Sunny)

 Sunny

Hello Bloggg! I will be taking about taking pictures of my own dog, Sunny. Since she is mine I know how to control her behavior. We did not use treats, instead we took her out on a walk. She loves her walks but she knows that if she misbehaves she will have to go inside so I used that to help me. 

I had my Boyfriend, Noah Catala, help me by walking her as i took pictures and told him hoe to pose her. He also has much experience with not only my dog, but dogs in general. 

We were able to get her to sit on the grass and I would call her name to grab her attention, which is why there are pictures where she is looking at me. 

The picture I ended up choosing had her looking away. I purposefully let her get distracted to get a picture of her looking off to the side. It was also quite hot outside so her sticking out her tongue is her panting, but do not fret, we provided her water. 

She was very easy to do and we were done in about 10 minutes. She showed me that the best lighting is around 3:00 PM on a sunny day. The green grass gave her a nice color and provided contrast to her fur color. 

Production- Photography Day One (Oliver)

 Oliver

Hello Blog!! I went on the same day as Samuela to take pictures of her brother, Oliver. He is a much larger dog which made it a lot harder to move him around or get him to do what you want. He is also a lot more free willed and does what he wants. The treats really helped but they were only able to keep his attention for so long. 

We had to play with him quite a bit to get him to cooperate with us. We also used the smaller camera for Oliver because he was a bit sensitive to the bigger camera.

While taking pictures Oliver would go to the pool and drink the salt water, for the record we had fresh water for him but he chose to drink the salt water.

He was a little more difficult to take pictures of but with enough care and attention we were able to get some good and useable pictures of him. He sort of prepared me for the bigger dogs I was soon going to face. He also helped me learn how to deal with more difficult dogs.

Production- Photography Day One (Samuela)

 Samuela

Hello blog! I will be sharing the process of taking pictures of Samuela. She is Christopher Villegas's dogs so I went to his house at our scheduled time. 

I found that bribing the dogs with treats is the best way to grab their attention. They are both very energetic dogs so I chose to separate them for the pictures to help me work as efficiently as I could. 

I started with Samuela because I knew that she is more energetic and would probably be harder to get pictures of. She pleasantly surprised me by listening when threats were introduced.

 

We mad sure to give her a lot of attention for behaving correctly. I also know that she is an anxious dog so I chose to use my smaller camera with her. She was still scared but the sound of the shutter but we were able to get her to shift her attention with treats. She showed me some do and don'ts of dog photography.

Planning- Table of Contents Design

 Table of Contents 

Hello blog!!! Today I will be making a mock of my table of contents. I am making mock for my entire magazine to plan out the time and what exactly I would want to do for my magazine. This is helping me create a plan.

I started by making the headline of table of contents and adding the shapes I wanted. I followed the style guide to maintain consistency. 

I found a cutout to use of a dog. Its a silly little cutout of a dog that I cut out on Canva the I added it to the page.

I finished the mock up. I used the same picture multiple times just as a placeholder. We also decided to add page numbers as a marketing tactic for our future responses to CCR.

This will make it much easier for during the production process as I will only have to change the pictures and the page numbers.

Planning- Photo Dates

 Photo Dates

Hellooooo Blogggg! This blog post will not be very long but today I am doing something very exciting, planning when I'm going to hang out with a bunch of dogs. On a more serious note, today I will be scheduling when I will be going to take pictures of dogs. I will add a list below of dates, times, and potential poses.

Noah

- Thursday March 12 @ 1:00 PM

- Whiskey (Great Dane), very lively dog and good at tricks so maybe a picture of tricks?

Alejandra

- Thursday March 12 @ 12:00 PM

- Barbie (Yorkshire Terrior), very poised dog but a little bit overweight so I would want a sitting picture off to the side a little so I can use her for my nutrition module

Christopher 

- Thursday March 12 @ 2:00 PM

- Oliver (Golden Retriver), he sits well for a picture so I am thinking that or him rolling around possibly with his stomach up

Angie

- Wednesday March 11 @ 1:00 PM

- Sunny (Silky Terrior), Since she is my dog this is easier to schedule but I would like to try to get a picture of her running or jumping because I know she is very athletic.

Planning- Cover Design

 Mock Cover Design

Hello Blog!! Today I will be creating a mock cover. 

First I started off by looking at some inspiration to remind me of conventions as well as helping me gain a sense of what picture I think will fit best.

These fit with the playful vibe I want to go with and they have puffs and other things to entice the reader.

Picture Choice

I want to find a big picture that will fill up the cover nicely but leave enough room for text. I eventually decided on a Golden Retriver with an outdoor background to mimic the setting of my photoshoot and the size of dog.

I then later made the headline with the name of our magazine and I cut out the picture of the dog and put it over the cover title. I am also planning on including our shape elements after I figure out the layout.

The process 

I made a rough example of how I would want my cover to look like. Since I am doing the dog edition, I chose a dog for my cover. I also solidified that I want an outdoor picture. I am content with the outcome but I feel I can play more with the shapes and opacity of the shapes on my actual project. I feel it is important to try to use all of our design elements on the cover to maintain consistency in our magazine so I will ensure to include as much as possible without making it look tacky.

Final Product

This is my final product. I am quite happy with it and it getting me excited for my actual magazine. I do want more of a playful photo for my edition but I am overall content.