Yes, I know I'm always taking pictures of my dogs, but I just wanted to try a few new things. And, at least I was actually taking pictures!
I didn't edit any of these because I didn't feel like they needed it. Sometimes you just need to go with what you have. For the first few pictures of my dog Bo, I was trying to get pictures of his head and eyes being bigger than the rest of him, such as on the big headed dog posters and such.
I originally tried just getting close to the dog with my small lens, but I eventually figured out that if you get closer with full zoom, it works better. These other few pictures, I was trying to get a begging emotion out of the dogs.
I just so happened to get some of my dog with his paws in his face and the air. Some of these I happened to get more in the background than foreground, but others I got lucky with the focus being right. Most of my pictures turned put blurry because Of the lack of light in my kitchen and the fact I didn't want to blind the poor animals with my flash.
That required slower shutter speeds. I find that when using slower shutter speeds, you may want to use the rapid shot mode on your camera so you get more of the same pose with the lucky chance you got a relatively sharp on in there worth using.
And, for fun, my brother and sister weren't getting the concept of how to make ghost pictures, so I took my brother down stairs and made him stand there for 10 seconds then walk very slowly towards me. I then continued to hold down the shutter button for another 10 seconds after he started walking.
