Possible Pictures of the Content Page

Dear blogger,

Well, I came back a little earlier than expected. That actually gives me time to work on my school work before school starts back up again next year. Before I get to that work though, there is something I need to share.

During my trip, my parents took us to The Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Canyons were amazing, but the real point I want to make is that there were also many MANY people who decided to bring their dogs to hike with them. This gave me an opportunity to get some work done for this project.

While I was hiking some of the trails, if I came across an owner with their dog, I would ask if I could take a picture of their furry friend. Yes, I got permission from all of the owners first before taking any pictures. All of them let me take photos of their pet, most even got their dog to sit for me which was really nice. 

Now, these pictures won't be for the featured article. This would be a smaller picture on the cover or on the table of contents. Why did I take so many then? For three reasons. One was because they were just so cute! The second was so that I could have a variety of pictures to choose from if I wanted to switch out a picture in favor of another one. The third reason was that I wondered if Bailey wanted to use some of them. Her magazine issue is very dog oriented where mine is general pet and animal oriented. Plus, now you get to see a bunch of cute dog pictures!

So here are some of the highlights of the pictures that I took over the trip (with some added commentary).

I know I'm most likely not going to use this one, but I just thought that it was so silly how he came out. Maybe if I have a little section for like a picture contest in the content page, then I might use it. But for now, this is probably my personal favorite out of the batch and will probably be nothing more than that. 

I did manage to snag a nice shot of this dog eventually. I'm not sure if I'm going to use this picture specifically, but it is here incase I want to use it.

Now I'm putting the commentary for these two pictures together because they are so similar. I feel like I would rather use the bottom one over the top one because of the owner in the back. On the top one, the owner is close to the dog which would mean I would need to crop some of the background out. The bottom one however has the owner far away where I can just use a simple crop tool to take him out while still retaining most of the background. I still really like both shots though. I do think that This dog will make it in because of how cool he looks and the bandana (I mean come on! It's so cute and suits the dog and location!).

This one is super cute! I kind of like having a Dalmatian in the magazine because they are such cool dogs. I will need to find a way to take out the leash though because it sticks out like a sore thumb in this picture.

This one was just super excited and I love her so much! For the picture itself, I do like the position the dog is in. I feel like I could crop out the background and make it look like the dog is peeping into one of the pages. I think that would be pretty cool.

I find this shot to be also really nice. Definitely need to crop out the owner in the back, but I could make this one work.

So I know this isn't a shot I'm going to use in the magazine, but I just wanted to add this one into the blog because I find that it's memories to look back on... I guess. While I was trying to get a picture of this dog, he thought I was coming up to pet him and smacked the phone as he licked my hand. He didn't get hurt, my phone was fine, and eventually his owners got him to calm down. We laughed for a bit, and then I got some pictures in of his friend because no mater how much this dog calmed down, he was still too jumpy for the camera. I still love you though.

As much as I love this dog to death, I don't think I'm going to use any of his pictures. His poses aren't bad, it's the leashes and accessories the owners had. They kept getting in the shot and were just distracting. Sure, I could crop out the background, but the leash accessory is right on top of the dog. I would need to cut out some of the dog if I wanted to use this picture. If I left them in, they would be very distracting and look unprofessional.

This one over here is one I just can't use. Sure the dog looks adorable, but the two leashes are overlapping him and I don't think I can edit that out without making the picture look bad. Sorry friend of doggo who smacked my phone, I love you, but your pictures are just not usable for this project.

I know this isn't a dog, but this raven... crow..., I'll need to do some more research to tell what type of species this bird is, was giving me some excellent pictures. It followed us a lot which gave me some awesome photo opportunities. I blame my brother for throwing a Bissli chip at it. Let it be known that I did not feed the animals, that was all my brother's doing. I just took advantage of the situation.

That being said, I did get some beautiful scenic shots of this bird on the canyon. Just look at that. This one is most likely going to be in the table of contents.

I did also manage to get some action shots, but I don't think I'm going to be able to use them because the tips of the bird's wings and the background came out blurry.

If I'm going to crop the background for any of the bird shots, I'm going to use this shot. The background isn't mixing with the bird to much making it easier on me to crop him out. Also the position is fabulous.

Ok, so this was the only owner who asked me what the pictures were for and the only one to have both him and his dog in the shot. I love this picture except for one thing... the dude standing in the back. I mean come on man! The dog is actually looking in my direction for once and the dude in the back just killed any chance of a background shot. I could still crop the upper background out, but dang would that have been a cool shot if it wasn't for him in the background.

I did get some pictures without the guy in the background, but the dog just wouldn't look in my direction for some reason. This was the best shot out of the bunch without the guy in the back.

I really like this shot. However, I think it will be hard to crop out the people in the back. I also think it will be very hard to take out the background if I wanted to because of the dog's fluffy fur, especially on the top of it's head. This one is on my maybe list.

Same commentary as the picture above, but the dog is looking in a different direction which is nice. I also think the people may be easier to crop out in this one because the shoes of the closes one is somewhat farther from the dog.

This adorable thing with fluff was the tiniest dog on the entire canyon. So cute! This one would definitely need to have the background cropped because her owners are standing right behind her. This one is also on my maybe list.

The most well behaved dog I've seen on the entire trip. But I know I can't use this one unless I want to crop out the background and the owner. The owner is just too close to the dog in a very distracting neon jacket. I do like how the dog's wrap almost matches the owner's pants. I just wanted to point that out.

Now these aren't all the pictures I took, these are just some highlights. A lot of pictures do have reoccurring problems. The main one is stuff in the background. While some it doesn't really matter sometimes, a lot of the times it can be very distracting and look nonprofessional. 

I haven't decided which pictures I'm going to use, but I'm glad that I have an arsenal of them so that if one doesn't work out, I have two more runner ups. Another factor is that I still have one more pet I want to get a picture of for the content page. That pet is my own beta fish, Orion. I don't have Orion right now as I am writing this blog. We gave him to a family friend before we left on our trip so that he was taken care of. Once I get him back, I'm sure to take plenty of pictures to show you guys.

My plan right now is to work on the article, get the interviews completed, and take some pictures for the cover and featured article. I won't get all of that done before school starts, so I'm just going to be working on the article for now. So see you guys then and have a Happy New Year (SEE YA 2020!).