Canon EOS 350D
+ Canon 70-200mm f/4L
1/1600s, f/4, ISO 800
1/1600s, f/4, ISO 800
Location: East Coast Park, Singapore
Some years ago, before Singapore's National Day in 2005, a National Dog Walk was held at a park near East Coast Beach. Hundreds of people and their dogs came together to make this event a huge success. The short walk culminated with the cutting of a cake, a piece of which was given every dog. With so many potential subjects, making pictures was easy.
I stood near the bottom of a slope with my telephoto lens aimed upwards, and photographed the dogs as they moved nearer. In retrospect the lower viewpoint also allowed me to photograph at the dogs' eye level, making for a more intimate portrait. I used a large aperture to keep the shutter speed up, enabling me to freeze action without using a flash. The great side effect of this was a shallow depth of field that turned the background highlights into attractive glowing discs.