A very acceptable result!

He's prepared to judge your taste in music while pouring an espresso shot

We do a Bowie calendar for friends and family (it's a great motivation to take photos). We were ready to send it to the printers, but last night we dropped this photo in for May.

So yeah, it'll be on about 35 walls 😃

We're happy to keep posting here, the community is so much cooler than that other place.

The Fremen call it the Shai-Houndlud

I've been taking Bowie photos once a day for four years now.

I started with just a bad One Plus phone, today I have a tiny Bowie sized studio set up with a flash and selection of camera lenses.

It's fun to improve and try new things, it helps that Bowie seems to genuinely enjoy taking photos with me.

I loved getting my Nintendo Power subscription every month and reading it front to back multiple times

Sigh... You must Whippet 😂

This is my dog

You can't even hear them bro, they're too high pitch

Bowie has zero awareness which might be definition of cool 😎

He did get his paws wet on this trip. I accidentally threw his Frisbee into the lake and he courageously went after it

Booooo-p 👻

The bee had to fit me into it's buzzy schedule 😐

I'm shooting with a Sony APS-C camera and a sigma f2.8 18-50mm lens.

This was shot with natural light and no special equipment (besides the camera). I did a little work in Lightroom (lightweight Photoshop) but this is mostly as shot.

I got pretty lucky with the light here though.

Edit: I should add that I deleted about 70 photos from this mornings session. I shoot a lot and pray to the autofocus gods.

I mean he's a very handsome dog

Dressed better than his photographer as well 😐

He's not known for his patience, so I made sure to give him a treat for waiting a few minutes while I got the shot

Bowie can pull off any outfit

He is capable of evil, but he's generally the best dog ever. We love him so much.

If only there was a way for me to post photos without having to come up with titles 😂

I'm not so good at wording

We don't have kids so we make sure we have one happy spoiled longboye

At this moment he's lounging on his bed and desperately trying to convince me that I should give him his dinner 30 minutes early

We're trying to emulate the photos by Christian Vieler

https://petapixel.com/2022/01/11/humorous-photos-of-dogs-catching-flying-treats/

His work is soooo good

Thanks! We really did have just a couple of minutes before the sun dropped below the horizon. My partner, Bowie, and I sprinted to the beach to get the shot :)

From there I leave it to the autofocus and burst mode and hope I have one keeper.

Honestly one of my favorite photos. Thanks so much!

I'd suggest the bestest boye but I'm biased

If you have a dog walking around in a sweater all the time it may as well make you laugh

He's my dog, and heck yeah he's annoying. This is accurate. He's still super lovable though.

Bowie was super excited this morning, happy we could capture some of it

Just for my dog

It stays on his head for only a second or two. But it's a hobby and the challenge of setting up a shot and trying to get a photo is kind of fun.

Shooting with a mirrorless Sony APS-C camera

Nothing wrong with shooting with a phone though!

Ok, semi serious(ish) question from Bowie's photographer.

Before I get started: Please don't put too much thought into the response, just weighing my options (I'm probably going to just succumb to the dark side and go with Windows because it's the least friction [but heck it feels slimey lately]).

Currently running Windows 10 for Steam + Game Pass + Photoshop/Lightroom

My install is starting to feel flakey and I either need to do a clean install of Windows 11 or find an alternative (Linux + with whatever game magic is running on the Steamdeck).

I could technically do the Photoshop stuff on my Intel Macbook, but that means getting a KVM switch that lets me switch between 3 machines.

So, what's the most reliable brain-dead Linux distro that's game friendly?

That's the photo that kicked off the whole hat thing for us

Hey thanks a lot! Bowie is a little pro, he's five now and he's so good at posing. Not sure if he knows he's doing it, but he always gives the best looks.

Ooof. Winter is rough on Whippets. It's why Bowie has such a big wardrobe.

Listen, you probably won't believe me. But we don't make ANY money from the Instagram feed. I just like taking photos, it's a fun hobby and I enjoy sharing.

I try to avoid linking to the Instagram. It's possible I've never done it on Lemmy... (But please don't fact check me here, it's possible I've slipped up at some point)

All I'm saying is our motivations here are pure, I enjoy taking photos and showing them off.

I posted the pic and can't see it anymore 😕

Maaaaaayyyybeee