Sit, drop, stay.
February 16, 2011
Among my facebook friends, I’m known for my prolific (and yet amateur) photography of dogs tied up and waiting for their masters outside shops. I’m forever taking photos of dogs with my phone. It’s gotten to the point where my mates send me photos they’ve taken of waiting dogs, and people tell me that they think of me anytime they see a dog outside a milkbar. Aw shucks!
Certainly, there are plenty of semi-willing subjects out there just waiting for me to walk by. But it’s hard, and I get mixed results. Partly it’s a lighting / crappy camera / dull background thing. But mostly it’s really hard to capture their expressions – sometimes forlorn, sometimes content, often peering past to look for mum/dad - without them noticing I’m there. Once they see me giving them attention they either get happy and tail waggy, or anxious and growly. Either way, not really the expressions I’m after for my collection.
Imagine how happy and taily waggy I got when I came across this new little paste up in Gore Street, Fitzroy! He didn’t move at all (although when I look at the photo I took I can really imagine him animating, can’t you?). He’s quite happy napping. And he’ll be happily napping every time I wander by. Which is ALL THE TIME. Lucky me!
Webb St, Fitzroy
