Dogs on the 5th of July

I had this really great lens for a shoot. Really, I had to rent the thing from my peeps at Ball Photo and supply. I wanted to use it a lot. Sunday was beautiful and I had time to walk around Downtown AVL. After a minute, I decided to focus on the dogs I saw. The lens was a 24-70mm 2.8. I have used this thing a few times and really love it. It makes me look goo. Kinda like I know what I am doing!

This guy was just being thee while his person made money. I thought the eyes were most powerful.

When I was younger, we had an Italian Greyhound. They are great dogs with fantastic personalities. These two were prancing around with their people and I could not let this opportunity go by.

My editorial note here. 

People are kinda funny. During my brief foray in dog photog I found 3 distinct dog owners. The first was  the street entertainer with his dog as a kinda of prop. They ignore the dog unless it needs something, and go on with their crowd pleasing show.

While the people who had the Italian Greyhounds were simply being tourists who had dogs as companions. They were nice and very into the moment. I wonder if they learned that from their four legged friends.

The third kind just seemed to be annoyed that any one would possibly be looking at them. They would look up at me and realize what I was doing then ignore me. I have a couple pictures of them, but are not posted here for various reasons.