Saturday, September 5, 2009

If you do it too good the first time, you have to do it again...

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Sept. 1 is the opening of dove season. I don't know this because I'm a hunter, but because we do a story on it every year. As I've said in the past, I'm not a hunter. I don't have a problem with it and and if that's what you're interested in I say go for it. I'd just rather do my hunting at the grocery store since I know I'm going to catch what I want and don't have to clean or gut anything.

So, last year I was asked for a portrait for the start of dove season that looked like a "magazine cover shot." And, despite all the mosquitoes that were out there the photos turned out really well. This year I'm thinking it may have turned out a little too well, since I was asked for the same thing again this year. The basic photo was the same, hunter, gun and dog. This time though, I was a little more prepared. I knew what I was looking for and was able to set it up a little earlier, so it wouldn't be pitch black when we got done.

I still think I like last year's shot better, it just worked out a lot better plus the lighting etc was nicer. I just like the image better as a whole. But, I still like what I did this year too and got a lot of compliments on the photo. So, I guess I need to start thinking about how I'm going to shoot next year's dove season photo.

3 comments:

Jason St. Peter said...

Very nice photo, I am going out tonight hope to get some Dove and photos

Kelly Lambert said...

Nice. I want to see the pic from last year! Is it posted in an older blog?

Tommy said...

Hey Kelly, I put a link to it in the story, but I guess I should have done a better job of linking it. Here it is: http://tommysmodernlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/dove-season-getting-help-from-newsroom.html