Paw Fest

Dogs look on as Reverend Mary Ramsden tells a story before blessing each dog and their owners at the Paw Fest at Pilcher Park in Joliet on Sunday October, 5th 2008.


I am torn on this image, as I think I would love this photo if the dogs face was not so blurry. The thing about it is that dogs move around alot, so the blur shows that kind of. The Herald has putting many of the photos from the assignments I shoot for them on their online galleries, which I can only take as a compliment.

The Joliet Herald

After I shoot each assignment, I edit them slightly, then add captions to them. After that I email them in. This is a decent system because I usually get to work from home while doing the 'post production'. My only problem with it is that this way I do not receive feedback. In my honest opinion I feel like I have improved greatly since I graduated college. My teachers (and fellow students) really set me straight, sent me off in a position to really work on my technique. Needless to say, there is still (and always will be) room for improvement. I just wish I could be in the office when the editor selects the image that he is going to run with. I would like to know why, or why he did not choose each image.