This week’s Project 52 theme is “Blur.”  Even though I absolutely love using shallow depth of field in my photos, I still had a really hard time deciding just how to show “blur” this week.  Luckily, Iris decided to inspire me by stalking me in the grass.  That is what I love so much about working with animals – they always come up with something completely unexpected and at the same time absolutely adorable and beautiful.

The rose bush in my garden is in full bloom right now and it is just stunning.  I originally tried to get Iris to pose next to the rose bush, but I think her idea (above) turned out better than mine!  Still, I can’t resist sharing just one rose photo.

If you’d like to see how the rest of the Project 52 group decided to use “Blur” in their photos, next up is Tracy Sutherland Photography in British Columbia.  Don’t forget to follow the link in each blog post to see everyone’s photos!

This week’s Project 52 theme is “Something New.”  The challenge was to try something that we’ve never tried before, whether it was a new piece a equipment, a new shooting technique, a new way of post processing or whatever else “new” thing we could think of.

For this week, I decided to try a new shooting angle.  For all of these photos, I held my camera right on the ground pointing up at Iris.  I was sitting on the ground in front of her, so I wasn’t actually looking through the viewfinder.  I just made sure that the lens was pointing in the right direction and did my best to still convince her to look at the camera (or the treat I was holding right next to the lens!)

This next one makes me laugh everytime I look at it!  I asked Iris, “What’s that?” and then pointed to the camera in an attempt at getting her to look toward the lens.  And she said, “Oh, I don’t know! I think I better check it out!”

I think the low camera angle makes her looks very heroic.  Or very bored, depending on her expression!  At the end, I ran out of treats, so Iris said she ran out of the ability to pay attention.  Ah, I really do love my smart little herding dog who refuses to work for free.

Ready to see what new things the rest of the Project 52 group tried this week?  Next up is Denver Pet Photographer, StinkDog Photos. Don’t forget to keep following the links in each blog post to see all of the this week’s “Something New” photos.