Artist Statement:
Annie was my first pet that I ever had, we got her when I was 3 years old, and we've loved her ever since. She lost her sister to an illness 5 years later (we got them together) but she still is trucking on today. And although she rarely ever sits still, she loves to get her picture taken. It's kind of weird; she'll run around and make you chase her for literally everything, and only when she's satisfied, will she let you pet her or do whatever you wanted to 30 minutes ago. I took this picture by first setting up a lamp in the background, and opening the window a bit (just to get a bit more light in), and then spent a few minutes tiring her out and getting her to sit down. She sat still and didn't move at the last second, which she usually does, and then I got to editing. I started with putting at least one of her eyes on the rule of thirds lines, and trying to keep the lighting right with the dodge tool, and since the nose is the center of the face, I tried to either center that or one of the eyes (to give the effect of the eyes following you).
Annie was my first pet that I ever had, we got her when I was 3 years old, and we've loved her ever since. She lost her sister to an illness 5 years later (we got them together) but she still is trucking on today. And although she rarely ever sits still, she loves to get her picture taken. It's kind of weird; she'll run around and make you chase her for literally everything, and only when she's satisfied, will she let you pet her or do whatever you wanted to 30 minutes ago. I took this picture by first setting up a lamp in the background, and opening the window a bit (just to get a bit more light in), and then spent a few minutes tiring her out and getting her to sit down. She sat still and didn't move at the last second, which she usually does, and then I got to editing. I started with putting at least one of her eyes on the rule of thirds lines, and trying to keep the lighting right with the dodge tool, and since the nose is the center of the face, I tried to either center that or one of the eyes (to give the effect of the eyes following you).