This week Ann-Christine challenges us to show a few Candid pictures. She says “taking photos of people or animals if they have no idea that you’re doing it is called candid photography. One of the beautiful things with photography is being able to catch someone in the act. It adds natural life to your picture taking.” After reading this, I decided to go back into my photo archives for a few candid shots of Cocker Spaniels, which sadly are no longer with us. These two dogs, Spencer and Winston, gave our family wonderful memories as they consistently showed their love of life and each for other.
“In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people.” – James Wilson
Here are a few candid pictures of our pets antics and games. As babies, they shared toys and played lots of games.
This is one of their favorite ball games; Spencer would drop the ball at the top of the stairs and Winston would enthusiastically race down to grab it before it hit the floor. Then he would return the ball to Spencer and they would do it all over again until someone was tired!
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld
A second favorite toy was the squeaky newspaper. Someone had put it on the window frame to see what would happen; they were so intent in figuring out how to get to the toy that they never saw the camera. This shows how well they worked together as a team during a moment of crises!
Spencer enjoyed letting his ball roll into the pool so one of us could get it for him. This time no one moved fast enough so he decided to do it himself, without getting wet! Like all of our cocker Spaniels, he would never consider going into the pool to get it.
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“When I look into the eyes of an animal I do not see an animal. I see a living being, I see a friend, I feel a soul.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
A final candid shot of Winston sitting in his favorite chair watching the activities in the other room.
It is interesting taking candid pictures of our pets, it shows them in action – their funny side, willingness to share and work together and their determination!
“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” – Diane Arbus