Slow down is the topic for week 50 of our 52 week pet photography project. Perhaps because I am still fairly new to photography, I feel like this one comes fairly easy to me. Perhaps because I have all of the patience in the world when I photograph dogs, I tend to take things slowly anyway.

Our theme is Get Closer for our Pet Photography Project 52, Week 49. We are to get as close as we can, play with the focus or ignore it completely. Experiment and get creative. 

Explore Possibilities is the subject of our week 48 Pet Photography 52 Week Project and our author David DuChemin says the two words "what if" are the two of the most useful words for the creative soul. He said they open possibilities and pave the way for creative thinking. He also quoted Scott Adams. "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. 

This week we are taking a break from our book and we have a freestyle topic: spooky. I'm going to take a little different approach to this as I spent the weekend photographing a dock diving event. I was only photographing for fun and experience (and for my personal entertainment.)

This week I was rescued by a big lug of a dog named Baxter. Here is the back story.