I know I said I wasn’t going to put much personal stuff on this site, but this is an exception because it is one of my favorite photos ever. It combines two of my favorite subjects and I love how it came out.
This was actually a more-or-less candid shot. Xercei is only 4 weeks old (August 23, 2019) and he had just figured out that he wanted to keep her. He had been bonding with her laying on his chest and I was photographing the other puppies. I turned around and he had lifted her up to his face to talk to her.
The editing was so simple for this one, everything came together perfectly. The background was already fairly dark so I just darkened it further and eliminated any small distractions in Photoshop. I translated it to black and white and boosted the texture a little bit to accentuate his skin and tattoo.
This is one of my favorite photos I have ever taken and is very special to me.