08/24/2026
The Brightside - Dog Training & Boarding August Event Gallery - Timeline
>> I do not have a solid expectation of a release date right now for this gallery. Each year, the August event proves to be the most challenging gallery to shoot & edit because the sun sets earlier and goes down in conjunction with the event. It will take me more time than usual.
The Why for my curious folks:
- The combination of bright sunspots and dark shadows that cover the dock as the sun sets behind the trees are brutal. Dogs jump up, they are illuminated by golden light. Dogs descend from their jump, they are cast into dark shadow. In many photos their bodies are half lit, half dark. And the background behind them - intensely backlit, which creates a ton of awkward contrast. Bulk editing a gallery like this is a NIGHTMARE🥲
I also want to set the expectation that I had to cull heavier than usual on these sets of photos. Keeping focus on dogs for the entirety of their jump in this scenario is tough. Think of when you walk from a very dark room into the outdoors where the sun is shining or vice versa - your eyes need a moment to adjust, you can’t see immediately. My camera deals with this as the dogs are jumping in this very spotty lighting, and it has to overcome it in milliseconds - these dogs fall FAST. While it’s pretty good, it still takes a moment, and sometimes in that moment of transition from super bright to super dark it looses focus on the subject. The subject seems to disappear until the auto-ISO catches up, adjusts to where the dog is visible again, and grabs back onto it. All this happens SO fast and sometimes I lose the focus entirely.
I just like to be transparent on expectations. This won’t be my usual ultra-fast turnaround time. The images aren’t going to look the same as images taken on a day where it was cloudy or taken in the middle of the day when the sun wasn’t glaring onto the dock through tree branches. I will be spending the time I need to spend to make them look as good as I possibly can.
