Day 16: together (self-portrait)

The Joy of Love has been doing a series of prompts this week that involve using a tripod and/or the self-timer. I was very pleased with how my self-portraits with Dorsey Dog came out.

To take these, I put the camera on a tripod, but soon realized that the self-timer was not working well. My camera resets the self-timer after each use, so I was having to go into the menu to set it up each time—not easy when holding a dog! Also, I needed to get Dorsey looking at the camera. Eventually, I realized I could reach with one hand to press the shutter release manually while holding a treat near the camera. Victory!

Here’s another outtake. I like the way Dorsey looks so helpless in this shot.