Military Working Dog Training
Two US Service members, one US Air Force and one US Army, train a new Military Working Dog on bite work tasks. You can see the focus on the handler's face ...
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Two US Service members, one US Air Force and one US Army, train a new Military Working Dog on bite work tasks. You can see the focus on the handler's face as he ensures the dog is doing exactly what is needed and the exertion on the decoy's face as he catches the dog on the bite sleeve.
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Location
I took this photo at Lackland AFB, TX. The subjects are two of my coworkers training a new Military Working Dog in bite work. I work with these amazing military members five days a week as we train all the new Military Working Dogs for the Depart of Defense.Time
This photo was taken mid afternoon, between 1-2:30 pm during the late spring. We train these working dogs year round, no matter the weather.Lighting
The mid afternoon sun just worked out perfectly for me for the area the team was training in this day. There was a slight overcast, but not enough to keep there from being shadows cast.Equipment
This shot was taken with a Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens free standing. No other equipment was used.Inspiration
I was inspired to take this photo and many others due to my working with these amazing men and women day in and day out. They were more than happy to help me learn to use my camera, which I had just received from my mother-in-law. The job these folks do goes without recognition more than it should, so getting to show case them in one of my first shoots ever couldn't make me any happier.Editing
The only post production I did was increase the temp using Lightroom. I didn't do a great deal of editing as I was still learning to use both the camera and Lightroom.In my camera bag
Though I am now using a Nikon D750, I still pack my D3100. It's my "old faithful" that I keep ready if I need more than one camera instead of doing lens swaps. I generally always have my 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens and my 55-300mm 1:4 5-5.6G lens.Feedback
Since this was literally one of my first shoots, I took a lot of photos! Gave myself a lot of material to dig through to find the best shots. The mid afternoon in late spring in south Texas, out in the wooded training areas we used just balanced out right. I had my shutter speed turned up pretty high to catch the dirt being kicked up and was rapid firing over the course of each step of the training that was being conducted.
