20200423-Language of Photography-Ex Elliot Erwitt Dogs

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• Having looked through some of his portfolio of his Dogs series some for me stand out for the same reasons like this one.
• Nearly all his pictures are from a point of view from the dog’s eyes almost like he’s taking portraits of them.
• They are compositionally correct with the rule of thirds this image in particular. The giant dog on the left third, the human boots in the centre and smaller dog on the right hand third.
• The depth of field shows that a shallow DoF has been used to isolate the main subject and blur out the background. Minimising any distractions.
• Three subjects evenly spread across the composition fills the frame had it been two I doubt this would have been a user.
• It has a sense of wealth to it: the large dog and small dog together and the owner in the middle. More than likely taken in the Central Park area where some may say is quite an affluent area. The smaller dog is wearing a jumper and hat, probably as is the owner.
• The PoV from ground level makes the image with how it has been cropped just above the knee and body of the larger dog.

The image initially shows a sense of fun as do other images within the series. I see him as a dog lover. It also give you a chance to guess what the other breed of dog is and how the woman looks.