Photographing my dogs outside in nature as opposed to in the studio can be fun and different. Instead of building a set around a subject and lighting it just the way you want it, in nature, the place and the natural elements take precedent and you never know what will happen. One very windy day in August, I positioned my dog Fay Ray on the lakeside dock, as close to the water as possible. With her ears flapping madly in the breeze it seemed that, almost any second, she would begin to fly.