Show me the whites.

One of the fun aspects of my ongoing studio project where local dogs are the sitters is that I can experiment with various lighting setups. I use up to three Novatron strobe heads variously arranged and my long suffering teddy bear, Dr. S., is my model for experimenting in advance of real sessions. The good Doctor is my age and we tend to be like minded. And his fees are reasonable.

So when I first met Sam, as jet black as dogs get, I resolved that only an ultra low key setup would do, and here is the result:

White eye, beard and chest patch are all that relieves the blackness.

Nikon D800, three Novatron heads, 28-300 AF-S Nikkor at f/13, ISO200.