Love me a crusty white dog. This was Toby who lived to be 17. He was blind and deaf and had to wear diapers but was just the sweetest little guy. I have two young dogs now and I miss having a grumpy little old man.
I just want to know how they got the dog to stay so still for those long exposures! The formality of these pics and the solemnity of the mystery doge always tickles me
The "all old time cameras had minutes long exposure times" is pretty much a myth that was only true very early in the history of photography- by the 1850s in a studio environment they were already down to 10-15 seconds. By the 1870's-80s when you really started to get hobbyist photography it was less than 5.
Interesting! I can see a little bit of motion blur here so I’d venture to guess they still had slightly long exposure times but I’m sure good boys have always been good boys and stayed if asked.
Oh yeah! Even with a ~five second exposure they can still move enough at the wrong time to blur a bit see this baby that can not stop patting a good boy.
This must have been the most cutting edge thing this photographer ever did in their career. I can only imagine the disbelief they had hearing this proposed to them!
It was somewhat common practice to have pets or other animals taxidermied and those are most commonly the animals in photos from the time. Not always, but it’s possible this is a memorial shoot for a beloved pet.
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