A quick look at the portrait of Spider Baby the lurcher will remind dog lovers what man's best friend is most skilled at doing. A day out on the hills chasing rabbits and rolling in loads of dirt.

For this portrait there were three main areas for our digital artist to work on:

1 - The removal of a distracting background and replacing it with high-key white to give a modern feel to the image.

2 - The removal of flies that are frequently attracted to your friend when they are very hot after running and so smelly after their delight in finding some dirt to roll in.

3 - The removal of the offending dirt from around the neck.

While a little more involved than taking your best friend to a studio, this approach to canine lifestyle portraiture far more effectively captures the personality of your dog. They will appreciate you having them photographed in their natural surroundings rather than trying to get them to sit and behave in front of a set of photographer's lights.