German photographer Christian Vieler has been
snapping these amusing shots since 2013, when he bought a portable flash
that allowed him to work with shutter speeds as fast as 1/8000th of a
second.
He was with Lotte, his Labrador retriever, when the equipment arrived.
“To make her move and in order to test the
‘freezing options’ of the flash, I started throwing treats at her,”
Vieler said. “Days later, when I cleaned my hard drive, I noticed how
funny the shots were.”
That inspired him to start his photo series “Dogs Catching Treats,” which has already led to one book — ”Treat!” — and another planned for 2019.
The images let us see dogs in a new light, Vieler says.
