Originally posted by hamidlmt I use shallow depth of fields... nearly always.... a stylistic choice that I enjoy. Thanks for your thoughts!
I'm all for shallow depth of field, especially in portrait work. But I prefer when the bokeh is in the background, not the foreground - and unfortunately dogs have noses that a fair distance infront of their eyes, causing bokeh on the nose. For this reason, I'd still go a shallow DOF, but not quite as shallow.
As you said though - it all comes down to personal preference, and style.
You need to put a little pirate hat on the dog!