Originally posted by weaponx525 If some of these pictures do turn out with that white cast to them, how can that be fixed by PP? Is it Contrast control or should I be stopping down the lens (smaller apertures?
It is better to get it right to start with. Contrast is something dependent on the light angles and the lens you use.
My thoughts on this type of shot would be approaching the subject with a lower angle parallel to the puppy. Better to have lighting coming from the sides instead from above (morning or afternoon). Contrary to others, I would love to use 50mm with aperture set around f2 or so. So you could get a bit of dreamy feel to the shot.
PP could just select image - contrast or if you want to be more selective, select with lasso tool using feather 50X or so and alter the contrast.
Sometimes level control by shifting grey bar to the left also works like a treat.