Ready to Play

Tommy, Ready to Play!
Winning photo captures joyful dog on dock.

On a clear summer evening, Craig Drake, who placed first in our 2021 Lens on the Lake Photo Contest, captured this image of his grand-dog, sitting happily at the end of his family’s dock on White Bear Lake. “It was a beautiful day, and we were dog sitting our grand-dog, Tommy. He loves the water and was very happy being on the dock,” Drake says. His favorite thing about the image? He says, “The playful look on Tommy’s face!” Drake is a self-proclaimed “casual photographer” and says he happened to catch Tommy at the right moment.

Photographer: Craig Drake

Title: Tommy, Ready to Play!

Equipment: iPhone 12