Elias Weiss Friedman, aka The Dogist [1] has a special talent for capturing his one-of-a-kind interactions with the dogs of New York City. The photos that garnered him a following of over 1.4 million on Instagram have become a New York Times bestseller in their analog form [2]. We shadowed the canine photographer to find out how he captured the arresting dog portraits that have made him internationally recognized.