That first photo looks strange. Almost stretched.
They did that stupid “Walleye” lens view like they did with Bill Clinton and Ann Coulter. The man looks all out of proprtion, too. Stupid, the dog is big enough not to need any camera tricks.
I dunno ... the whole thing looks photoshopped to me. But what do I know?
The photographer is using the distortion from a wide angle lens to make the dog appear larger than he is. He’s a big dog, but distortion makes him look bigger compared to objects in the background.
Maybe it's just a wide angle lens, b/c the sofa-shot looks as if it might be.