A photographer has created a series of paw-traits of hungry dogs pulling hilarious faces as they try and catch treats. Using a unique technique, the shots are captured at the exact moment the adorable pooches attempt to catch an airborne piece of food. The dogs appear surprised, happy, sad, confused – and sometimes even so blasé they miss the treat entirely. The images were taken by Christian Vieler, a photographer from Waltrop, Germany. Here: A labrador retriever. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A half-breed dog. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A labrador retriever. “That cannot be seen without the power of freezing motion”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A bloodhound. “Dog's faces with magnificent lineaments, telling us stories of panic, desire and joy”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A dutch shepherd. Having worked on perfecting the technique for his food-catching shots, he now gets bombarded with requests to take photographs of pets for others. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A rottweiler. Christian, 45, first became interested in photographing dogs while exploring a new camera he purchased in 2012. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A great dane. The snapper then uploads the funny shots to his social media platforms, under “Fotos Frie Schnauze”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A pug. Christian said: “Every shoot I am looking for that specific moment when the dog is looking as cute or funny as they can be”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A German shepherd. “So I have to master the challenge of what to do and when to do it in order to get the best results out of the day”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A Dutch shepherd. “When I meet my clients – the dogs – I don't know where the journey will end”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A German Shepherd. Not wanting to keep asking his friends to pose for him, Christian decided to photograph a range of pooches instead – including his Labrador, Lotte. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)





A half-breed dog. “For me, it's all about the moments when the dogs are trying to catch the food”. (Photo by Christian Vieler/Caters News)