If you happen to be like so many families in the US, your loved ones may have a pet. While convincing young children to sit in one place for long enough to take an adequate photo can be difficult, getting a fair photograph of your pet can be a total nightmare. Creepy red-eye effects, fuzziness, and unpleasant expressions are all too common in amateur pet photography, and might spoil any photo. With some practice and these simple suggestions you will get much better looking results in no time.
When you are attempting to capture a family picture together with your pet, get somebody familiar with your pet to hold it. Hoping your pet will stay still for sufficient time to compose the best photo is surely an exercise in futility. Make certain that your pet is content by permitting it to play with a favorite toy or chew on a treat; nobody expects Mittens to look at the camera in the first place. When you've got a playful animal you do risk of distracting everyone in the picture with its presence, but this can result in a fun picture that better displays the character of your household.
Lighting is important in any picture, but animal eyes are particularly vulnerable to odd reflections and red eye. Steer clear of using flash if at all possible. Outdoor photography is best, but you can also use big windows in addition to indoor lights for a similar effect. Bouncing light off a surface such as a wall or umbrella is a standard lighting procedure for portraits, however it requires a fairly stationary animal to work out.
Perspective can also be a key factor to take into consideration when getting an image of a pet. Though you're probably used to looking down at your pet, a more attractive point of view could be looking up at a cat perched on a staircase, or at eye level on a table or sofa. Whatever angle you choose to take your picture from, it really is key to get closer to your pet than you probably would for a human. Your dog or cat is considerably smaller than a human being is, so to get the proper level of detail you should get even closer. For big pets this will not be as important, but smaller dogs, cats, and uncommon pets such as reptiles will need a bit more zoom.
Above all, the most effective method to take a good photograph of your pet is to take the pressure off. Never dress up a cat that won't put up with outfits, never hold up a pet that abhors being off the ground, and do not allow yourself to get so tied up in snapping the perfect shot that you end up screaming and angry. The greatest photos of your furry companion will be those that take place naturally, when they're being themselves. Catching spontaneous images can be tough, but there are a few simple things you can do to prepare. Keep your camera nearby when you're going to be outside with your dog or cat and would like to take a picture. Get lots of photographs and don't be concerned about the majority that wind up being horrible.
While a lot of these suggestions are mainly focused on cats and dogs, they'll work even with more unusual family pets. If you've got fish, flash is your nemesis. Put your camera right up to the tank and use the aquarium lighting. Whatever your pet, be certain to have fun and be relaxed, as long as you keep on snapping photographs and sticking to this advice, you will at some point wind up with an image you will cherish for a lifetime.
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I'm a photographer with a lot of family experience. With electronic photo frames I find that families are able to keep more photographs of their loved ones around than with a traditional picture frame , so now there's even room for pet portraits.
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