Perfect Pet Photo Tips
Perfect Pet Photo Tips.
by Robert Hudson
Photographing your pet can be frustrating. They won’t look at the camera or hold still and generally will not cooperate! What do you do? We found some easy tip to make it easier.
1. Have treats at hand
Maintaining a pet’s attention can be tricky, especially if they are agitated or distracted. Having treats and toys with you can help to focus attention back onto taking the photo. This also acts as a good reward after they have been hard at work posing.
2. Avoid using flash
Using natural lighting allows photos to appear less posed and can help to capture pets in their everyday settings. It is best to not use flash on animals as it can cause red-eye in photos and scare them.
3. Use burst or continuous mode for action shots
With today’s advanced technology, most mobile phones are equipped to take different types of photos. To capture your pet in their truest form, use burst or continuous mode to get action shots, and sift through these to find hidden gems.
4. Maintain focus on the animal’s face and not the background
A busy background can make for a distracted image, which is not ideal when the goal is for the pet to be the centre of attention.
Blurring the background, for example by using a phone’s portrait mode feature, can get distractions out of the way. Additionally, using a clean background or zooming into your pet’s face is a way to maintain camera focus.
5. Use photoshop to edit photos and add more life to them
A photo editor is a way to add creativity and enhance images, as well as to include fun additions to experiment with design and layout.
6. Experiment with camera lenses
Some camera lenses allow for closer perspectives of animals, and others are better for wider frames. It is recommended to take photos of a pet from further away as they are less likely to be disturbed, so this is good to keep in mind.
7. Go to the pet’s eye level
Taking photos from above won’t capture the true beauty and details of the animal. Getting down to the pet’s eye level will make for a more realistic photo, whilst allowing you to see the world from their perspective.
8. Try to get candid shots as well as posed
A photo of a pet sitting posed and well-behaved is not an accurate representation of how they usually act.
Instead, capturing them during everyday settings, for example when running, eating, and playing, will make for more realistic photos, which will allow your pet’s personality to shine through.
Courtesy of ParrotPrint.com.
