Whether you have your own or not, pets can be a fun photo opportunity! Here are a few tips to capture that perfect pet photo.
1. Capture your pets uniqueness. First thing to do is to ask yourself, what is it that makes this pet different? Is it lazy or hyper? Young or old? Does it prefer the indoors or the outdoors? Try to focus on your pets personality to have the most interesting and meaningful photos. You can do this by photographing them with their favorite toy, in their favorite setting, doing their favorite activity or even with their favorite people! For the below picture, I chose to focus on the dog's strikingly blue eyes since they seemed to be what stood out most about him.
2. Get in on the action! With plenty of good lighting and a fast shutter speed you should be able to capture some great and sometimes hilarious shots of your pets in action. However, since it is an action shot, you will probably have the best luck outside on a sunny day or at least in front of a bright sunny window. Below is a picture of Frango shaking after playing in a stream while we were out hiking.
3. Get on their level. To make things a little more interesting and personal get at your pets eye level (or even below!) This will give your photo less of that feeling of human perspective and make the picture more inviting to the viewer. Pickles, below, was taken with a film camera. When I was taking the photo, all I cared about at that exact moment was catching her licking tongue. For this reason, I wasn't able to focus on her face as I originally intended. In the end, I'm glad I made the sacrifice as I love it even more.
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