Photographing Your Pet

Every owner wants to keep the playfulness and the beauty of his pet with him forever. We go to all ends to preserve the first thing it destroyed. Even wear the socks from which it ate a hole out. And of course photographing it. If you have a cute pet (and I am sure she is the most beautiful pet in the world) and a camera, then you know you have hard times ahead. Pets are difficult photographing subjects, even more than the kids to get that prefect photograph

What I recommend is to have a pet comfortable before you start clicking. The mistake I made was that I never got to the eye level of the pet before capturing a shot. This is very important as you will never get a good looking down on a pet.

Making eye contact with pets is important. Call out to them when you are ready to take the shot. With pets, expression is almost entirely in the eyes, the window to their soul.

Speed is most important. Few camera shy-pets will come to know that you are up to some thing and never give a nice pose. Others will come darting towards the camera darting towards the camera thinking it as another treat to eat.

One thing that most owners do is picture a pet in sleep or in a sit and stay command. This is very easy, but the pictures you will relish are the action shots. Getting a photo of your pet while playing, fetch, jumping to lick a family member, getting a tummy rub, inquiring what’s on the dining table or just keeping his head on the bed and asking you to play with him for a change.

Most pets give the perfect pose just before you click the camera. I have digital camera and I know I have to click dozen of picture before I get the one I really like. If you have a simple camera you may lose many film rolls before you get the photo you want to keep.