Pet Photography - using the rule of thirds to create great images
March 06, 2020
This week's pet photography theme is about a basic guideline/rule of photography called "the rule of thirds". This is a concept that has been used a lot by photographers throughout the decades - it's easy to google and find more information about it. But first, let's take a look at what it means - and this composition guideline applies to all types...
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Shades of Gray - black and white pet photography
February 07, 2020
This week's theme for pet photography is 'shades of gray' - I decided to use Abby for this week's photographs. What better colors of a dog (black and white) to use for this theme? Abby was recently hanging out in the yard and I took these photographs of her.
The first one is black and white - I used an 'infrared' setting which makes the green gras...
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Pet Photography with texture
January 31, 2020
Texture - it's all about the light on your subject, in this case Tracker - a black dog with golden eyes. The lighting in this photograph was provided by two AD200 lights in 24" softboxes at approximately 45 degree angles in front of Tracker. Since black dogs can often come across as 'dark blobs' it is important to have some type of lighting (the su...
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Pet Photography in an urban setting
January 24, 2020
This week's blog features Nana, a hound dog previously used for breeding who is now with the Maxx and Me Pet Rescue. She is a very sweet hound dog who spent a couple of hours modeling for us in downtown Tampa along the Riverwalk. Of course, she was paid (chicken jerkey and other dog treats), chance to smell, investigate and walk - no dog should wor...
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Pet Photography - Light it up!
January 17, 2020
This week it's all about light - 'get lit' is the theme! There are all different types of light that can be used for pet photography and they all have different looks. When I first started doing most of my pet photography I used natural light - that which comes from above - the sun. I still use that, especially if I am photographing a dog that is s...
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