Monday, February 28, 2011

Pet Photography Tricks

By Ethan Wallace


Pets are a part of the family. No wonder people love to take so many pictures of their pets. However, pets may not be supportive in getting their pictures clicked. Photographing your pet is not an easy task at all.You need lot of patience and camera film to click on nice photograph. You do not need a special camera for clicking your pets photograph.

Some of the least expensive cameras have been used to click some of the best pet shots. You can also enlarge the photos of your pets clicked by the easy-to-use-cameras currently available. The negative will be larger with the help of a 35mm camera and thus the enlarged photo would appear crisp. Pre-focusing on an area and snapping when the pet enters that particular area would be a very efficient move.

For instance, a spool of thread thrown on the floor will attract your cat like a magnet. You could take a lot of pictures when the cat comes close to the spool of thread, so you will need to focus on the thread. You can invite a dog into the focus area with the help of some noise and then take its pictures. You can distract a dog by making some noise and then take pictures when it jumps into action. Even in this case, you should use pre-focusing.

Ask another person to throw a Frisbee or a bone on a particular spot where you'd focus, and as soon as your dog enters the frame, you could start clicking amazing pictures of your dog in action. Try to click a child playing with the pet; you could end up with a mesmerizing photograph.

You can add impact to your pet shots if you remember these tips. Take the pictures of your kids and pets playing from the level at which they are seated. Bend on your knees to get the child's and the pet's level. Try to fill the frame with the picture of the animal by being closer to it. Just like people, pets have distinct facial expressions that only a close up can capture.

A tight close up could make the bars of a cage disappear. While photographing fish in an aquarium, use the same technique. Try getting as many good shots as possible. A lot of patience is involved in taking good shots of your pets.

Always remember to take lots of shots when the pet is in a good and cooperative mood. A lot of professional photographers have claimed that the more number of snaps clicked; higher the chances are to produce exclusive and appealing photographs. Go ahead; snap as much as you can to get more classy pictures. You will see that is especially true when you are clicking pictures of hard-to-click pets.




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