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Tips for Photographing your Dog

Posted by Lowell Brown on May 1st 2007 Categorized under Miscellaneous
If you’re using a point and shoot camera, put it on either portrait mode (if your dog will sit and pose!) or sports mode (to capture an action shot).

Shoot outside in either early morning or late afternoon when the sun is low in the sky and the light isgolden. A slightly overcast day is also good to reduce contrast. It’s best to avoid windy days.

Choose a time of day when your dog is not too frisky and has already had his/her walk.

Get down to the dogs level so you can focus on the eyes.
Move in close or use a telephoto lens to fill the frame with either the whole body, just the head, or another body part!
 

Keep the background simple (a field or row of bushes is good) and position your dog 8 to 10 feet in front of the background in order to create blur behind and highlight your pet.

A 3/4 view is good with the sun coming from over your shoulder and to the side.

Use a squeaky toy or whistle to get the dog’s attention and hopefully perk up his ears or tilt her head.

Get an assistant to help position the dog and to stand behind you with the noisemaker.

If you’re shooting more than one dog, good luck! Place them all about the same distance from the lens and use a deep depth-of-field (f8 to f16) to get all in focus.
 

Remember...try to capture the unique personality of your dog. Wait for that particular tilt of her head or cute way that she lies on her paws. Those shots will be more endearing than the technically perfect photo of a generic pose.

Thanks to digital, you can take dozens of shots and choose the best ones.. Try several different angles, levels and poses.
 
Have patience, patience, patience. Enjoy this time with your pet. When you or your dog has had enough... quit! There’s always another day. Better still, call me! I would love to photograph your dog.

About the Author

Lowell Brown, Founder of TorontoBarks.com, is the CEO of Toronto based web site design company Insight Design & Communications. Lowell's passion for dogs started at an early age and have been in his family most of his life.

Lowell created the TorontoBarks web site to provide dog owners a better way to find local resources and information for their loyal pets and allow them to interact with local pet professionals and each other in a social networking environment.

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