05/09/2022
📸 Capturing your beloved canine on camera can be difficult, although it can also be highly entertaining and produce a picture to treasure forever.
It's a process of trial and error that varies depending on your dog's temperament, the equipment you have, and the environments you can shoot in. 🙌
We've rounded up some tips suitable for non-professionals looking to snap at home. As with any photography, a digital camera is a real boon but, where we can, we've shared some tips for smartphone users too. Check them out below 👇
1. Find the right lighting
Your camera needs light to build an image, so you want to be where there's a lot of it. The sun provides enough luminance to capture your dog in crystal-clear quality. This is why taking your dog for a walk can be a good time to start snapping, with the great outdoors as your studio.
2. How to shoot indoors
When light is more scarce, a high-end camera can really come into its own. This is because their bigger sensors can absorb more light. You can also increase your camera's sensitivity to light, at the cost of a little loss in quality, by raising the ISO level (start at around ISO 800).
3. Use low angles
It's a great idea to focus on your dog's eyes. This will create an expressive photo that viewers will empathize with. Dogs detect with their nose, so try to avoid focusing on your dog's snout and leaving the eyes unfocused if they're sniffing around your lens – we see this happening a lot.
4. Blur out background clutter
If you're shooting from ground level, then you'll pick up anything on the horizon as part of the background. This might look cluttered and distracting. Adjust the aperture of your camera to create a shallow depth of field. This means your dog will be in focus in the foreground while the background will be blurred, pulling focus on to your pet and obscuring unwanted details.
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