| Unlike humans, pets are not going to follow | | | | want to make sure you DON'T do is startle the |
| instructions when you're trying to take | | | | animal. No sudden movements or noises. |
| photos of them. For that matter, some humans | | | | These things are most likely going to end up |
| can make pretty lousy subjects as well. So | | | | chasing your subject out of the room in a |
| what do you do in order to get the most out | | | | hurry. You want to be quiet and sneak up on |
| of your pet pictures? The following tips | | | | the subject slowly. This gives you the best |
| aren't some miracle solution, but they will | | | | chance of actually having a subject to |
| help make the job of photographing your | | | | shoot.Action photos are great, but very |
| Fluffy or Fido a little easier.The first | | | | unpredictable when it comes to pets. If you |
| thing you have to understand when | | | | are lucky enough to catch your cat or dog in |
| photographing your pet is it's not going to | | | | the act of playing with some object then |
| do what you want it to do. So getting a | | | | don't wait for him to look at you. Fire |
| "staged" or "posed" photo is not going to be | | | | away. These make for some very interesting |
| possible unless you have a trained animal and | | | | photos.One way to get your pet to perform for |
| good luck in finding one of those. The best | | | | you is to get a family member involved, |
| thing you can hope for when photographing | | | | especially if you have a child or somebody in |
| your pet is the best possible situation that | | | | the family who the pet is very attached to. |
| is going to come about on its own. Having | | | | Many cats and dogs will actually perform |
| said that, there are things you can do to | | | | tricks for certain family members they are |
| help the situation along.For starters, you're | | | | comfortable with. If you can orchestrate the |
| going to have to get down to your pet's level | | | | situation then by all means do it. These |
| in order to photograph it properly. That | | | | will become some of the more interesting and |
| doesn't mean you become a blithering idiot | | | | entertaining photos you are bound to |
| and start drinking out of the toilet. We're | | | | take.When photographing pets, you're going to |
| referring to the angle of the shot. If | | | | probably have more "throw away" photos than |
| you're photographing a small cat, for | | | | good ones because of the nature of the |
| example, you're going to want to bend down to | | | | subject. So make sure you have plenty of |
| the floor in order to shoot the animal, | | | | extra film. The last thing you want is for |
| unless of course it happens to be sitting on | | | | your cat to finally do that trick you were |
| your favorite sofa taking a nap. In either | | | | waiting six hours for and you've run out of |
| case you want the camera to be at eye level | | | | film.These tips are by no means exhaustive, |
| with the pet. If it's possible to get even | | | | but they will get you a good jump on getting |
| lower than the subject, then by all means | | | | the jump on your subject, before your subject |
| give it a shot. This will make for an even | | | | jumps out of the picture. |
| more interesting photo.The next thing you | | | | |