Nope, not Christmas, it’s a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan. You met this little Maltese sweetie in Who’s Your Daddy with her Doberman house brother, Buc, but here she is all by herself. This is another example of using a prop, in this case cheerleader pom poms, to confine your subject. Obviously the paper can’t hold [...]
Look at her. Can’t you hear her telling you her desires? Perched upon the apple crate for a better view of the studio, she’s making her demands. In reality, Lola was one of the easiest cats ever to photograph. She arrived with her Greyhound house mate and milled about until it was her turn.
If you [...]
It may be autumn but in southern Louisiana it’s difficult to tell. Sugar is a testament to our warm weather in her lovely summery dress – worn especially for her portrait. We love these little dogs who pretty much watched the crazy photog go through her paces and reacted with bright eyes, perked ears and [...]
Can’t we all just get along? Come on, that’s funny …
These two darlings just couldn’t have shown more contrast. One so very white I worried about blowing out her coat and one so dark I worried about lighting her coat. This is what to try. Put your dark coated subject on the key light side, [...]
Today the topic is photographing eyes. If you are trying to get a nice photograph of a shaggy-around-the-eyes dog, you want to make some preparation. Unless my subject is an Old English Sheepdog, whose eyes are supposed to be hidden, I try to make a point of having the human companion do a trim around [...]
You see what I mean about posing to accent a certain quality? Yes, you would have seen Fritz’s entire length had I posed him broadside to the camera, but this gentles a more contrived angle, in my opinion. Yet we see his length in spades. I’ve always loved this portrait. Even his tiny tongue is [...]
The following excerpt is taken from a talk I gave about pet photography, for those who have asked me about my set-up. Refer to the diagram at the right for further explanation. No secrets here .
I only use the two backdrop lights for shooting on white to avoid shadows and greying. Otherwise [...]
Come on, admit it. Sisters Pet Pics gets the prize for the most adorable creatures in our studio. This little girl almost breaks the cute mold, doesn’t she? Rhome has found herself in a home with other Chihuahua mixes and a woman who understands them.
Chihuahuas, for those of you who don’t know any, will break [...]
This is Madison. Some people think Poodles are more like humans than other breeds of dogs. I’ve never lived with one…I couldn’t say. But they do look at you like they know what you’re saying. The control group at my house look at me like they don’t care what I’m saying. Got some petting, tickling, [...]
You’ve met our Frida before. Befitting of her stature, hers was the first photo posted on this blog, Let’s Talk About Frida Kahlo. Although she’s kind of new to us – we adopted her about 2½ years ago – this week was the first presentation of her senior-ness. We knew she had a little age [...]
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