Dog Photography for Dummies

by Kim Rodgers, Sarah Sypniewski

Tips and tricks for capturing your canine's personality with every click of the cameraSimply snapping a picture may not capture the playfulness or spontaneity of a dog. Knowing what kind of equipment, angle, and composition to use while photographing a dog can make all the difference in the character captured in the photo. "Dog Photography For Dummies" gives you practical and fun guidance for capturing your dog's personality and turning ordinary shots into priceless memories that will last a lifetime.

Covering all the latest and greatest gadgets and accessories available to capture and alter photos of your favorite pooch, "Dog Photography For Dummies" offers techniques that amateurs and intermediates alike can use to improve their photography skills. This hands-on guide features great examples of dog portraiture, plus tons of ideas for fun new places to pose your furry friend, such as the beach, the park, the car, in the snow, and more.Detailed discussions of color versus black-and-white, indoors versus outdoors, composition, and capturing movementAdvice on how to get a dog to sit stillConsiderations for photographing a shy dog who is scared of the cameraGuidance on making the most of natural lightTips for photographing dogs with black (or dark) coatsHow to photograph people and dogs together

Whether for decorating, memories, or holiday cards, "Dog Photography For Dummies" makes it easy to capture the best of your four-legged friend.

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First published September 20, 2011

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this out from my local library, but am now planning to purchase this book. Regardless of what I use my camera for this book gave me some great tips and specific information on things I knew nothing about. I am in the dog business so using tips about working with dogs is also helpful for me. I would recommend this to anyone even interested in starting to take photos.

[David Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book I read to research this post was Dog Photography For Dummies by Sarah Sypniewski which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. This book looks at how to take a good photo of your dog & also has a little bit on editing and printing your photo. In addition for those wanting to make dog photography a business, there is stuff on that too. She suggests you always carry your camera with you as you never know when a photo opportunity presents itself. If you are taking action shots of a dog put the camera on auto shoot and try to pan the camera on the dog. A good trick for panning the camera is focus on a small part of the subject like the eyes or collar and try to follow that. Of course also use a tripod. If you are buying a digital camera the number of megapixels of resolution on a new one is unimportant as it normally is high enough for any practical uses. Nowadays they go from 12 megapixels upwards. A more important factor is the size of the photo sensor which can improve the detail of the shot. If you are looking at editing your photos an excellent free program called picassa can be downloaded from http://picassa.google.com Many people use Photoshop Elements for editing and Photoshop Lightroom is useful for archiving your photos on your hard drive and if you just adjust light levels in photos. I use both of them programs. There are also photo sharing websites like http://flickr.com & many people like to use social networking sites like Facebook. Finally if you are looking to start a dog photography business there is a business plan for that at
http://bplans.com.