Pet dog photography skills

Facing pets, everyone has no resistance to them, canvas prints holding the camera just want to take the loveliest side. They are hyperactive and do not completely follow your command, resulting in erratic movement and difficulty in shooting, either because the image is not in focus or because the snap is not cute enough.

How to take a clear picture of your pet

The virtual picture is always a common problem in pet photography. The main reason is that the shutter speed is not fast enough or the focus is not accurate. So what are the operational aspects of using a camera?

1. Open the high-speed shutter to capture the dynamic moment

The difficulty of taking a picture of a pet is that their movements vary, acrylic prints often as soon as you are ready to press the shutter; they suddenly get up and so on. If the shutter speed is not fast enough, there is no way to clearly freeze the moment. For active pets, it is recommended to use TV shutter priority in most cases, with shutter speed at least 1/1000s, to ensure that the speed is fast enough to cope with various sudden movements.

2. Use high-speed continuous photography to improve the success rate of photos

Tip1. For pets in shooting activities, such as running and playing dogs, it is recommended to use high-speed continuous shooting and choose AI SERVO for continuous focusing. This can better improve the success rate of shooting.

Tip2. When shooting pets with a relatively small range of motion, you can choose to focus on a single point, as this will allow you to control the position of focus more accurately. It should be noted that focusing is one of the key factors that can affect the clarity of a picture. Only by focusing on the eyes can a pet be photographed in a more spiritual way.

Tip3, if there is no time for detailed Settings, you can combine the function of the camera to photograph, for example I used the Canon EOS 77 d, although is an entry-level DSLR, but completely with the professional experience and shooting performance, pets can be directly choose sport mode, filming phase to shoot at high speed and continuous autofocus, and provide a faster shutter speed.

3, add exposure compensation screen more fresh

Because pet hair color is all different, such as pure black or pure white cat dog, because the camera automatic metering error, it is easy to lead to the picture of too exposure or too dark, so you have to be white plus black minus formula appropriate exposure compensation. For example, when shooting pure black pets, you can slightly reduce the exposure compensation and the original exposure value. On the contrary, shooting pure white pets, appropriate increase exposure compensation, can better show the pet bright fur color. Most of the pets that the owners keep are mostly light-colored, so in order to make the picture more fresh, the exposure compensation can be increased appropriately.

Taking clear pictures is the basis of taking pictures, and then you need to master the following skills if you want to take good pictures of pets and whether they can restore their cute and lovely characteristics.

1. Shooting Angle

The best way to shoot a pet is from a low Angle. Instead of seeing the pet from the same Angle, shooting from an equal Angle will look more natural. However, in order to obtain such a perspective, the photographer has to lie on his stomach, regardless of posture, which is not very convenient. Therefore, the camera with the flip screen design is too practical in this case. By touching the flip screen with EOS 77D, you only need to flip the screen upward, which can conquer various angles and make shooting more convenient.

2. Choose medium and long focal length to maintain appropriate distance

Usually the closer you get to the subject, the more intense the shot, but if you do this with your pet, you won't always be successful. The distance between you and your pet is important because some pets will turn their head or get up uncomfortably when you approach them with a camera. It is suggested that you can choose the zoom lens with medium and long focal length, which is more flexible for shooting.

3. Background selection

The choice of background must give priority to with concise, had better have certain color, for example green meadow, can let pet more outstanding. But what if the environment is too cluttered?

Tip1: turn on the large aperture and through the shallow depth of field effect brought by the large aperture lens, blur the messy background and highlight the pet.

Tip2: use the middle telephoto end to open the aperture as wide as possible. When shooting, the camera is close to the pet. The pet is far away from the background, and the background can be blurred to some extent.

4. Remote shooting, easy to capture natural moments

When we take pictures with our cameras, even if it is quiet, they will inevitably find us and avoid the lens. There's no other way to get closer than using a medium telephoto lens to capture at a distance. You can also use the Camera remote shooting function, such as Canon's Camera, which is very convenient to operate. You only need to download App: Camera Connect in the phone, and then you can take remote shooting through the wireless connection between the phone and the Camera. Interact with your pet more easily, capturing the most natural moments in the process.

In fact, to sum up, the main purpose of photographing pets is to ensure that they can be clearly photographed and cute, and can show their lively and adorable characteristics. The two main things you need to do to get a good shot are the camera Settings, the Angle Settings, and the background. As long as you love your pet, it's not hard to do. Of course, if you really feel a little bit laborious shooting dynamic, you can also wait for the pet to sleep or quiet to start, I believe you will gradually realize the fun of pet shooting.