Pet photography shooting tips

Owners are charmed by pet’s cute and lovely, they willing to clean up a "mess" for them and enjoy them. For pet photography is a very interesting thing, but if you want to make the good is not an easy thing. Pets will not pose in front of your camera darling, the opposite is that they may be jumping up and down. If you want to capture their lovely face and figure by a brute force alone is not enough! Below introduce some pet photography skills, hope can help you to take high quality photos of your pet.

1. Before shooting

Pet is the leading role of the film, of course, if you want to show a better side of pet, might as well before shooting, collocation good to bathe a pet shape, make it looks lovelier. You can also prepare some snacks and toys, like a Frisbee, pellets, when outdoor shooting pets can also be vigorous figure in the movement. If taken in the home, shooting environment is also very important, want beautiful picture at least the environment cannot too mixed and disorderly, concise to burn; Home of the light is also an indispensable condition for pet photography, as far as possible the environment brightness higher, when we use the SLR photography, bright environment more suitable for capture of pet action, expression. If in outdoor filming, the key is the control of the light. Noon or the light is strong, the time is not suitable for shooting, braving the details of the shooting will lose pet hair. The best shooting time is before 10 o 'clock in the morning or after 4 PM, sunlight is soft but bright moments.

2. Filming equipment selection

Pet active and lively, with SLR photography can cope with them uncertain transformation attitude, so want to choose a high quality and strong practical SLR focus, such as carrying 24.2 million pixels APS - C format CMOS sensor of the EOS 80 d. Canon EOS 80 d45 high-precision automatic focus. The excellence of the EOS 80 d is not only on the quality, it USES all pixels dual-core af, all 45 points cross af system. Cross sensors make 45 to focus all can reach high precision, with 7 / SEC shoot, both capture pets can freely control the expression or action.

The choice of the lens IS recommended to use zoom lens, such as the Canon EF 24-70 - mm f / 2.8 L II unsharp mask, the Canon EF 70-200 - mm f / 2.8 L IS II unsharp mask. Zoom lens is able to deal with change, details like pets running distance expression or view a variety of factors, such as a higher flexibility and practicability. At the same time choose large aperture lens can bring hazy background blur and beautiful light and shadow, pets can be highlighted and fusion of natural be in harmony with the environment. In the environment of the light is not enough, under the condition of large aperture can also supplement the dark into the light, to improve the shooting conditions?

3. Activity union snap shots

With the handy shooting equipment, we must learn shooting method. First understand their pets personality characteristics, to determine the camera's shooting mode, the light is bright and shooting pets or sleeping can determine the pet will not fast moving mode, you can use the aperture priority mode, using large aperture of pet.

4. The AV mode static of pet

If it is a very active pets, or run to capture playing outdoors, the speed will need to use the priority mode. They move rapidly changing, often at the moment to press the shutter, suddenly getting up or jump, this time if the shutter speed is not fast enough, there was no way to condensation moment live pets.

5. TV mode of pet

It is best to use SERVO aft (AL SERVO) artificial intelligence; this model is suitable for movement of your subject, but also able to track high speed close to your subject. Set up is simple and convenient, click of the AF button on the top of the 80 d shoulder screen, can be directly in shoulder screen shows three focus mode, toggle dial to select AL SERVO mode.

6. Focus mode setting

Also need to be taken when open the function of shoot, 80 d to 7 / SEC shoot, ensure the clear degree. Also have mute continuous shooting mode, and mute shoot the rise and fall of reflector and the return of the shutter is slower than general when shooting, so can bring 3 copies/SEC shoot, pets can use mute playing shoot don't disturb it.

7. Lead and shooting Angle

Of spoil the diminutive figure, let we have to put a low Angle, most have a shot and the Angle of the parallel is even lower. Sprawled shooting posture not beautiful, not only can keep for a long time. Recommend using turn on the camera screen + live view, high and low Angle can be easily accomplished. Some pets are naturally shy, not habit and fear in the face of the lens, or are attracted by other things and ignore the master's call, please don't be discouraged at this moment, at this moment is one of the best timing to shot them. Taps of pet can quietly in the distance, as if into its world. Is another way to interact with the 'pet, take it like snacks to guide it, to make it look more lovely. Interactive process is also the master and pets together the most happy time, masters is also attracted by their lovely expression, is it very precious recorded with a camera? Shooting method and suitable equipment to share with you love pets, I hope everyone can shoot the photos of the memorial significance。