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