Great Looking Family Photography With Pets

Suggestion For Terrific Looking Family Portraits With Household Pets

 

 

 

Family group portrait of men and the boys in San Antonio Texas.

Video of family photo at Lake McQueeney Texas outside of San Antonio.

Here are some tips that help you in order to get some great family pictures.

We really love our family and children’s photos. They do such nice, cute, and funny things. They are more often than not, an integral part of our family. As such, you probably want to capture your beloved family members with very good pictures. What if, when you go to take those ideal pet portraits, they run and hide, or simply won’t cooperate? In this article we give some great tips to help you next time you choose that family photo or child picture.

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Top Steps to Family Photography With Your Pets

1. The first and most crucial step that will help the best is training. Your pet does not need to enroll for a 4-year pet school education with an online dog picture heralding his success, but some simple commands will help. Quick commands like stand, stay, lay down or sit are simple to teach, with some fortitude added, and will likely assist in taking your pet pictures.

2. Awaking a pet out of a deep sleep and forcing him to face a camera will not give you good results. If you wish to take pictures of your pet, try to take photos while they are playing or kicking back by that nicely lit window. It’s a good suggestion to have your camera nearby at all times, not just one moment when you decide now is the time to have pet portraits. Get some time along with it.

3. Utilizing natural lighting is recommended. If enough, do not use your flash. Pets often times didn’t like the flash of a camera; they are able to learn to squint or run away when they see that camera come out.

4. If your pet is already camera-shy, opt for being as highly discreet as possible by not making it so obvious to your pet that you are up to something. Of course, with a cat this can be easier considering the attention span of a cat, but then again, they can be more wise to your ways, realizing that you are indeed up to something … it all depends on the personality of the pet. You can get a great expressional dog photo just by saying the right word, in the right tone of voice, to a dog, but nice try with a cat.

Choose a nice, advanced shot of your cat if he’s a snob. (Bear in mind, you want to capture the essence of your pet in the absolute best ‘light’ possible. If your cat does not fit that stereotype, a relaxed, playful or ‘polite’ look is great. That’s applies not just to cats, however, dogs and whatnot too … well, maybe not if your pet is … oh, a snake perhaps.

5. If you are looking for that discreet or playful look, look to a friend or family member to help. A string with catnip or honeysuckle works exceptional for a cat, squeaky toys work well with dogs.

6. Stay patient. If you are getting frustrated, time to take a rest. It should be a fun, enjoyable time. You want to remember your pet … not the day you worked up a sweat, dusted the floor with your clothes, banged your knee, and chewed out your kids or whatever else making an effort to get that perfect dog photo. Additionally, your pets can pick up on your stress and they may start to associate that camera, or how YOU act with that camera with a bad time … like teenagers during family portrait time … NOT REALLY fun generally.

7. Take your household pets coloring into consideration when choosing backgrounds. The less ‘busy’ the scene, the better, as well.

Family Photography: Don’t Stress Out Your Pets

Remember; do not put strain on your pet to face the camera. If you do want a shot looking closely into the camera, best way to achieve this is by first getting the camera and crop prepared. Once ready to ‘snap’, a louder, unusual sound just well before shooting, works best for dogs. A soft, quiet sound, works best for felines to get their awareness.

Most of all see it as fun, not a chore and before you know it you’ll have awesome looking perfect pet portraits of your pet and probably other pets also!

Be prepared to take a great deal of bad photos to get a really excellent one. It will certainly be better if you use a digital camera. With a digital camera you have lots of room for trial and error. You will definitely be able to decide on your favorites and dispose the rest. Of course, that can be a problem too. If you are nearly anything like me, you dislike to get rid of any photos of your pet.

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