Took My First Crack At Dog Photography

[Noobtastic14]

I think they came out very well!!

although my thoughts- Diffused lighting is very good for this situation, your not casting harsh shadows on he legs/lower portions.

Keep in mind your elements of composition, dogs are hard because they never stop moving (even while standing) and when they do move its very quick with lots of motion. Keep your shutter speed a click or two faster to lose some of the blur seen in a handful of the photos.

The two things i would always do for pets, would be 1) be at or below their eye level and 2) do not use flash unless it is a diffused flash or bounce flash off a nearby surface.

i dont know your photography experience- do you know the elements of composition?

-Drew

[Big P]

I think they came out very well!!

although my thoughts- Diffused lighting is very good for this situation, your not casting harsh shadows on he legs/lower portions.

Keep in mind your elements of composition, dogs are hard because they never stop moving (even while standing) and when they do move its very quick with lots of motion. Keep your shutter speed a click or two faster to lose some of the blur seen in a handful of the photos.

The two things i would always do for pets, would be 1) be at or below their eye level and 2) do not use flash unless it is a diffused flash or bounce flash off a nearby surface.

i dont know your photography experience- do you know the elements of composition?

-Drew

Yea I agree one thing I thought of doing was getting 2 stand alone flashes then bouncing the flashes off of a reflector. The light was so pore that day that when I sped up the shutter and turned off the flash the pics turned out horrible So I didnt really know what to do. I was forchinat enof to get a couple shots by slowing the shutter turning the flash off and zooming in from across the yard. 800 by 600 it looks grate but larger and you can see some blur. The camera I used was a fuji film s5000 its no D series canon it still has a 3 ccd capture devise tho. I think If I fixed my lighting issue I could speed up the shutter and concentrate more on composition

I took a lot of the pics at eye level as well so Im thinking next time useing a fish eye lens and getting the camera even lower for the action shots.