Photography Tips for a Great Pet Painting

So you have decided to get your favourite pet immortalised in pet portrait or oil painting and now you want to prepare your photographs to be submitted to the chosen artist and you are wondering how best to photograph your fine feathered or furry friend.

Paramount to the success of any painting is the foundation work of understanding your subject, so having good reference photos from different angles is keyto achieving a great likeness of your faithful companion.

If you decide to commission an artist remotely located, then you are goingto need a good quality photo of your pet, as artists who work remotely don'thave your pet in real life to sketch from.

So in order to prepare a great shot then there a few tips you should follow, that will set you on the right path. Remember the better the photos you supply the better image the artist is going to have in their mind. Naturally any kind of special personality traits or favourite habits or tricks are also going to prove to be helpful as the painter needs as much information as you can supply to truly capture the spirit of your pet.

Make sure you do not use flash photography unless your pet has dark fur. Camera flash tends to flatten details, so it is best to photograph your pet outside in natural sunlight.

Also make sure your pet is close up for a few shots or head shots so that the facial detail is as clear as possible as well. Just like humans, animals havea different left side of their face when compared to the right side. Differences may be minimal, but this is the sort of important information the artist needs to be aware of, if a good likeness is to be portrayed.
Author : Greg Gillespie

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How to Become a Photographer - Teach Myself?

In other articles I have recently written about how to become a photographer I have mentioned the option of teaching yourself. Many people out there on the internet insist that you have to get a photography degree or at least take a few classes. Well, I did take classes and I do not remember much about them. If you are like me and you no longer have time to take classes or simply learn better on your own, than you are in luck. You can learn how to become a photographer on your own and become a professional photographer.

Where Should a Novice Start?

1 The best place to start is with your camera. Take lots of pictures to see how they turn out. Read the user manual you got with your camera to learn about all of its functions. Test all of those functions and try to memorize them. You will need to know exactly how you camera works as you go about taking a lot more pictures. If you do not have a digital camera than this would be an excellent time to get one. Technology changes so fast you can now get a really decent digital camera for a fraction of what it would have cost just a few years age. Try to get one with at least 4 MP.

2 Go to the book store or library to get books on beginner photography. You can even get some great books online in PDF form if you want to save paper. Learn about digital SLRs even if you can not get one now (they are pricy). In many ways they work the same as the inexpensive ones, you just do not have as much control with the cheap cameras as you would with the DSLRs.

1 If you are in this to make a career move or just some extra cash than I would also recommend learning all you can about becoming a stock photographer? It is a great field for people that are just starting out to make some money. Stock photography is a bit different than other types so you will need to study it before you can start.

If you are ready to learn how to become a photographer than follow the above advice. Do not get overwhelmed if a book or article is over your head. There is a definite vocabulary involved when talking about photography. Just keep reading different books. It will all start to make sense.

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