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Tips For Photographing Dogs - Portraits
lindseyp:
--- Quote from: *Theresa* on September 23, 2009, 05:01:17 PM ---And watch me improve the quality of my tail and ear shots after this guidance :005:.....I think the solid sit/stay whilst trying to get their attention MAY be where we are going wrong...I get them in sit....ace.....I get them to stay....ace....I make a noise to get thier attention and suddnely they are all over me like a rash.....not so ace ::)
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Know the feeling *Theresa* >:(
Thankyou for that excellent advice Nicola......will have to refer back to it a few many times, me thinks ::)
May have to do some homework & research into 'which camera' should be my next one :shades:
cdpops:
Thanks Nicola, really good info here. When my camrea is repaired I will try this.
I have trouble taking pics of Charlie his eyes are dark and he often appears to have none, what can I do to improve this?
Nicola:
--- Quote from: leisl on September 23, 2009, 05:48:39 PM ---I was going to post and say I love that first shot, really clear, then I thought, the next ones really good too and the next and the next.....
You totally deserve the Dog Photographer of the year accolade. They are exception. Well done Nic, and thanks for sharing with us "how it should be done" too.
Lxx
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Aww thank you! :embarassed: :luv:
--- Quote from: Pudding on September 23, 2009, 02:53:24 PM ---what do you use, and what do you think of this one
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I use a Canon EOS 50D and these days mostly a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens although some of the photos on the thread were taken with my old EOS 350D and a variety of lenses. I'll modify the thread to say which camera and lens combos I used for the shots.
I like the Panasonic Lumix cameras, they get very good reviews and when I was in South America last year one of my friends had one and she got some excellent photos with it.
--- Quote from: cdpops on September 23, 2009, 07:07:58 PM ---Thanks Nicola, really good info here. When my camrea is repaired I will try this.
I have trouble taking pics of Charlie his eyes are dark and he often appears to have none, what can I do to improve this?
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It's mostly about lighting, whether you're indoors or out you want to find soft, directional lighting, as said before a bright but overcast day is perfect but if it's a bright day then try to find some soft shade so the light is even. Turn off the built in flash if there is one, you can use fill in flash from a flash gun to give a bit of sparkle and definition to the eyes but as said before try bouncing the flash off the wall or a piece of card rather than aiming it right at him. If your camera allows it you can change the exposure compensation a bit, for a black dog against a lighter background generally you'd want to go between +1/3 and +1 stop which basically means the camera will compensate for the dark subject by adding more light although not all cameras will have enough manual control to let you do this.
cdpops:
--- Quote from: Nicola on September 23, 2009, 08:17:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: leisl on September 23, 2009, 05:48:39 PM ---I was going to post and say I love that first shot, really clear, then I thought, the next ones really good too and the next and the next.....
You totally deserve the Dog Photographer of the year accolade. They are exception. Well done Nic, and thanks for sharing with us "how it should be done" too.
Lxx
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Aww thank you! :embarassed: :luv:
--- Quote from: Pudding on September 23, 2009, 02:53:24 PM ---what do you use, and what do you think of this one
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I use a Canon EOS 50D and these days mostly a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens although the photos on the thread were taken with my old camera and using a variety of lenses. I'll go and modify the thread to say which camera and lens combo I used for the shots.
I like the Panasonic Lumix cameras, they get very good reviews and when I was in South America last year one of my friends had one and she got some excellent photos with it.
--- Quote from: cdpops on September 23, 2009, 07:07:58 PM ---Thanks Nicola, really good info here. When my camrea is repaired I will try this.
I have trouble taking pics of Charlie his eyes are dark and he often appears to have none, what can I do to improve this?
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It's mostly about lighting, whether you're indoors or out you want to find soft, directional lighting, as said before a bright but overcast day is perfect but if it's a bright day then try to find some soft shade so the light is even. Turn off the built in flash if there is one, you can use fill in flash from a flash gun to give a bit of sparkle and definition to the eyes but as said before try bouncing the flash off the wall or a piece of card rather than aiming it right at him. If your camera allows it you can change the exposure compensation a bit, for a black dog against a lighter background generally you'd want to go between +1/3 and +1 stop which basically means the camera will compensate for the dark subject by adding more light although not all cameras will have enough manual control to let you do this.
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Thanks Nicola will have to try this when my cameras fixed.
6thSense:
Something else I would be fascinated to learn is how to photograph black dogs. It's probably lighting again I'm sure. Morgana just seems to disappear sometimes. :shades: Any tips would be appreciated. ;)
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