By :
Mark Etinger
Pet photography has been a popular American pastime since the birth of photography. It is particularly popular among unmarried women, weirdos who get along with animals better than people, and photography buffs. Even if you don't fall into one of these fringe groups you can still have quite a lark by dressing up your pet and photographing them. The first thing you are going to want to do is go online and choose from any number of cheap digital cameras. Photographic technology has become a lot cheaper, more advanced, and easier to use in the past ten years. Buying cheap digital cameras online is easy, and with a digital camera you can upload your adorable animal pictures straight to your computer for the world to see. You should also get some camera accessories. Different lights, filters, lenses, and other camera accessories can be the difference between run of the mill pet photographs and Internet fame worthy pet photographs. Who knows, your cat could be the next Maru (the online cat phenomenon from Japan who has taken American by storm). Make sure you also get some camera lenses. You will want to use different camera lenses for the various photoshoots you create for your pet. Go online and read a bit about how the camera and optics work together to get a better idea of how to design your shoot.Now we are ready to start making some pet photographs. There are two types of pet photography: staged and free form. For free form pet photography, just take your cheap digital camera and follow your pet around. Try to live a day in his or her life. Walk a mile in your animal's paws. Anytime it looks like it is about to do something cute start, snapping photos. Even boring everyday pet stuff like sleeping, eating, and being confused by the mirror can be photographic gold.For stage pet photography you need a bit more prep work. First you will need to build a costume for your pet. You can make this out of dollar store items or bits of your old Halloween costumes. Make sure to work with your pets natural attributes. If you have a white mouse, dress him up like a little scientist. If you have a big dog, dress him up like Godzilla. Once your pet is dressed up, snap some pictures of it doing its thing in front of a green screen. Then take these pictures and use Photoshop or other design software to fill in the background. You will have some impressive pet photographs in no time.
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