Pets are the second most popular subjects for photography after children. Utilizing these tips can lead you to clicking the perfect shots of your pets. A long range lens of 80 to 200mm size offers ease of use and is hence better suited to click pets.
A comfortable distance to click good pictures of the pet without scaring him away is achievable only by using a telephoto lens. If a pet is aware of what you are up to, it will not stay natural for photography. If the photographer clicks the pet from his level, he would get a great picture. Since most of the pets are smaller than us we would have to get down on our hands and knees to get a good picture. The results would be worth the effort in particular if the pet is looking straight in the lens.
Being quick and ready is important if you are to click your pet. The pet must be pre focused and the exposure pre-set to be ready for the shot. Refocusing or resetting the metering shouldn't be done.
Pet photography can get easy exposure settings. A light meter should be used or else the auto mode for such an effect. Bracketing is important for anyone who owns a very dark or a white animal.
To click a white pet, after taking the meter reading open up one or two f stops. A lower f stop by one or two stops would capture better darker shades while clicking a darker pet.
The answer to where the focus needs to be is very easy. To get a good picture, focus on the eye and no one would notice the focusing on the rest of the pet. When we keep the eye in focus we ensure an appealing picture.
Dark fur or feathers surrounding a dark eye make it important to click the pet's eye with a highlight in it. This is possible by either turning on a light in the room or turning the pet's face to the sun. Your pet's photo can turn from awesome to bad because of the background. Try positioning your pet in front of a plain background. Getting a picture with the pet standing out needs a less cluttered background.
Finally, it is a good idea to have a friend nearby when you plan to click your pet. Good pictures of your pet would be possible when your friend has it distracted. If your pet is the curious kinds that trails you wondering what you are doing then this is a great help. Using these tips coupled with patience your pet pictures would be perfect!