How to take a pet photo? What are the photography skills?

Lively animals won't wait for you to shoot, so you should know their habits before shooting, and you can capture them with the help of equipment and camera settings. So, how can we take good photos of pets?

First, the medium and short lens is suitable for indoor shooting. Most pets have a good relationship with their owners and will not run away because they are too close. Therefore, the requirements for the focal length of the lens are not high, and the indoor space is limited, so it is perfect to use short-focus shooting. Using short and medium focus photography can collect more picture elements, thus better reflecting the environment and setting off the atmosphere, and also providing photographers with more creative space.

When shooting pets indoors, you should master the skills of accurate focusing, shutter speed and white balance. )

Matters needing attention in indoor pet shooting

1. Because the indoor light is insufficient, it is necessary to increase the sensitivity and shutter speed appropriately.

2. If the light is really not ideal, it is recommended to shoot in front of the window or under the light to get better picture quality.

3. Use a tripod to keep it stable and ensure a clear picture.

Second, the large aperture of the fixed-focus lens is suitable for low-light shooting. There is no doubt that it is also a very difficult problem to shoot a clear picture in low light environment, so the fixed focus lens is an indisputable choice. The reason is that the fixed-focus lens has a large aperture and high imaging quality, which is incomparable to other lenses.

When shooting, the large aperture can not only blur the background and make the subject stand out, but also increase the light input of the camera and increase the shutter speed, which will bring greater protection for shooting clear and stable pictures in low light environment. This is also the reason for choosing a fixed focus lens in low light environment.

(Fixed focus lens can get good picture quality)

Using a large aperture not only improves the shutter speed, but also blurs the background. )

Third, the shutter priority mode facilitates shooting at a safe shutter speed. The lively and lovely appearance of pets is very pleasing, but it also brings inconvenience to photography, because as long as they are not careful, they will "slip away" regardless of the photographer's existence.

There is a trick when shooting, that is, you need to use the shutter priority mode, that is, set the shutter speed to the safe shutter speed (the safe shutter speed is the lowest shutter speed that people can ensure a clear picture when shooting with their hands), so as to capture the wonderful moments when pets play or exercise.

(Use the shutter to capture the moment when the dog flies to the camera at a faster speed)

Matters needing attention when using shutter priority

1. If you want to capture a good photo, it is suggested that continuous shooting mode and shutter priority mode be used together, which can obtain a good continuous shooting effect.

2. Appropriately reducing the exposure of 0.3-0.7 can make the picture more layered.

Fourthly, using high-speed continuous shooting to improve the shooting success rate. Shooting running and frolicking pets usually requires a shutter speed above 1/500 s. When shooting, you can set the shooting mode to shutter priority, set the high-speed shutter above1/500, and turn on the high-speed continuous shooting function. Then, according to the light condition, the ISO value is appropriately increased to ensure the required shutter speed. In this way, you can get a series of wonderful shots just like shooting a short film. In actual shooting, you can take multiple photos continuously, and then choose one or more successful photos to save.

(Tell continuous shooting that the chances of getting a successful picture effect are higher. )

Verb (the abbreviation of verb) captures the wonderful moment of pet with proper focus mode. Because pets are lively and active, in order to avoid the problem that they will move again after focusing successfully, it is suggested to set the focusing mode directly to AF-C continuous servo autofocus (Nikon) /AI.

Servo artificial intelligence servo autofocus (Canon) mode, so that when the pet moves, the camera can automatically refocus.

(Using autofocus mode to capture the funny expression of dog hair when it is blown by the wind 2)

Sixth, the head-up angle is more natural. Because of the height problem of pets, pets are generally observed from above, so when shooting the same content, the vision is always dull.

So when shooting, you can try to shoot from a head-up angle, which will get a good picture effect. Usually, the angle allows us to look at it from a new angle, and the pets photographed from the head-up angle will appear more cordial, natural and prominent in the picture.

(The head-up angle brings us closer to pets, and the picture is more natural. )

Matters needing attention in head-up shooting

1, when shooting, you can try to squat down or put your pet in a higher position to get the intimacy shown in the head-up picture.

2. It is suggested to give pets a toy or food and put them in the toy, so that the photos taken will be more natural.

Seven, soft light shows pet fur details. If you want to show the fur details or textures of pets, it is recommended to use soft light. Soft light shooting can make the picture more natural without strong light ratio and obvious shadow, so it is more suitable for showing pet fur.

Note that if you don't pay attention to the correct metering when shooting, you may be overexposed.

The use of soft light makes the picture more transparent, which shows the details and texture of dog hair well.

Matters needing attention in photographing pets in soft light

1, set the sensitivity to ISO 100-200 to ensure high image quality. However, if the light is insufficient and the shutter speed is too low, the sensitivity or aperture should be increased appropriately.

2. In order to show the details of pet fur, appropriately increase the exposure compensation of 0.3-0.7.

Eight, shooting beautiful burrs in the backlight. The furry appearance of pets is really cute. Using backlight shooting, it is easy to illuminate the hair on the edge of their bodies, thus forming a strong transparent effect. Try to choose a dark background when shooting, so as to show the feeling of clear fluff.

(Reducing exposure compensation will darken the background, thus highlighting the hairy fur of the backlit cat.)