What are the shooting skills of pet photography?

Lead: What are the shooting skills of pet photography? Shooting a pet is similar to shooting a person: eyes, posture and movements are the key points to be captured by the camera. But small animals don't move according to people's requirements, so they need to be patient, respect them and love them. Come and have a look with me!

What are the shooting skills of pet photography? First, look at it, look straight into the camera and grab your eyes.

Eye contact is a creative focus that needs special attention in photography creation. Through your eyes, you can reveal different emotional characteristics. Looking directly at the camera, in eye contact, the audience can experience more inner feelings of the pet. Adopt the height of eye level with the pet's eyes, anthropomorphic portrait shooting, black background effectively highlights the main body, EOS 700D imaging is delicate.

EOS 700D speed: 1/250s aperture F 16.0 ISO: 100 focal length: 55mm.

The large aperture can perfectly blur the background, make the chaotic and complicated scenery blend with each other, and create a fairy-tale dream feeling.

EOS 5D Mark II speed:1125s aperture F2.8 ISO:400 focal length: 1 10 mm.

Put the pet in a specific environment and set it off in harmony; Natural light shooting, soft light makes the picture warmer.

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/30s aperture F4.0 ISO:500 focal length: 24mm.

Keep a good distance between the camera and the pet when shooting, and use a zoom lens with a medium telephoto range to shoot, so that the framing is more flexible and it is easier to shoot shy pets.

EOS 5D Mark III speed: 1/320s aperture F4.0 ISO:2000 focal length: 300mm.

Tips: Focusing is one of the keys to affect the clarity of photos. When shooting pets, it is recommended to focus around the eyes in order to shoot images full of vitality and vitality.

Second, tremble, fool around and scream.

It's not easy to pat a pet. If we don't play cards according to common sense, they always make us love and hate. In fact, why don't you seize the opportunity, pick up the camera and take these pictures? Crazy? Pets in the state will have some fun! In order to capture the instantaneous motion of the pet, you need enough shutter speed to concentrate the image. Turning on the continuous shooting function can improve the shooting success rate. The continuous shooting rate of EOS 5D Mark III is 6 frames per second, so it is easy to grasp the shutter timing.

EOS 5D Mark III speed:11000s aperture F3.5 ISO: 100 focal length: 200mm.

Keep the camera with you at all times, and wait patiently to get a chance to take wonderful photos. The funny expression of pet yawning will definitely make you laugh.

Eo5d Mark II speed: 1/400s aperture f6.3siso: 640 focal length: 400mm.

Capturing the playful expressions and movements of pets requires patient observation. After a long observation, you can probably predict what they will do next. This is a good time to press the shutter.

EOS 7D speed: 1/250s aperture f8.0siso:1000 focal length: 10mm.

Capturing pets in the splash makes the image more tense and brings strong visual impact.

EOS 7D speed: 1/800s aperture F5.6 ISO:800 focal length: 700mm.

Third, good friends, good friends, many pets shoot

In fact, pet photography need not be limited to a fixed shooting mode. Let it go hand in hand with its friends, have fun and have more fun. It's best to take photos outdoors around 10 am or 4 pm, because natural light is the best at this time, and with a large aperture, you can get the effect of shallow depth of field.

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/640s aperture F2.8 ISO: 100 focal length: 1 15mm.

It is not easy for several pets to pose together, and they will soon lose patience. To take a perfect photo, you need to be sensitive to the state of each pet, guide them properly and get rid of them.

Eo5d Mark II speed: 1/640s aperture F5.6 ISO: 100 focal length: 200mm.

A good way to be creative is to put the subjects in a suitable environment and let them decide what to do.

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/500s aperture f4.0siso:100 focal length: 200mm.

Simple and clean pictures, casual and natural shooting.

Eo5d Mark II speed:1160s aperture F3.5 ISO:200 focal length: 120mm.

Fourth, jump, Meng Chong.

When taking jumping photos, both individuals and pets can take wonderful and interesting photos. It is easier to pat a dog than a cat. When it turns from static, it can lock the focus, track and shoot the running dog, and show its vigorous posture.

Eo5d Mark II speed:11250s aperture F5.6 ISO:400 focal length: 35mm.

In order to increase the interest, you can try shooting at a low angle or even close to the ground. The extremely close shooting distance and the application of wide-angle lens can obtain exaggerated visual effects and take more jumping photos.

Eo5d Mark II speed: 1/2500s aperture f8.0siso: 400 focal length: 12mm.

For dogs, the focus of shooting is to highlight its cuteness. You can use some toys to shoot the naughty moments of dogs playing.

EOS 5D Mark III speed:11000s aperture f 6.3 iso:200 focal length: 130mm.

When shooting, we can take more photos in impassable scenes to get high-quality images. If you can't focus accurately, you can try to improve your sensitivity.

Eo5d Mark II speed:11000s aperture F8.0 ISO:400 focal length: 12mm (left) Eo5d Mark II speed:11250s aperture F8.0ISO:160.

Five, two little guesses with children.

Photos of pets with children reflect more than simple pet photography. When shooting, try to make the subject more relaxed and show intimate moments. Ingeniously arrange pictures and tell their stories; Backlight shooting adds a halo to children and dogs.

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/500s aperture F2.2 ISO:200 focal length: 135mm.

It takes patience to wait for the true personality of pets and children, and the large aperture effectively avoids the clutter of the background when shooting.

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/320s aperture F2.2 ISO: 160 focal length: 135mm.

Sometimes, if you have the right posture, you can catch the pet's thorn. Is it funny?

EOS 5D Mark II speed: 1/320s aperture F2.8 ISO:250 focal length: 180mm.

When shooting, you can try to use fences, windows and so on. As a composition element, as a frame in the picture, it increases the level of the picture.

EOS 5D Mark II speed:1160s aperture F2.0 ISO:500 focal length: 50mm.