Which camera should I buy for pet photography is the question I get asked the most on my social media. While I don’t like giving specific recommendations because what may be the perfect camera for…
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How to Use Photoshop to Edit Your Pet Photos
If you want to edit photos of dogs or pets, you’ve no doubt come across Adobe Photoshop. It’s a hugely powerful program that can allow you to change colours, move parts of your background around,…
How to get blurry backgrounds in pet photos! (Hint: it’s not through editing!)
If you’re taking photos of pets or dogs, and trying to get those soft, creamy, blurry backgrounds like you see on social media, but they always end up looking busy and detailed, let’s look at…
5 Types of Action Dog Photography & Tips to Capture Them
Everybody knows the classic dog running toward the camera photo, gracefully leaping a log. But there’s so many other action photos and disciplines you can get into! If you love action and want to photograph…
Expert tips on how to photograph dogs in action!
In this blog post, we will cover a few crucial areas when it comes to photographing your dog in action, whether running, leaping, or jumping a log. Real-time top tips, learnings, and inspirations from our…
Taking Better Pet Photos in 2024
If you’re just starting your pet photography journey, to either take photos of your own dog, or you want to become a professional pet photographer in 2024, this is my ultimate guide to areas of photography…
Tips for Photographing Running Dogs!
Taking sharp, in-focus action photos of dogs running has to be one of the most challenging tasks for any pet photographer! But, it’s also amazing to be able to capture a dog in full stride,…
How to Find Your Pet Photography Style
Whether you’re just starting your pet photography journey or you’re thinking of taking clients, you’re probably thinking: “How do I find MY pet photography style?”. Spoiler alert; your style is probably already there, in your…
Deep Green Editing Challenge
Editing green tones in photos can be a huge challenge for pet photographers. To celebrate the launch of our brand new full-length editing tutorial “Dreaming in Green,” we are bringing back an editing challenge! This…
Working with Natural Light in Pet Photos: Background Highlights & Underexposing
Have you ever struggled to deal with highlights (bright spots) behind your subject because it means you have to expose so much that your subject ends up super dark? You might need to think about balancing…
3 Composition Rules For Pet Photography
When you first think about composition in pet photography, you’d probably think about rule of thirds, the golden spiral, or some other mathematically determined pleasing constant. But what if I told you that composition doesn’t…