Expert tips on taking action photos of pets!
In this blog post, we will cover a few crucial areas when it comes to taking action photos, and photographing your dog in motion, whether running, leaping, or jumping a log. Real-time top tips, learnings, and inspirations from our Learning Journey members and their dogs – whether they’re experienced professionals, or at the beginning of their journey! This is part 1 – as my amazing
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 to pay especially close attention to if you want to create those eye-catching photos you see on social media. With more and more people seeing their pets as their children
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, leaping over a log, flying for a frisbee, or getting that perfect running contact hit in agility. Inspawration Photography is SUPER excited to be welcoming action photographer extraordinaire Chris van
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 editing, the locations you choose, the stories you’re wanting to tell. In this guide, we’ll explore four practical tips to help you uncover your distinct style so you can start
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 challenge aims to extend your editing skills, and your creativity. And there’s prizes! Did I mention there’s prizes? You do NOT need to try and copy my edit exactly, though
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 your light. Recently in the Learning Community, one of our Learning Journey students posted a photo – her first time underexposing, but the highlights were still blown out! If you
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 need to be scary at all? Composition is a bit more subtle than that. It’s what makes a photo feel nice to look at. Composition which is “off”, might make
How to Take Dog Christmas Photos
If you too are looking to take the ultimate Christmas card with your pet this year, you’re in the right spot. In this blog post I’ll share how I took Christmas photos of my two boys, my setup, and my top tips for your best dog Christmas photos! This year in an effort to get a jump on the Christmas photos, I’ve decided to set
How to Choose a Location for Pet Photography
Choosing the perfect location for your pet photos doesn’t have to be difficult. If you’re lucky enough to be able to go “on location”, it can sometimes seem like you can spend hours searching for the perfect location, and find nothing! One question I get a LOT from students – especially during in-person workshops with me, is how on earth do I find these magical places for
How I made it: Dreamy Loki
Pet photos are made up of location, editing, pose, expression, light, and more. Sometimes, when we only see the finished product, it’s hard to know exactly what went into that photo… even when we see a before/after comparison, we don’t get an idea of the full picture*! In this new series (which I hope you’ll love) I want to pull back the curtain to reveal
How to Fix Your White Balance in Pet Photography
What is “White Balance? White balance is how warm or cool, and green or magenta our images are. It can make our photos feel more natural, or can be adjusted for aesthetic reasons. Ideally and generally, we want our photos to have the correct white balance… for me, this means my dog (or subject!) should be the correct colour. Question: When was the last time
Which Camera Do I Buy for Pet Photography?
Updated June 2024 Believe it or not, the question that I often face on Instagram and from many of my students is – ”which camera should I buy for pet photography?” and “what camera do you use?!” (TL;DR: I use the Sony a7iii & Sony 135mm mostly). HOWEVER…! I have always believed that the camera does not make a photograph. No matter how good the
