How to photograph
an animal that won't hold still.
Everything here is about getting a better photograph of your own pet with what you already own. None of it is behind a form, and most of it will not sell you anything.
Written by Max Werner, who runs PetPhotos. More about that
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How to photograph a black dog
Why black coats come out as a dog-shaped hole, and the four changes that put the fur back.
9 min read
How to get a dog to look at the camera
Attention is a resource with a hard limit, and most people spend all of it before the camera is ready.
7 min read
Cat photos at home without a flash
One window, the right hour, and a metre of tidy floor is most of what an indoor cat photograph needs.
7 min read
Why pet photos come out blurry
Motion, focus and shake all look the same on a small screen, and each one has a different fix.
8 min read
Occasions
Pet Christmas card ideas that survive being printed
The card decides the photograph, not the other way round — shape, space for the words, and the December light problem.
8 min read
What to do with the photos after a pet dies
Gathering, backing up and eventually choosing — a practical order for the pictures of an animal who has died.
8 min read
Buying
Do AI pet portraits actually look like your pet?
The honest answer, the four things that most often go wrong, and how to find out before you pay anything.
7 min read
What makes a good photo to upload
Sharp, lit, recent and varied — the short checklist for the photographs that decide how the portraits come out.
7 min read
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