Pet Photography: The Secrets to Creating Authentic Pet Portraits

For those who want to combine their passion for both animals and photography, pet photography is the perfect solution. Photographing pets can be a fun-filled and incredibly rewarding experience, but it has its challenges, as well. Like any kind of portraiture, there is both technical knowledge and aesthetic skill to acquire, including knowledge of your equipment and subject, and the ability to create strong and creative compositions for images with maximum impact. Additionally, pet photographers need to learn how to communicate and collaborate with a variety of animals (with very different personalities!) to produce compelling imagery.

Pet Photography: Unlocking the Secrets to Creating Connection with Authentic Pet Portraitureis perfect for those who have an interest in building and honing their pet photography skills. Whether you’re diving into pet photography for personal growth, to help animals in need, or to spark up a new career, photographer and author Norah Levine is here to guide and educate you. In Pet Photography, Norah shares the challenges, successes, tips, tricks, checklists, dos and don’ts that she has learned and created over her successful career as a pet photographer.

The book equips you with everything you need to start photographing pets with more ability and confidence, including tons of ideas for what to consider when creating meaningful pet portraits. Norah shares her process for working with animals, demystifying the experience so you can follow along and become equipped with the emotional and technical tools you need to go out and create beautiful imagery of pets. Norah also provides strong guidance for how to capture authentic connection between pets and people. The book covers:

• The gear you need, including cameras, lenses, lights, modifiers, software, and―of course―squeaky toys!
• Approaches to exposure, composition, and color as they relate to pet photography
• Light, including shooting with both natural and artificial light
• Shooting on location, including outdoors and in pet owners’ homes
• How to direct and pose both animals and their owners to elicit engaged and authentic responses
• Photographing different kinds of animals, with entire chapters devoted to dogs, cats, and horses
• How to “give back” with non-profit pet photography (creating images for shelters, adoption, foster care, special events)

對於那些想要結合對動物和攝影的熱情的人來說，寵物攝影是完美的解決方案。攝影寵物可以是一個充滿樂趣和極具回報的經驗，但也有其挑戰。像任何一種肖像攝影一樣，需要掌握技術知識和美學技巧，包括對設備和主題的了解，以及創造具有最大影響力的強大和創意的構圖能力。此外，寵物攝影師需要學習如何與各種動物（具有非常不同的個性！）溝通和合作，以創造引人入勝的影像。

《寵物攝影：揭開創造真實寵物肖像的秘密》非常適合那些有興趣建立和磨練寵物攝影技巧的人。無論您是為了個人成長、幫助需要幫助的動物還是開啟一個新的職業，攝影師和作者Norah Levine都在這裡指導和教育您。在《寵物攝影》中，Norah分享了她作為寵物攝影師成功職業生涯中所學到和創造的挑戰、成功、技巧、訣竅、檢查清單、注意事項等。

這本書將為您提供開始以更高的能力和自信攝影寵物所需的一切，包括在創造有意義的寵物肖像時需要考慮的許多想法。Norah分享了她與動物合作的過程，將這種經驗解密，讓您可以跟隨並獲得情感和技術工具，以便外出創造出美麗的寵物影像。Norah還提供了如何捕捉寵物和人之間真實連結的強大指導。本書涵蓋了以下內容：

- 您需要的設備，包括相機、鏡頭、燈光、修飾器、軟體，當然還有吱吱作響的玩具！
- 與寵物攝影相關的曝光、構圖和色彩方法
- 燈光，包括使用自然光和人工光進行拍攝
- 在不同場地拍攝，包括室外和寵物主人的家中
- 如何引導和擺姿勢動物和它們的主人，以引發參與和真實的反應
- 拍攝不同類型的動物，其中有專門章節介紹狗、貓和馬
- 如何通過非營利寵物攝影（為收容所、領養、寄養、特殊活動創建圖像）回饋社會