
Kerst minishoots 2020
Door de covid-maatregelen van de afgelopen maand, konden de geplande kerst minishoots helaas niet doorgaan. 🎄 Daarom organiseer ik de komende 2 weekends nieuwe kerst
Photographing a litter of puppies is super fun! But, how do you get started?
What started as "photographing a litter of puppies to practice" has grown into a biennial ritual.
When Bart and Annick, the breeders of my two own sweethearts Kyle and Hope, have a litter of puppies, we go to nice locations to immortalize the puppies on photo. This way the future owners will have a special memento of the first phase of their puppy's life.
It took a while before we had the right tricks to photograph those cute - but very movable fluffy balls. How do you start this now? I'll tell you further in this blog!
The use of a bench or something similar is in any case recommended when photographing puppies. You want to be able to photograph them one by one, without them all getting mixed up.
Step 1
We always start with making a nice portrait picture per pup. This can be a photo on the forest path or in a nice flower field if present at the location/time of the year.
Step 2
Step 3
Why is everything done in stages?
The attention span of a pup is still very small, especially when the whole litter is present. By giving the puppies some rest in between, they stay alert enough to be able to complete the photo shoot.
Some useful tips:
1) Let the breeder set the pup well and use sounds to attract attention.
2) Usually we manage to work without a leash. Occasionally, however, the pup does not sit still without a leash. The solution? An LCPD.be photography leash.
This is a thin and high quality leash, specially designed to be easily disposed of in photoshop afterwards.
Interested in our photography leash? You can order it in 3 colours via our shop.
3) This is the most convenient method when taking the action photos:
4) Finally, we have the group photo. The easiest way is to photograph the puppies 1 by 1. As you will notice during the photo session, it is difficult enough to get one puppy to look into the lens.
So we're going to merge the photos we've taken into photoshop later on. How do you make a set-up so that the result looks as realistic as possible?
Would you like to learn how to compose photos in photoshop? Then book your private workshop or online coaching!
Thanks to Border Collie kennel Flaxblossoms for the use of the 'behind the scene' images!
Door de covid-maatregelen van de afgelopen maand, konden de geplande kerst minishoots helaas niet doorgaan. 🎄 Daarom organiseer ik de komende 2 weekends nieuwe kerst
Photographing a litter of puppies is super fun! But, how do you get started? What started as "once photographing a litter of puppies in order to
The search for the ideal leash to photograph dogs started a few years ago. I tested a lot of them: cheap, expensive, thick, thin,...