How to Photograph a Dog?

4 headshot photos of da-AL with her labrador pit bull mix dog

I mean where she faces the camera but doesn’t look like you’re choking her (which I sort of am in these because she’d much prefer to chase birds and cats across the street than be a model).

2 full body photos of da-AL with her labrador pit bull mix dog on brick porch steps

A kind reader lamented that she wanted to see more blog posts by me. Though now I feel sort of like a narcissist, that made me think that maybe other readers might feel the same way, so here’re some photos of one of my beloved dogs. I wanted to show her to you on my newly revised site, but the dear girl wasn’t having it.

Have you had luck shooting great eye-ball-to-lens pictures of your pets?…

35 thoughts on “How to Photograph a Dog?”

      1. The only thing I can think of is to somehow get the treat near the camera. Or, if you can trigger an MP3 remotely that can play a sound that the dog will respond to. My last portrait client had her German shepherd puppy with her. I would make kissy noises to get the dog to look into the lens.

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