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Shooting close-up shots of pets

Shooting close-up shots of pets

From the course: Photography 101: Shooting Macros and Close-Ups

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Shooting close-up shots of pets

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One of the most common and most beloved types of photography that you're going to want to do, is taking pictures of your pet. If you have an adorable puppy or a kitten laying around the house, well, chances are you're going to want to take lots of pictures of them. Unfortunately, I don't have a dog. But I do have a good friend, Roxanne, who brought over her adorable little China poo, so that I could take some pictures of him. Now, I'm not familiar with this dog. It's the first time that we've met. And so, I didn't really know what this dog's demeanor was going to be like. Other than, that he loved the camera. I didn't know if he was going to be easy to pose, if he was going to be bouncing around all over the place. I really didn't know what was going to happen. So, as you'll see throughout me shooting here, there's quite a few challenges that I had to overcome as far as trying to get a good picture of this pup. Now throughout this video I want to talk about two different aspects of…

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