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".With the aid of this handy guide, photographers of all skill levels can produce heartwarming shots that are certain to delight any pet parent. Andrew Darlow offers advice on composition, lighting, setting up fun shots, and printing the best quality images so you can produce top-quality work that will set you ahead of the pack." -Shutterbug Magazine "At last, a photography book for our changing times and equipment. As uncomplicated or sophisticated as you desire, depending on your camera and curiosity. Whipped cream on the cake; for the best photos you want. Highly useful and most enjoyable." - Mordecai Siegal, author and photographer "One of life's greatest joys is our pets. Dogs, cats, and other animals represent love, joy, and boundless fun. Bravo to Andrew for creating an inspiring book! Just follow his guidance and you're unleashed to creating works of art. As a celebrity pet photographer, I believe the book identifies great tips. Wishing you joy & wags!" - Lori A. Cheung & Flash, the chiweenie (chihuahua-dachshund), thePetPhotographer.com "After the photo shoot, you can put the photos up on a site that helps photographers display and sell their prints and other products, but it's even better to meet with people in person if possible at your studio or their home."--ShutterMomBlog.com
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Are you one of the 100 million people in the USA that own either a dog or a cat? If you flip through your digital camera - what do you see pictures of the most? Your kids...and your pets! If you have ever wondered how to take pictures of an all black animal or how to get your pup to sit still during a family holiday picture, this book is for you. With love only a pet owner can have and humor that only animals can bring to us, this author shows how to take pictures that celebrate the furry creatures in our lives. Packed with techniques including lighting and postproduction and even info on getting those pictures up online, you?ll be taking pictures of your pets that you'll be proud of.
* Professional results with easy and fun techniques for posing pets, lighting, post production and more!
* Loaded with adorable and inspirational photographs of pets
* Quirky and inviting tips showing you how to make your photos better!
* Professional results with easy and fun techniques for posing pets, lighting, post production and more!
* Loaded with adorable and inspirational photographs of pets
* Quirky and inviting tips showing you how to make your photos better!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
An Excellent Beginners Guide
9 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
Obviously, we all look at books differently, and we all open a new book with a degree of preconceived expectations. I tried to place myself in the shoes of a beginning digital photographer who has a passion for pet photography. From this viewpoint, Pet Photography 101, works very well. The tips provided will certainly improve a beginner's Pet Photography and provide insights into the technical aspects of photography that impact the final image.
As a primer on Pet Photography, I did not expect this book to provide an in-depth explanation of all the concepts of composition or camera functions. Those are topics that are covered very well in other topic-specific, photo-educational books. This book does point out those topics so that beginners will be able to identify areas of photography that they need to focus more of their educational energies to master. For the beginner, this book provides an excellent starting point for immediately improving their pet photography and for furthering their photographic education.
Having a companion website that provides additional information and resources for the beginner adds to the value of the book. Photography can be complicated, but Andrew has done an excellent job of providing a Primer that can be easily read, understood and appreciated by anyone with a love for pets and photography. Pet Photography 101 by Andrew Darlow is definitely "book shelf worthy".
As a primer on Pet Photography, I did not expect this book to provide an in-depth explanation of all the concepts of composition or camera functions. Those are topics that are covered very well in other topic-specific, photo-educational books. This book does point out those topics so that beginners will be able to identify areas of photography that they need to focus more of their educational energies to master. For the beginner, this book provides an excellent starting point for immediately improving their pet photography and for furthering their photographic education.
Having a companion website that provides additional information and resources for the beginner adds to the value of the book. Photography can be complicated, but Andrew has done an excellent job of providing a Primer that can be easily read, understood and appreciated by anyone with a love for pets and photography. Pet Photography 101 by Andrew Darlow is definitely "book shelf worthy".
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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23 Dec 2009
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I was hoping that this book would be a primer which would help me to get better shots of my dogs and cats with my point-and-shoot digital camera. I needed information on altering depth of field to focus attention on the subject and not the background, advice on getting better action shots, and maybe some tips on setting up props or getting on different levels to capture unique angles. The "101" in the title led me to believe that such were the subjects of the book. Rather, it should have read: "Pet Photography: 101 Tips..." for that is what it contains - 101 tips on various, unrelated subjects. The book lacks cohesion, and jumps from simple subjects such as "Tip 16: Go For The Overhead View" to "Tip #86: Consider a RAW Processing and Workflow Application".
The introduction was written by Karen Quigley, owner of Elwood, the winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Unfortunately, shots of Elwood abound in this book, and although I'm sure he is charming, looking at his disfigurement makes me uncomfortable. Other shots seem to be of friends' and neighbors' dogs, perhaps all shot on the same day in order to have material with which to publish the book? It seems mashed-together somehow, and the frequent references to "more information on the companion website" leads me to believe the book was culled from tips on the site, and published to direct traffic back TO the site, though I will not venture a guess at what benefit the author may receive from having hundreds of links published there...
Of the many photographs, there are perhaps two which I could not have taken myself... and many, many more which I would have taken better. It looks like a family snapshot album in places. Yet there is technical information to spare - so much, for so many different kinds of cameras and lenses, that it is not a general how-to book, but more a "diary" of the equipment the author used for a particular shot. Too many details, for digital SLR, to film, to point-and-shoot... the technical info is not presented in a "generic" manner which might help the user of ANY camera.
I read halfway through the book and got nothing useful out of it. I can't believe I could put down a book of pet photos without finishing it, but the photos and text are very disappointing, although I continued to page through it to try to find something actually useful. In looking at the book again for this review, I am struck by the fact that it looks like the author took a random number of shots of friends' pets, and then tried to come up with a description about what he was doing, which would have something of importance to impart. It doesn't.
"Tip #64: Photograph Your Pet with Bunny Ears for Easter or Halloween."
Ya' THINK?
The introduction was written by Karen Quigley, owner of Elwood, the winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Unfortunately, shots of Elwood abound in this book, and although I'm sure he is charming, looking at his disfigurement makes me uncomfortable. Other shots seem to be of friends' and neighbors' dogs, perhaps all shot on the same day in order to have material with which to publish the book? It seems mashed-together somehow, and the frequent references to "more information on the companion website" leads me to believe the book was culled from tips on the site, and published to direct traffic back TO the site, though I will not venture a guess at what benefit the author may receive from having hundreds of links published there...
Of the many photographs, there are perhaps two which I could not have taken myself... and many, many more which I would have taken better. It looks like a family snapshot album in places. Yet there is technical information to spare - so much, for so many different kinds of cameras and lenses, that it is not a general how-to book, but more a "diary" of the equipment the author used for a particular shot. Too many details, for digital SLR, to film, to point-and-shoot... the technical info is not presented in a "generic" manner which might help the user of ANY camera.
I read halfway through the book and got nothing useful out of it. I can't believe I could put down a book of pet photos without finishing it, but the photos and text are very disappointing, although I continued to page through it to try to find something actually useful. In looking at the book again for this review, I am struck by the fact that it looks like the author took a random number of shots of friends' pets, and then tried to come up with a description about what he was doing, which would have something of importance to impart. It doesn't.
"Tip #64: Photograph Your Pet with Bunny Ears for Easter or Halloween."
Ya' THINK?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Wonderful Resource bursting with information for photographers on any level!
26 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
From the moment I laid eyes on this book I knew it was a quality read. There is a lot of information for photographers out there that is free and it can be almost overwhelming not to mention time consuming to sift through! Returning three times to scan this book prior to purchase I quickly verified whether the quality of the links on the companion site would be of use to me. If anything cross referencing an on-line free resource which he also wrote for anyone wishing to take the things they learn to the next level doubles and even triples the value of the book.
Andrew Darlows expertise is undeniable. His knack for sharing valuable information with the inquisitive user is something that really shines through in this very readable and user friendly photography guide which can inspire the reader to learn more and to be confident in what they are already doing. His writing tone is light and fun and I think his love of the craft and eagerness to help really shines through. Even the photos used throughout the book are down to earth and great examples of what he is describing be it pets shot with a phone camera or effects achieved with the higher end equipment we are potentially working with or aiming towards using in the future.
I purchased the book as friends who's pets I have photographed in the past are insisting I should try and do it on the side. I love photography and have tried to organize a personal site for quite some time now but my gnarly overload of images has kept me immobilized. Andrew is the first person to finally get my attention with a simple and logical organization system which I am happily applying now. Thanks for that! That's just one of the multitude of things I spotted on the companion web site service he provides with the book. After all pet photography is well PHOTOGRAPHY so if you aspire to get better at it you will probably need to study up on perhaps some of the less exciting and technical aspects of the craft in addition to utilizing your personal creativity.
I really admire the amount of work which must have gone in to compiling such a resource for the reader. I know I will be using this guide and the resources therein throughout my journey in to the Pet Photography world and photography in general. It's so handy to have them all in such a lovely small package too! It will make learning a snap! ;)
Andrew Darlows expertise is undeniable. His knack for sharing valuable information with the inquisitive user is something that really shines through in this very readable and user friendly photography guide which can inspire the reader to learn more and to be confident in what they are already doing. His writing tone is light and fun and I think his love of the craft and eagerness to help really shines through. Even the photos used throughout the book are down to earth and great examples of what he is describing be it pets shot with a phone camera or effects achieved with the higher end equipment we are potentially working with or aiming towards using in the future.
I purchased the book as friends who's pets I have photographed in the past are insisting I should try and do it on the side. I love photography and have tried to organize a personal site for quite some time now but my gnarly overload of images has kept me immobilized. Andrew is the first person to finally get my attention with a simple and logical organization system which I am happily applying now. Thanks for that! That's just one of the multitude of things I spotted on the companion web site service he provides with the book. After all pet photography is well PHOTOGRAPHY so if you aspire to get better at it you will probably need to study up on perhaps some of the less exciting and technical aspects of the craft in addition to utilizing your personal creativity.
I really admire the amount of work which must have gone in to compiling such a resource for the reader. I know I will be using this guide and the resources therein throughout my journey in to the Pet Photography world and photography in general. It's so handy to have them all in such a lovely small package too! It will make learning a snap! ;)
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