Pet Photography for Fun: Let's Have Fun Photographing Dogs, Cats, Horses, Aplacas, Llamas and Everyting Else!

by Susan Ley

A fun easy to use book on taking better pictures of pets including dogs, cats, horses, birds, alpacas, llamas and people with pets. The emphasis is on animal photography for amateur photographers. Nineteen chapters broken down from beginner to advanced so readers can immediately start learning at their own level. The text is geared to having fun photographing in the home, in the field, in the show ring...anywhere animal lovers hang out enjoying their pets. The spectacular photographs ensure that it is both a visual delight and a comprehensive tutorial. Chapters include equipment, resolution, focus, composition, backgrounds, beginning exposure, advanced exposure, shutter speed, depth of field, editing, cropping, flash and the planned shoot. saving and printing digital files, web sources for photographers and bibliography. Glossary. Index. Full color, 144 pages, 210 photographs, 6x9 paperback, perfect bound.

138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

An animal photographer with over 38 years experience photographing animals. Hundreds of her editorial and advertising images have appeared in books, magazines and calendars. She is the author and photographer of Llamas; Woolly, Winsome and Wonderful, and a popular workbook on animal photography that she developed for her seminars on photographing pets. Before forming her own publishing company, she listed her stock images with Animals Animals/Earth Scenes. She is currently working on a video companion to Pet Photography For Fun and a photography book about dogs who live and play on the water.

Reviews

[Megan (ReadingRover) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book at the library because of the amazingly ridiculous photo on the cover. I mean come on-It's fabulous! If I could photograph Irish Terriers to look like that in ridiculous hats I'd be making millions! Anyway, onto the book itself. Though the cover and photos may seem a bit dated I have to admit that this book is pretty informative. It could be incredibly helpful for a beginner photographer. I've been doing photography for years on and off and I found that there were quite a few good tips in there. A lot of the info is obvious stuff but there are some really good little hidden gems too. That's the way of how to book's though. Most of it is common knowledge but as long as there are those few helpful hints it's worth reading. I'd say for a beginner photographer it's worth a go.

[specious_reasons]

Always looking for ways to improve my photography skills, I got this from the library. Some of the technical information is out of date (the version I read), and most of the book is reinforcement of basic photography skills and knowledge, but it's all in the goal of getting a good pet photograph. There's some additional wisdom on that specific subject. It's a fine book for a beginner interested in taking pet photos, either as a hobby or professionally, and I learned a few things myself.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

if its your first photo book, then i believe you might enjoy it. its basic and quick to read. could be done in a day.