Last year, Pet Sky network and Mu Mu photographers launched a "free photo shoot for aging pets" campaign. Last week someone left a message on whether to participate in that event, sorry the event is over, this year may continue to do an event, the following is the photographer's photography diary:
This time it was a puppy born to an Australian Shepherd by a friend, about a week or so old. Because this time is more sudden, so the equipment is not fully prepared, but also gave themselves a lesson, due to the battery's self-discharge problem, put a period of time without charging, in the use of the power is obviously not powerful, so even if not used for a long time to charge regularly.
There are nine of them, all of them are cute, and it is also their mother's first birth.
Photography for an Australian Shepherd and her baby
This is the puppy's mother, called "Khaki", very clingy and timid, and can easily call her to her side when she crouches down. In fact, the more sticky and timid dog is also more troublesome when taking pictures, because she has few opportunities to show a full mental state, and even if such an expression appears, it is only a moment, so we need to observe their every action more carefully.
When I took this picture, I also suddenly had a little feeling, and I wanted to rely on a simple change in composition to bring some different feelings. One of the flaws when this photo is taken is that the focal plane is not parallel to the plane where the subject is located when taking the photo, so it looks inclined. It was a mistake, a problem I didn't think about when I took this picture.
Many of us like to sleep, and so do I, in fact, when I captured this one, I also wanted to express a feeling of liking and longing to sleep late, haha! The photo may look like a feeling of quiet in a deep sleep, but in fact the little guy is drilling into the flannel and is constantly moving.
Isn't this one cute, even if it's so simple in the picture? Careful friends can see that these films are basically shot with a large aperture, because I only brought an external flash when taking pictures, and the battery is not enough, thank you very much for the stone to save an emergency, for my lack of preparation is to self-review. Because the shooting time is very late, basically at night, when the light is limited and the external flash is out of power, I had to use the soft light box of the external flash plus finger occlusion, relying on the on-camera flash to shoot, the effect is OK. Of course, shooting in a studio with a lot of light is the best choice.
It was more troublesome to take these nine little guys together as we thought, and in the place where the photo could not be seen, except for me, there were two pairs of hands on both sides preparing to bring the little one back from the crawl. I hope you will like these nine little guys and hope that they will grow up ^_^ healthy and happy
My little story with animal photography
Contact photography began in 2009 when I took pictures of dogs, when the memories of photography have become blurred... I just remember that time, thinking of myself as a dog, rolling with a large group of huskies, and sleeping together until it was difficult to separate...
When I returned home in 2011, there was no more hustle and bustle in the morning, and everything became silent... Fortunately, the work in the aquarium later made up for my thoughts. At that time, I liked to be on night duty, to watch the dolphins at night, to see my little sea lions...
In 2012, he returned home again, but he stayed, and for those who are indispensable animals in life, it is also a period of suffering. Luckily, I remembered my camera and remembered this wonderful job ~ review the pile of photography books I read in the past, recall what I learned from others in the past, start reviewing, studying, squatting in the park to take pictures of the little ones...
Since March, the first customer has not been received smoothly...
I also began my pet photography career in Jinan, a city known as my hometown...
I don't like to deliberately shoot, I am used to playing with the guys in the camera when taking pictures, I think I still treat myself as an animal to communicate with them more respectfully, and mutual understanding will no longer be so far away. I remember that Lao Qin, a famous pet photographer in China, also said that shooting pets is not about how good the camera and photography technology are, but about how much they know about them. This is also the advice of many National Geographic photographers.
I wanted to know more about them, to know them more, and of course to have enough things to do to make ends meet, so I met such a profession...
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