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How To Photograph A Puppy (Cute)
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Just a note – holly berries are TOXIC – watch what you have him hold (maybe some silk holly from the craft store?) Bet he was darling in those pictures! Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet"
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Here’s a suggested technique for photographing a puppy: We have a 14 week old who is afraid to go down the basement stairs. I went half-way down and he stood at the top wagging his tail, perking his ears, crouching and doing all kinds of cute stuff while looking directly at me most of the time. I just kept firing away. I was down just a few stairs so I was shooting at his level from right in front of him. You could even drape a sheet over the landing and down a few of the stairs to make a backdrop. — Doug Robichaud Madison, WI
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[...] > Oh my god, I may die laughing! I think puppies come with pre-printed > instructions on *How to Foul up Every Picture When You are a Cute Pup*. > Terri > —
Hi Terri and Lois, Here’s one pup’s account of a photo session: A Photographic Model, Me? They tried to take my photo today Pointed the camera, I looked away. Tried again, I’m on a high wall They don’t care if I have a fall. Anything to get the "Perfect shot" I’ll tell you, they didn’t get a lot! I screwed up my eyes and sighed out loud. Then the sun went behind a big black cloud. I smiled a bit at their next daft trick Someone in front of me playing with a stick Now a ball or toy would be a different matter If they feed me any more chocs I’ll just get fatter. Again the tried, my legs turned to jelly I rolled on my back and exposed my belly. They try so hard, but I’m a clever pup When they say "Down", I stand right up. Yes they tried to take my photo today, All the results were thrown away!!! Ken / / Kenneth Cain /^ ”’/ ^ ___o00o__( )__o00o___ San Antonio, Texas, USA The Chow says "Woof!"
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By sheer luck, our first experience photographing our puppy was very successful. In Nov. ‘96 after our first snowfall in W. Mass. we decided to take pictures of our 6 month-old Golden Retriever to use for Christmas cards. We had a roll of 36 and hoped that one would be good enough to use for the cards. We wrapped a bright red scarf around his blonde neck and put a foot-long holly branch in his mouth and posed him on our stone steps in front of the snow covered holly bushes – a nice color contrast of white, dark green, bright red and light gold. Our pup had just finished obedience classes and I guess what he learned had kicked in because he did his sit/stay and froze. Every one of the 36 snaps was a "kodak moment". Friends liked the card so much that they have recommended that we have professional cards made up. It is by far the best picture we have ever taken of him and he has never posed so well since, although there are some members of the family who think he is good enough to resister with the Ford modeling agency! Murphy’s Mom – Annis Scott
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PUPPY PICTURES How To Photograph A New Puppy 1. Remove film from box and load camera 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle 4. Choose a suitable background for photo 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose 13. Put magazines back on coffee table 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, outside! No, outside!" 17. Call spouse to clean up mess 18. Fix a drink 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
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Points 1 to 20 remind me of my girl, hard to get an in focus photo, but definitely worth the laugh. Janey
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12. Finally, DO IT! NOW! They grow up too fast. Before you know it he won’t be a puppy any more. Steve Barnard You are absolutely right on that one. Thank goodness I took plenty of pictures of all of my beloved dogs when they were pups. Unfortunately, most of the dogs I have now came to us from the dog pound or shelter as adults and we have no puppy shots of them. But that’s OK. We love ‘em to pieces anyhow. (Would LOVE to know what they looked like as pups, tho.) Lois S Dogs 9
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Hey! I missed the original post. Could someone please repost? Thanks! Jayme J. and the four-footed posse. If a man talks in the forest, And no woman hears him… Is he still wrong? -Scott DeLucia, WTAW
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > PUPPY PICTURES > How To Photograph A New Puppy > 1. Remove film from box and load camera > 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle > 4. Choose a suitable background for photo > 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus > 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth > 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera > 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees > 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand > 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens > 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose > 13. Put magazines back on coffee table > 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. > 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage > 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, > outside! No, outside!" > 17. Call spouse to clean up mess > 18. Fix a drink > 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy > "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning > 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
Oh my god, I may die laughing! I think puppies come with pre-printed instructions on *How to Foul up Every Picture When You are a Cute Pup*. Terri — I don’t speak for HP and they don’t speak for me.
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[snipped] Here are some real suggestions. 1. Don’t do it by yourself. Use an assistant. Otherwise he’ll always come running to you and you’ll get frustrated as hell. 2. Use a telephoto lens. A wide-angle lens up close can make some dramatic shots, but generally a telephoto lens is best. 3. Do it outdoors on a sunny day. Try to keep the sun at your back. 4. Use a fast film — at least ASA 200. 5. Be prepared to use a lot of film. Don’t censor yourself — snap away. If you shoot 50 frames to get one great shot it’s worth it. 6. Try to get something else in some shots besides the puppy – a kid, a toy, a flower, another dog, a cat, whatever. The best pictures tell a story. 7. Fill the frame with the puppy. What you DON’T want is a picture with a little tiny dot in the middle representing the puppy. You don’t always have to get the whole damn dog in the shot. Zoom in on his face sometimes. 8. The best portrait shots have a sharp image of the dog (filling the frame) and a blurred background. You do this with a telephoto lens and a large aperture (i.e. small f-stop). This gives a narrow depth-of-field. You have to be careful to get the focus on the puppy in the foreground as sharp as possible. 9. Don’t worry about the missed shot. Think about the next great one coming up, and snap it quickly. 10. I recommend a point-and-shoot camera, with automatic focus and exposure. (Of course, that makes #8 a little tough, unless you know exactly what you’re doing.) The last thing you want to be doing is monkeying around with the focus and the aperture. Puppies are active. They aren’t going to pose. 11. Kneel or sit on the ground. Try to make the line-of-sight horizontal. Photos that look DOWN on the dog just don’t work very well. 12. Finally, DO IT! NOW! They grow up too fast. Before you know it he won’t be a puppy any more. Steve Barnard
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PUPPY PICTURES How To Photograph A New Puppy 1. Remove film from box and load camera 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle 4. Choose a suitable background for photo 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose 13. Put magazines back on coffee table 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, outside! No, outside!" 17. Call spouse to clean up mess 18. Fix a drink 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
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All of the below applies as well to ADULT pit bulls. Freaksoul – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > PUPPY PICTURES > How To Photograph A New Puppy > 1. Remove film from box and load camera > 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle > 4. Choose a suitable background for photo > 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus > 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth > 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera > 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees > 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand > 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens > 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose > 13. Put magazines back on coffee table > 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. > 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage > 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, > outside! No, outside!" > 17. Call spouse to clean up mess > 18. Fix a drink > 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy > "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning > 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
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Beautiful! Put a copy in the front of my breed book. Thanls!
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PUPPY PICTURES How To Photograph A New Puppy 1. Remove film from box and load camera 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle 4. Choose a suitable background for photo 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose 13. Put magazines back on coffee table 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, outside! No, outside!" 17. Call spouse to clean up mess 18. Fix a drink 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
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All of the below applies as well to ADULT pit bulls. Freaksoul – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > PUPPY PICTURES > How To Photograph A New Puppy > 1. Remove film from box and load camera > 2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle > 4. Choose a suitable background for photo > 5. Mount camera on tripod and focus > 6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth > 7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera > 8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees > 9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand > 10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens > 11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash > 12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy’s nose > 13. Put magazines back on coffee table > 14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head. > 15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage > 16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say, "No, > outside! No, outside!" > 17. Call spouse to clean up mess > 18. Fix a drink > 19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy > "sit/stand" and "stay" the first thing in the morning > 20. Consider buying "older, trained" dog
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Beautiful! Put a copy in the front of my breed book. Thanls!