Lesson Info
3. Cavalier: Puppy Awake in Basket
Lessons
Class Introduction
05:49 2Prepping for Puppy Photo Shoot
04:28 3Cavalier: Puppy Awake in Basket
07:27 4Cavalier: Puppy on Floor Laying on Muslin
06:24 5Cavalier: Puppy in Posing Bag
04:15 6Cavalier: Puppy in Wood Bowl
05:16 7Cavalier: Two Puppies on Posing Bag
08:50 8Cavalier: Puppy in Purple Fabric
05:16Lesson Info
Cavalier: Puppy Awake in Basket
I've got my light set up over here. And I'm going to put this down as my back drop. We'll let them run around a little bit more while we get set up for our first one. They are so playful. So the idea is to have that light, you know, mimicking the sun. We tend to work with natural light most of the time, and that way we don't have to worry about the any sort of direction of light or anything, we just have a lot of light coming through from one side from big glass doors in our studio. So we're trying to mimic that here with a really large soft box. Hi. And when I'm shooting, it's the same as taking a portrait of a person, you know, I'm looking for that higher perspective. Oh you are naughty. You stop being a bully. Hey, yes. This little one here is starting to calm down a bit. And often what we'll do is photograph sort of and do composites, so we'll make sure that we get one puppy if we're doing a set up with some, okay, just behind you on top of the table, Jade. But if I'm shooting from...
that higher perspective from here then I'm going to have lots of beautiful backgrounds there in the background. Are you right there? That's my camera. Oh you are tough. No. Okay, can I grab a couple of sandbags, Garret? Just to pull this fabric nice and tight because they are running all over it. Yes, hi. Can I get one on this corner and pull it nice and tight? Thank you, yeah, perfect. And then one on that corner. We're starting to see some slowing down here, which is exactly what we want. Ah perfect. So we use the same sort of set ups that we do when we're working with babies and children. And making sure that all the different sort of aspects in the studio like sandbags and your light stands, all of that kind of stuff is in place because if anything was to happen to one of these puppies, you know, we've got to consider that they could potentially have already been sold. So the breeders are coming in and they've, they have an oral obligation to one of their clients as well. So there's a lot to consider. So when it comes to styling we use lots of different textures. And what I do is keep everything feeling neutral in terms of the puppy. I try to match their sort of fur tones with the different textures and props that I'm using. Jade, do you want to come over and sit in here? And I'm just going to see what happens if we put this little one in here. Your feet are going 100 miles an hour. Yeah, yeah, perfect. Okay, I'm going to let you go a second. When they start to twist and kind of turn like that, it's pretty hard to get them to settle. Are you going to come over here? If you put your hand on its back there. (squeaking sounds) You don't want to be in there, do you? Yeah, that'd be great. Yep, hang on. I'm just chasing my tail. Oh you want a turn? Okay, come on. Come on. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. Put your hand on this one. (squeaking sounds) Perfect. Okay, go for it. Can you call Melanie? Just call Melanie. (squeaking sounds) Perfect, one down. Hi. Okay, yeah, you want to chew my camera? So knowing your exposure with things like this, you've got to be right on to it. You don't have time to be playing with all of that. I can see here I've got a light set up. I'm always going to expose to the right, so my exposure there, and I'm shooting at 2.8. Hello. And I'm about two thirds of a stop over exposed to get that exposure perfect in camera. But because they've got white fur, we don't want to over expose that, do we, so we've got to make sure that exposure is just perfect.
Ratings and Reviews
Paula Ayers
I am not a photographer. I do compositing using Photoshop and was interested in seeing how they set up and pose such lively subjects. Such care was taken with the puppies and I learned a lot about getting just the right poses using different setups like muslin, bowls, etc. For compositing, it's important to know what you are looking for in order to bring images together correctly. This course, besides being fun to watch, has helped me, even if my images don't wiggle as much as these puppies.
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I loved everything about this class!! It was so obvious by the handling and the way you interacted with the puppies how much care and thought goes into the artwork you created. I'm so excited to put all of your ideas into my own creativity. Thank you for providing me with the inspiration to move forward with pet photography!