ART Give me examples of high level studio animal photography.

[jared_IRL]

I'm putting together a new personal project / volunteer program that will pretty much be me photographing and publishing shelter animals in an effort to get them better and increased exposure, and hopefully lead to more adoptions....

I am thinking white sealmess with some nice hair light for separation, but I'm in desperate need of inspiration for how to actually shoot them...

Also, ideas for names. And a theme for this project, as it's still in the developmental stages....

Thanks fellas!

 

[Bigs]

pawtography for the name

if i were to try this, i'd just use white seamless and a big, bright high-key setup.

maybe try something with just a main and a BG on a muslin for teh drama

 

[ov3n]

They get that sad eyes look by having someone off camera screaming or threatening to hit the animal.

 

[EWhytsell]

They get that sad eyes look by having someone off camera screaming or threatening to hit the animal.

Actually raising a fist into the air does work great for that look from some dogs. Others just attack you.

 

[Wobistdu]

anyway to get them in a colorful/natural background? it might "humanize" them more.

 

[1992 240SX]

First thing I thought of was Jill Greenberg:

http://www.manipulator.com/Fine-art/photos/monkeys-apes#/

 

[Idyfohu]

Actually raising a fist into the air does work great for that look from some dogs. Others just attack you.

First thing I thought of was Jill Greenberg:

http://www.manipulator.com/Fine-art/photos/monkeys-apes#/

Holy shit! I thought those were paintings based on the expressions and then WOAH! Crazy stuff.

 

[FryingPan]

First thing I thought of was Jill Greenberg:

http://www.manipulator.com/Fine-art/photos/monkeys-apes#/

Ringlight, hairlight, gridded background, fill, done.

BTW, I met her a 2 and a half years ago. What a bitch.

 

[charles foster kane]

pawtography for the name

 

[IntheWorks]

this chick is "big" in my area....

http://www.stephaniemoonphoto.com

and a co-worker just won some contest and went up to toronto to be photographed with her dog by this woman for some ad campaign...

http://www.marcialeeder.com/

 

[MSIGuy]

Might not be too much of a help, but I was watching a Nat Geo special on one of their photographers. Someone made a comment about what made his animal photos different from all the others, went something like this. "The thing that seperates a picture of an animal from a photograph of an animal how you show not just the animal, but the behavior of the animal."

 

[smaug]

bring them to a dog park, photograph them having fun, catching stuff, running free..

then pics of them in crates through the bars looking all sad..

before(crate) and after(dog park) = how happy an adopted dog is, plays to peoples hearts big time..

 

[SkiMax]

william wegman

 

[ok_computer]

andrew zuckerman.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...WgQfwlvHMBA&ved=0CDcQ1QIoAg&biw=2880&bih=1599