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Author: Andrew Darlow
ISBN : 0240812158
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Are you one of the 100 million people in the USA that own either a dog or a cat? If you flip through your digital camera - what do you see pictures of the most? Your kids...and your pets! If you have ever wondered how to take pictures of an all black animal or how to get your pup to sit still during a family holiday picture, this book is for you. With love only a pet owner can have and humor that only animals can bring to us, this author shows how to take pictures that celebrate the furry creatures in our lives. Packed with techniques including lighting and postproduction and even info on getting those pictures up online, you'll be taking pictures of your pets that you'll be proud of.
*fun and quirky ways of giving technical advice, such as Chapter 1: Train your camera (but don't make it roll over!) and Chapter 8: Holidazed and confused
*loaded with adorable and inspirational photographs of pets taken by the author and contributors
*starts with the basics and brings you all the way through postproduction and display
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- Paperback: 206 pages
- Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (October 8, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0240812158
- ISBN-13: 978-0240812151
- Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 6.2 x 8.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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I was hoping that this book would be a primer which would help me to get better shots of my dogs and cats with my point-and-shoot digital camera. I needed information on altering depth of field to focus attention on the subject and not the background, advice on getting better action shots, and maybe some tips on setting up props or getting on different levels to capture unique angles. The "101" in the title led me to believe that such were the subjects of the book. Rather, it should have read: "Pet Photography: 101 Tips..." for that is what it contains - 101 tips on various, unrelated subjects. The book lacks cohesion, and jumps from simple subjects such as "Tip 16: Go For The Overhead View" to "Tip #86: Consider a RAW Processing and Workflow Application".
The introduction was written by Karen Quigley, owner of Elwood, the winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Unfortunately, shots of Elwood abound in this book, and although I'm sure he is charming, looking at his disfigurement makes me uncomfortable. Other shots seem to be of friends' and neighbors' dogs, perhaps all shot on the same day in order to have material with which to publish the book? It seems mashed-together somehow, and the frequent references to "more information on the companion website" leads me to believe the book was culled from tips on the site, and published to direct traffic back TO the site, though I will not venture a guess at what benefit the author may receive from having hundreds of links published there...
Of the many photographs, there are perhaps two which I could not have taken myself... and many, many more which I would have taken better. It looks like a family snapshot album in places.
With kids and pets and multiple cameras, I'm squarely in the crosshairs of Andrew Darlow and his latest book. "Pet Photography 101" begins with the premise that the dogs and cats with which we spend our days have distinctive and engaging personalities, and details ways of thinking and seeing moments in their lives that are worth preserving.
Darlow is a professional photographer who has devoted years to portraiture, capturing moments of whimsy and conveying subjects' personalities. It just so happens that his sitters tend to have four feet and tails. Darlow explains that his goal is to capture the spirit of each subject, and thus his work -- and his tips -- definitely are applicable not just to making photographs of pets but of people, as well.
I field-tested this book with the help of my daughter and multiple cameras. She used a pocket digital camera, the camera on her cell phone and occasionally a digital SLR. I worked with a pocket digital camera I use for snaps and record-keeping, as well as two digital SLRs, one of them an older camera with a lens that pivots 90 degrees, which helped immensely with "candid" shots.
My daughter's approach to photography had been so carefree that she often was disappointed with the resulting images. Therefore, I had been working with her about "seeing" more clearly; in other words, on thinking and feeling composition and reflecting on the stories she wanted her photographs to tell. Thanks to Darlow's words, field notes and images, she was motivated to "see" as an artist and a chronicler. We attribute this to the information Darlow provides, as well as the personality that permeates the book. I am an old-school shutterbug, from the days of buying 35mm film in bulk and loading, developing and printing my own.