Pet Potraits
I am new to professional photography. I'm learning about it as I continue to experiment and read up online. The attached pictures are my first experiments, I would appreciate any suggestion for improvement.
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Dean Wilson
Vintage Lenses
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
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Last: May 26, 2026
Charles Mercier
Outside the tourist area photos.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
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Last: May 22, 2026
Nev Clarke
Sand Porn
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
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Last: May 20, 2026
Don Don
Single Light Headshot
Client came and needed headshots immediately. Set up a single Broncolor Para 133 in the dining room. Delivered 20 pics. Setup, Shoot, Edit and delivered within 30 minutes.
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Welcome. I'm still learning myself, so take what i say with grain of salt haha. The two images are nice, and the second one has that make you want to laugh feel, but my only issue with both (and I know its hard with animals) the focus points. I can't tell for sure with the first image, but the second one i would have really liked to see his eyes in focus. Keep up the good work.
Interesting... I was probably not thinking of the focus point when I took the pictures. I used the multi/continuous focus setting on the camera. Just looking at the photos now, the focus is on the nose of both the dogs. I think, i will try the next portrait with a single focus on the eyes and see how that come out. Thank you for your comment.
I used a single focus setting for this. This is an indoor shot. I tried to focus on the eyes, what do you think? Please be open and frank.
tip #1 - allways shoot at the dog's eyes level
#2 focus on the eyes
#3 if you can, remove the leashes and other acessories before the shoot.
#4 Shoot, shoot and keep shooting! It takes a lot of practice
#5 Love them and they will give you love back. And that's what you'll need to take great dog pictures :D
this is Zeus, from my latest pet portrait work
Two nice pictures and people have already commented on a couple of things I'd suggest (eye focus, shooting lower) etc. You haven't given any details on how you're capturing the images? What lens(es), camera, settings etc. If you can, try to capture your images during the golden hours of the day. It adds a lot more drama and atmosphere to the images :)