Megan with Paw and Claws photography here. The next thing I’m gonna speak to you about is
props. To add interest to your portraits, you can add seasonal props or a background. A good
example would be if you take your pet with you to the beach on vacation, the beach makes a
great example. You know, there's all kinds of drift wood and stuff that you can throw inside the
picture to make them look, you know, like they're outside on the beach. You can also consider
photographing your pets in a pile of leaves during the fall, leaves make a great picture. Or you
know, even in the fall you can do pumpkins and hay bills, even though you can kinda stack the
hay bills up and have the pumpkins next to your pet, that makes a great picture as well. If they do
have a favorite toy or treat, you know, you can have that in the picture with them. Like I said
before, it definitely could make them feel a little bit more comfortable if you have that in the
picture, but it also adds interest to your picture, because it shows your pets true personality. The
number one thing that I definitely wanna tell you about and what everybody makes the biggest
mistake is during Christmas. You know, you have the typical picture of your pet next to the
Christmas tree, but I do wanna say, unfortunately, the Christmas tree don’t make a good
background, they tend to be too distracting and you can only catch the bottom of the Christmas
tree. And also, especially if your tree is lit, sometimes the lighting of the lights on the tree and
the ornaments can flash the camera and it causes you to look at the background instead of your
actual pet, and of course your pet is what your main interest, you know, wants to be. So instead
of using your Christmas tree, I can always give you an example of, you can use garlands, wrap
garlands around your pet. Or you can use packages and set the packages up, you know, just
totally forget about the tree and just use packages. Or like I said or garland, that works best.
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