Hello, my name is Megan and I own a company called Paws and Claws Photography. I
specialize in unique portraits of pets and their people by coming to the location of your choice. In
the next few minutes, I will give you tips on how to take great portraits of your pets. I encourage
you to have out your pet’s favorite toys and treats to help them feel more secure. I have for an
example here, I have some squeak toys. Squeak toys work well especially for dogs because it
gets their attention. They definitely, if you use a squeak toy, you wanna remember to have the
person stand behind you. This way it makes it look like they’re looking into the camera lens. For
cats, I use all kinds of props. You can use feathers or, I even have some fishing line here,
anything to get their attention and make things move works well. But you wanna have these
things out to help your pet feel more secure. Sometimes when your pets infront of the camera,
they don’t want to perform very well for you. So it’s nice to have either favorite toys or even
stuff with their smells on it. It helps them calm down a little bit. You also wanna remember
before your portrait session that you wanna get your pets either professionally groomed or groom
them yourself. You also might want to consider exercising your pet definitely before their
portrait session only because it calms them down a little bit. I recommend exercising at least a
half an hour prior. This way they’re a little bit tired, a little bit lethargic and they tend to calm
down a little bit, they’ll lay down for you and relax. Also, the main thing that you don’t wanna
remember especially if your animal is definitely food driven. Don’t feed them prior to their
portrait session. This way they’ll listen to you a little bit more especially if they have a favorite
toy, or I’m sorry, favorite treat. You know, on an empty stomach, of course they’re gonna
respond to that a little bit better.
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