Product Description

For animal lovers the world over, a pet is like an extra family member, but trying to photograph them is an incredibly challenging exercise. Pet Photography Now! makes things easier, showing professionals and amateurs alike how to get the best from their subject, no matter if it comes wrapped in fur, feathers, or scales. A noted professional in the field, Paul Walker is well placed to offer practical advice on locations, viewpoints and posing; how to make your subject behave for the camera; and which camera settings to use to get the best results. A chapter devoted to post-production, including step-by-step Photoshop workthroughs, shows you how to optimise your images to produce stunning prints of your favourite pet portraits.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29768 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Fantastic advice on photographing animals
Pet Photography Now is one of a handful of books which are specifically to help us take better photos of our pets, and animals in general. In comparison to other fields of photography, animal photography is one of the least published subjects, and one of the most difficult to give advice on, given that it is so much a combination of both technical photography knowledge and hands-on learning to interpret and understand animals.

The book succeeds in presenting a wide range of information and advice to anyone who wishes to improve their animal photography. The book starts with general advice on camera equipment, lighting and many of the gadgets involved in photography which you could find in most photography books. It then moves on to in-depth information on every aspect of photographing animals. From how to act when first meeting animals, working with the owner, and different approaches to photographing animals, the information is presented in an easy to read way. The book contains many quality clear photographs, both to illustrate specific techniques, and as inspiration. Following sections deal with specific advice on photographing dogs & puppies, cats and kittens, smaller pets like rabbits, horses and birds. These sections are invaluable and the best I have read in several books of this type, having bought msot of them.
Later sections deal with a brief and general discussion of post production, including the authors advice on work flow, printing photos and digital display of your finished masterpieces.
The attention to informal style, detail, quality presentation and the fact that this is a very up-to-date book make this one of the best - if not the best - dealing with photographing our pets and animals I have found. And no i wasnt paid to say that.

Pet Photography Now
A superb book for anyone interested in Pet photography. It is very well written and is accompanied by superb quality images. I found it explained the process at a level anyone can understand and is far superior to other books on this topic, that I have recently read. This photographer has a great future ahead of him!

Inspirational book for pet owners and photographers
I first heard of Paul Walker when I read an article about him in a photography magazine. I found his website, admired the many pet photos featured on it and decided to order his Pet Photography Now book.

Paul takes wonderful and inspiring photos of animals. The book contains lots of useful information to help pet owners and those working with animals, improve on their photography. Definitely worth a look - it's an informative read accompanied by lots of beautiful pet photos.