WEEKLY CHALLENGE 13: [ORIGINAL] PETS

Today I bring you a very popular challenge. As the title of this entry indicates, in this week's challenge the protagonists are those small (sometimes large) living beings so close and intimate to us. Our pet. Do you have a camera and a pet or do you know someone who has one? Welcome to Weekly Challenge 13. And if what you need are tips for photographing pets, this comprehensive article is what you're looking for.

HOW DOES IT WORK? (REMINDER)

Every week I will propose a new challenge, it is a topic that you will have to capture in a photograph and upload it to the Facebook page of the blog by putting in the description the keyword that I will indicate for each topic.
The themes will be varied, from portraits to Macro photography, going through landscapes, black and white photography, or babies.
The topics will be proposed on Saturdays, so that you have the whole weekend to work on them. You will have one week to upload your photograph (one photo per participant), until Friday of the following week. On Saturday I will update the article with the photo that has captivated me the most and I will propose a new topic, and so…

WEEKLY CHALLENGE 13: PETS

I have already published on more than one occasion the occasional article on how to photograph pets , I even organized a small contest on pet photography . Today I would like to activate it again in the form of a Weekly Challenge.

Photographing a pet is making a portrait twice as difficult. If in itself it is difficult to produce a portrait that is worthwhile, that is original, well composed and well framed, correctly focused, that conveys an idea or tells a story, imagine having to portray a restless, elusive subject, and who does not understands what it means to take a photo. Things are difficult, so when I say it's a challenge, it's true ?

Clues to win the challenge:

Spend a few minutes looking at photos of dogs on Pinterest or Flickr for inspiration first.
Use a large aperture, ideally f/1.4 or f/1.8, and focus on the creature's eyes.
Get an object that attracts the animal's attention and use it to keep it still for a few seconds.
Be quick. Organize your composition mentally and imagine the photo you want to get before framing it.
Be original in your proposal. Do not photograph "one more pet". The Internet is full of photos of pets. Try to get an original and creative photograph.

To participate, upload your photo to the Facebook wall of the Photographer's Blog: In the description of the photo, please mention the keyword “Pets Challenge” followed by a title of your choice.

ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO PARTICIPATE

For those of you who are not from Facebook, I have enabled new social networks to participate.

Flickr: Accessing the Photographer's Blog Group Wall and uploading the photo directly. Give your photo a caption and be sure to mention “Pet Challenge” in it.
Twitter: uploading the photo directly to Twitter with the hashtag #RetoMascotasBDF

to take pictures!

UPDATE

Lola, Penelope, Simba, Amadeo, and many more animals starred in this week's challenge. I have lost count of the photos you have uploaded, all spectacular. The creativity that you have put into it has caught my attention: cats taking a nap, dogs looking for a treasure or kittens hugging like a couple and looking at you like "what's wrong, is there a problem?" Some of you have come up with some very elaborate setups to make the animal pose in one way or another. Either that or you've had an incredible stroke of luck. It's because otherwise I can't explain the photo of Carlos Ortiz – Refjlejos, with the 3 dogs looking back. Bestial.

Again, this is only a small sample of the quality of the works that have participated. Thanks to all of you who have taken your cameras and have joined the challenge for another week.

I love Loli's look. What is she looking for? Will it be curiosity? Or are they anxious for their master to arrive? Maybe she was spying on where they keep the cookies. He is just great.

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