How to Plan Pet Photography Shoots

Video Transcript

"It's really important when you are shooting pets to have everything set out before they arrive. That way, you are not losing any awesome opportunities or cute antics that they might be doing, because you are still setting up your lights or your background. The other thing is this gives you an opportunity when they first arrive for you to get to know the animal and spend a few minutes with them without cutting too much into your allotted time for your client. And, dogs are like models, you know, they need to be comfortable, they're going to need potty breaks, they're going to need snacks, and there is a lot of chaos when you are shooting pets, especially when you're trying to keep the energy up and you're calling to them to get them to look your way. Like "Meka, here, here, lay down, sit, rollover." So you can see that even a dog is gonna need a break from something like that. When your client first gets there, you're gonna want to talk over all the ideas that you have so that you can make sure that you're getting the kind of images that your client wants. And you want to do that rather quickly, so that you can get right to taking those pictures as soon as possible, when the animal gets there so they don't lose interest."