Tips for Taking High-Quality Reference Photos

Please provide a high-quality reference photo of your pet, taken at eye level and in natural daylight. This will help capture more details, providing me with valuable information for the artwork..

If your pet is no longer with you and you have concerns about the quality of your photo, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions; I may still be able to work with your photo.

• Photos taken at eye-level to your pet give a more natural looking perspective.

 

• If your struggling to keep your pets attention, have someone hold a favourite toy or treat behind you at your pets eye-level.

 

• If you can it’s ideal to take the photo outside, stand or sit facing your pet with your back to the sun. Try to avoid bright sunlight or low lighting as this could cause harsh highlights or shadows.

 

• To attain natural lighting for photos taken indoors, choose a bright day, stand or sit facing your pet with your back close to a window with plenty of light coming through. Avoid low lit rooms and yellow lighting as this will affect your pet's colouring.

 

• Avoid using the flash when taking a photo indoors, as this causes over exposure and red eyes.

 

• If you are wanting more than one pet in the same portrait, then it might be easier providing me with separate photos of each pet, rather than trying to get multiple pets to cooperate for a photo at the same time! But if possible please make sure that each photo has the same lighting. I can then create a composition bringing them together in one painting.

 

• You don’t need a professional camera, a high resolution smartphone will take great photos.

 

I can only capture in the artwork what I can see in the reference photo, a clear, high resolution photo that allows details to be seen will provide me with the best information to work with.