I am an absolute beginner when it comes to photography. I recently received a fairly nice mirrorless digital camera and wanted to make use of it for creating adoption profiles for my foster cats. Those of you who photograph pets for a living: do you have any tips?
Take lots and lots of photos. I take pics of my fosters for their adoption pages and it takes patience to get good ones. I have my camera available so if the timing is right with light I can try to grab a few if they are calm.
If you don’t have lights or flash make sure they are facing a window but not in direct sunlight when taking the photo. Start trying when they are calm or sleepy, when they are in manic mode you will get nothing. While shooting with one hand, use the other with a toy or something to get their attention to get them to look towards the camera.
A Shallow depth of field is pretty with a nice background to give bokeh.