Best practices in Pet Photography
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✨ Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Frame Your Pet Perfectly
Use the Link Text to compose your photo.
Make sure your pet is either:
In the center, or
At one of the rule-of-thirds intersections for a balanced composition.
2. Remove Distracting Objects
Get rid of unwanted elements like people, leaves, or bright objects using:
3. Add Bokeh for Depth
If the background is quite sharp, it’d be better to create a slight bokeh effect (to keep the sharper focus on the pet) using:
Blur tool → Gaussian Blur
Use Masking > Mask AI to select the background around your pet before applying the blur.
4. Adjust Lighting
To brighten or darken your pet’s image, use:
Studio Light tool – brighten shadows on darker pets
Decrease exposure slightly if your pet is overexposed
5. Enhance Contrast & Pop
Use:
Develop tool → Smart Contrast slider
Enhance AI tool → Accent AI slider This helps your pet stand out, especially against clean backgrounds.
6. Remove Unwanted Color Casts
Remove/decrease some predominant hues from the fur or the background to ensure the natural colors:
Go to Color tool → HSL → Saturation
Example: remove blue from white fur, or tone down yellow in green grass.
7. Sharpen Eyes & Fur
To enhance detail, use the following tools with Masking (Mask AI/Object Select) to target only your pet:
Details tool → Small details
Supersharp AI tool (use Universal or Low setting)
These tools can also help sharpen key props like pet’s toys — just mask the object before applying:
8. Add Depth with Dodge & Burn
Use the Dodge & Burn tool to bring more volume to your subject:
Lighten brush → paint highlights and glares
Darken brush → enhance shadows
Ready to try it out on your own photo?
Let your creativity shine and share your best pet edits! 🐶📸
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