Best practices in Pet Photography

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🎥 Video Tutorial

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✨ Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Frame Your Pet Perfectly

Make sure your pet is either:

• In the center, or

• At one of the rule-of-thirds intersections for a balanced composition.

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2. Remove Distracting Objects

Get rid of unwanted elements like people, leaves, or bright objects using:

• Erase tool

• Clone tool

For clearly defined objects like a leash, try the GenErase tool for best results.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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)

• Structure AI tool

These tools can also help sharpen key props like pet’s toys — just mask the object before applying:

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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

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Ready to try it out on your own photo?

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