Creative Canine Photography | 
 enlarge | Author: Larry Allan
Publisher: Allworth Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 59897
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 158115321X
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.939772
EAN: 9781581153217
ASIN: 158115321X
Publication Date: February 1, 2004
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Product Description
For anyone who has been frustrated trying to capture great photos of their dogs, Creative Canine Photography is an expert guide to taking memorable best-in-show photos! Whether one wishes to photograph a family pet or a canine in the wild, here's a wealth of expert advice along with spectacular, how-to photos to guide you! Writing in a clear, humorous style, award-winning animal photographer Larry Allan explains dozens of no-fail lighting, equipment, and "getting acquainted" tips to help you capture the best possible results. He also provides tested techniques for choosing shutter speeds for stop-action effects, getting a dog to look in a specific direction, capturing a variety of expressions, exposing detail in all-white or all-black fur, avoiding dog red-eye, and much more. A must-have reference for photographers, dog owners, and animal lovers everywhere!
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 superb info on dog photography October 7, 2008
Brilliant! Easy to read, richly laid out, informative, productive, and hey, I took an idea out with my camera and got a stunning photo!
The library shelf is slowly expanding to accommodate a good selection of titles dedicated to dog photography. There are some titles I have already reviewed, but generally I would still recommend as number one pick the out of print Sally Anne Thompson's Photographing Dogs (1989), now I can recommend a more recent title as a 'must have' although again the book pre-dates the magnificent 8 plus MB digital SLRs from the best of camera manufacturers.
Allan covers domestic and wild canines, so you can easily consider dogs in sports too. He starts with how to understand your dog's mood, the limitations of a session, learning about your equipment, even how to improve your learning. He gives you material on the various aspects of breeds, how to attract the dog's attention, get the ears up, or down. And into the more technical side he discusses the pros and cons of slide versus print film, shutter speeds for stopping motion, panning, and lighting techniques to get the coat texture captured in the print.
He finishes up with a couple of great lists to remind you of the essentials and even a photo session of his own, and finally cropping the photo - so back into composition - the thing that 'makes' the picture.
But, there is more, tucked away in here is fabulous advice on how to capture the beauty of white or black coats! He calls it the Allan Fur Factor, and to prove the point he has a picture of a white dog against a white background and with a white lamp to the side - and it is all distinguishable and in focus, can you do that?
A well bound soft cover book.
Well worth reading! June 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love photographing my dogs and my skills had developed to the point that friends, family and fellow dog club members were frequently asking me to photograph their dogs too. I needed a book that would help me with two things. First, I had to learn more about lighting and second I had to learn the best camera settings to get the texture and detail in a dog's coat regardless of coat color. This book gave me both and much more. It's a very easy and enjoyable read. Parts of the book are a little too basic for me but that's a small price to pay for the great tips it contains. I definately recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their canine potography skills.
The author explains very early in the book that the use of the term "Creative" in the title is intended mean creating a photograph that captures the personality of the dog. The book is written to help the photographer do just that.
Wonderful book March 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this book to be very informative and easy to follow. It has helped me so much with my photography. Hightly recommend to those just starting out.
Solid Posing and Lighting Ideas April 15, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a very good book to help any photographer properly pose and light dogs. Regardless of the shape, size or color, the author shares the tips and tricks for getting classic portraits that your clients will love.
This is not a bunch of cute pictures taken by pet owners, but rather a professional approach for professional photography studios.
 Not-So-Creative Canine Photography April 8, 2006
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you are interested in a very traditional approach from a professional photographer, this book will provide lots of information. It also provides valuable tips about controlling the dog. But for my taste, I found the photographic results to be uninspiring - too much posing, too much portraiture lighting, not enough of just plain capturing that wonderful dog as it is.
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