Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio

Language: German

Photographing dog portraits - photo shoot in the studio

This dog photography tutorial will help you take emotionally moving dog portraits. Join professional photographer Tobias Gawrisch on a photo shoot in the studio. He will guide you step by step from the preparation and execution of the shoot to the post-processing of the dog portraits. Over 2 hours of video training, after which you will capture more than just the animal in a picture.

Preparation: How to set up an effective studio with just a few resources and what equipment you need.
During the shoot: the right camera and flash settings, the right way to handle the dog.
Post-processing: Get to know retouching techniques, create backgrounds and create exciting image looks.

For dog portraits that also elicit a "wow" from the owner: Draw on the wealth of experience of a professional photographer, adopt their workflow or use specific approaches.

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content: 2 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

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Dog photography: Dog portrait, taken during a photo shoot in a studio

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Learn how to take such characterful dog portraits yourself in the course.

Intro to the video training

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What you can expect in the video training course "Photographing dog portraits - photo shoot in the studio"

You will learn how to take dog portraits from the wealth of experience of a professional photographer.

Settings and shooting

Step by step: dog portraits in the studio - 1 The equipment

Here you can find out what equipment you need to take impressive dog portraits in the studio. You don't have to have your own home studio, all the equipment is inexpensive and easy to buy and allows you to have a professional shooting setup with you at all times.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 2 The camera settings

Here I explain all the settings you should make on your camera and flashes to achieve the best possible result. The settings are made manually on the camera and the flashes are also controlled manually. However, once the settings are set, they no longer need to be changed during the shoot.

Step by step: dog portraits in the studio - 3 The studio set-up

Here I show you the setup of our small home studio. You'll see exactly where I place the background and the flashes to achieve the best results later on. You'll also get tips on how to work with large and small dogs.

Step by step: dog portraits in the studio - 4 The shoot

Now the photos are being taken! Here you'll get an insight into the shoot itself and how we worked with Max the Labrador. Then you'll find out the best way to handle the dogs and how to get your dog to give you their full attention.

Image editing.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 5 Import & organization in Lightroom

The first step in image editing should be good organization of the image files. That's why you can find out here how to use Lightroom to organize your images and create a pre-selection from the shoot.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 6 Basic editing in Lightroom

Also in Lightroom, we will give one of the images a basic edit to prepare it for later processing in Photoshop. Lens correction and the reduction of contrasts are particularly important here.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 7 preparatory steps in Photoshop

In Photoshop, we will first remove all distracting elements from the image. To do this, we use the repair brush as a tool to remove and replace individual elements from the image.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 8 Create your own textures

In this chapter, I'll explain how you can create your own textures and backgrounds from scratch in Photoshop, which you can customize to suit your image. This way, you'll always have the right background or texture to hand when you need to insert something.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 9 Insert background

Now we can insert the new background into our picture. You will learn that it is much easier to insert a color-coordinated background than a background of a different color. The background is then selectively edited.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 10 Dodge & Burn

The next step is to make the first adjustments to the image look. First, the contrast on the dog is selectively increased with a dodge-and-burn layer and areas of the image that are too light or too dark are adjusted.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 11 Adjusting the image look

Various further adjustments to the image look will now follow. In this way, the foreground and background merge more and more into a uniform image. Colors and contrasts are adjusted and selectively highlighted.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 12 Sharpening

The final step in image processing is sharpening. There is a technique for this in Photoshop that can sharpen completely without artifacts. With this technique, you can achieve impressive sharpness in your image.

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 13 final adjustments

Finally, we take another look at the image in Lightroom. Here we can make a direct comparison with the unprocessed image and see what we have changed in the image. If necessary, final corrections can also be made here in Lightroom.

Closing words

Step by step: Dog portraits in the studio - 14 Final words & useful tips

You've made it! Now you know everything there is to know about dog photography in the studio. And that's why I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you and refer you to my Facebook group on the subject of dog photography. And at the end you'll receive a little surprise!

Details of the content

Dog photography: How to take characterful dog portraits in the studio
Dogs are among the most popular pets, and not just in Germany. If you're a photographer looking to get into dog studio photography , expand your existing knowledge with new ideas or simply want to photograph your own dog as a dog owner, we recommend this complete workflow by Tobias Gawrisch. In this two-hour video training course with 14 lessons, you will accompany the professional photographer through every stage of his process.

Planning is half the photo shoot: preparation & execution

In preparation, we explain what equipment you actually need for dog photography in a studio and how easy it is to set up with just a few resources. To ensure that you get exactly the picture the dog owner wants during the photo shoot , you will learn which camera and flash settings you should choose and how to draw the dog's attention to the camera.

Give your dog portrait emotion, look & finishing touches: image post-processing

Your trainer then launches Lightroom to organize the wealth of photos taken with the program and select the best ones. After the basic editing of a dog port rait, it is opened in Photoshop and further refined: you learn how to remove distracting elements, create completely new backgrounds and retouch using the dodge-and-burn technique. Finally, you will create an exciting image look with the help of colors and contrasts, sharpen again and receive final tips and tricks. Would you prefer to go outdoors? Then take a look at our outdoor dog photo shoot tutorial. And cat lovers can also take epic shots of their loved ones with this cat photography tutorial.

Dog photography in the studio - what you'll learn in the course

Set up a studio, set up the camera and flash, photograph the dog, choose the right image and post-process it in a targeted manner using sensible methods - learn the complete workflow of a professional and impress with your dog photos - either yourself or your customers.