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How to Photograph Your Pet for a Felted Portrait (From Someone Who Reads 200 a Month)
· 8 min read · by the Felted Pet studio
Roughly one in five orders needs a follow-up photo request, and it is almost always the same three problems: flash, top-down angle, or a heavily filtered phone photo.
Daylight, never flash
Flash flattens fur and turns eyes into mirrors. Stand your pet a metre from a window on an overcast day and you will get better information than any studio light.
Get down to their eye level
A photo taken from standing height compresses the muzzle and hides the chest. Crouch until the camera is level with their eyes, even if it takes ten attempts to get one where they are looking at you.
Send us the boring photos too
The unflattering side-on shot of your dog asleep on the sofa tells us more about coat length than any portrait-mode photo. Send four to six images: face-on, both profiles, full body, and one close-up of any unusual marking.
Thinking about a piece of your own?
Send us four photos and we will tell you honestly what will work and what will not, before you pay anything.