Ever since we brought Jager home, I’ve been trying – so hard – to implement what I’ve learned from my new photography book – Beautiful Beasties. Take a look…

& my two favorites…


I’m not perfect, but with time (and a lot more reading from Beautiful Beasties), I’ll be takin’ pictures like the pros in no time!
Beautiful Beasties is 352 pages of guided information for creating the best “calendar-Quality” photos of your favorite pooch or feline. This book is easy to understand and offers great incite for those wanting to start their own business in Pet photography.
Beautiful Beasties
Release Date: September 2012
Paperback – 352 pages
SRP: $29.99 USA / $35.99 CAN
ISBN: 978-0-470-93227-8
Synopsis:
…Whether you’re a pet parent seeking the perfect picture or a photographer considering a career in pet photography, help is now here. Discover lighting, exposure, composition, and shooting techniques tailored to animal subjects. More importantly, learn to read their body language, master challenges unique to animal photography, and capture their personalities to treasure forever.
Beautiful Beasties explains how to capture expressions, avoid spooky eyes, edit for better images, work with multiple animals, and much, much more!
About the Author:
Jamie Pflughoeft became addicted to photographing pets while studying animal behavior in college and working as a dog-walker and pet-sitter. She started Cowbelly Pet Photography in 2003, and today she serves commercial, editorial, and private clients as well as teaching photographers around the world about the exciting field of pet photography. Jamie also runs the Beautiful Beasties Network, an online community for pet photographers.
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Disclosure: I was provided with a copy of Beautiful Beasties for the purpose of my review. All thoughts, opinions and/or testimonials about this book are solely my own and based on my experiences with it.















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I’d like to learn tricks on how to get dogs to stay still when taking photos and how to eliminate blur in action shots.
I like to get my furrbabies to not be bouncy when I try photographing them.
My trouble photographing the cats is getting them with a good background.
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