Custom Pet Portrait from a Photo

2.  Besides proper focus and zoom, these tips should not only help you get started with some basic photo editing techniques, but as well give you some wonderful insight about preparing your photos for an artist, and the perfect oil painting.  Capturing a great pose is very important for the artist that is painting an oil painting and using the photo as the subject.  The best tip we can give to someone who would like an oil painting hand painted using the photo as a subject, is this. What would you like? This is always the first rule.

4. Pet Portraits "Patience and the Pose“  Not everyone has the patience, time, or endurance to capture the perfect photograph of pets or children with pets. It seems children and pets all have little patience, a mind of their own, and that never appears to be what the impatient photographer is looking for in the perfect pose. Portrait Photos "Preparation When, and Where?"  Try to give yourself "good timing" Directly before, or after a meal may or may not be the best time depending on the type of portrait you are looking for. They think hungry or relax, unfocused or satisfied and you think play and lets take some photos, which may not give you the exact mood, you are looking for.

6. Photo Preparation "Ideas on Grooming and Getting your Pet Ready“  The sun may not be your best type of lighting choice but the sunshine seems to always bring out the best in our furry little friends! Fur perks up and all the little hair follicles seem to stand out perfectly. Photos, How Many? "What to Keep and What to throw out“  Take many photos and throw nothing out. Later they may just become more useful than you might be aware of. This requires a little artistic imagination on your part. You may think that because the photo is not centered correctly that the photo is unusable. Not so. If you have a great shot of your pet, it can be edited, zoomed in and centered for what might be the next million dollar pose.

8. Portrait Backgrounds "Ideas"  Choose a photo of a great background from your photo inventory or search the web for ideas. There are thousands and thousands of royalty free backgrounds, paintings or pictures available for you to use as you like. Final Portrait Preparation "Putting it all Together“  If you have a little bit of time and experience with basic cut and paste editing procedures combined with a little knowledge on photo editing programs, you too can easily create an unforgettable beginning to a piece of fine art and originality.