I'm So Frustrated -- Pictures - Page 2 - YorkieTalk.com Forums

yorkieaddict · 08-07-2007, 06:30 AM

Honestly I think the main ingredient is lots of patience. I do all of the same things to get their attention but mostly I take a ton of pictures. The picture in my avatar of all four pups at ten weeks old took half the day to get. I was determined to get the perfect shot and knew it could take all day. I had to take many breaks and 200 shots to get the one good photo. I wanted a photo of all four pups before they went to their new homes and I think it paid off. Good luck in your photography.

JCarlson2004 · 08-07-2007, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

LOL Poor Jen !! I whisper to my girls - they'll look intently and directly at me to try to figure out what I'm saying - if you go here - you can see what kind of shots I get by doing that - http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89575

I got these by whispering "Do you girls like to go Bye Bye ?" hehe - it really works - then I do take them for a little ride around the block -

and you do know I can do your Cards off seperate photos right ? if you get pics of them alone - I can make them LOOK together -

oh - another thing is try to take pictures outside with NO flash - they seem to know when to close their eyes for the flash

I know ... I was trying to get 3 seperate shots of them because you can put them all together in the end. I'm hopeless. I'm going to give the whispering a try tonight.

JCarlson2004 · 08-07-2007, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by browniesmom622

LOTS & LOTS OF STUPID SOUNDS AND TREATS BUT I PERFER THE SOUNDS!

personally i keep the camera in my hand let them play & do there thing then CALL there name they turn to you and you get a great shot

Wow Lenora, that's a great shot of all 3 of them!!

TEACH ME!! You will be my Yoda and I will be your Luke Skywalker!!!

red98vett · 08-07-2007, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004

I know ... I was trying to get 3 seperate shots of them because you can put them all together in the end. I'm hopeless. I'm going to give the whispering a try tonight.

it really works for me - I got those shots of the girls in less than 5 minutes - course they spent 5 minutes making out

Also - if you have a view finder - you know where you don't have to 'eyeball' the camera - try that too - I'll hold my camera down near my waist (lined up) and talk to them and just keep snapping - (with NO flash) and they fall for that trick every time cause I don't have a camera to my face

browniesmom622 · 08-07-2007, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004

Wow Lenora, that's a great shot of all 3 of them!!

TEACH ME!! You will be my Yoda and I will be your Luke Skywalker!!!

have you tryed screeching
really loud thats one of the sounds that work for me

do you babies know Stay well?
i usally just sit them there and say stay then quickly make a sound you have to be quick with the camera

Jeri Cunningham · 08-07-2007, 06:45 AM

I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear!

LuvMySissy · 08-07-2007, 07:06 AM

I use treats, wanna go bye bye, wanna go outside, daddy's home, make strange sounds, call their names - whatever it takes. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not so well. I usually take several photos for every "good" one I get!!!!!

Yorkiekids · 08-07-2007, 07:33 AM

Penny loves to have her picture taken. She's just a ham. Piper on the other hand always puts his head down when I'm trying to get a picture.

red98vett · 08-07-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeri Cunningham

I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear!

well - you're my hero - HOLY cow is that a great shot !

red98vett · 08-07-2007, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nutkitty

Oh, but you can get some of the BEST pictures during playtime! Just keep that camera handy.

I'm enclosing examples. Sorry that they're cats instead of yorkies... my yorkie is still in his mum's tummy at the moment.

These are GORGEOUS GORGEOUS CATS ! OMG they look like Tigers - what kind are they ???

and tpaxton23 - this is a VERY QUICK fix of the eyes - I'm in the middle of printing and doing cards but wanted to show you in case you go try it yourself - I did all 3 except for the little black and white one on the left - you can see what I meant better by me showing it to you - if you have the tools I pm'd you about you can do this in most programs - and if not - 'gimp' (it's free) will have the same tools as photoshop

I put the pics side by side - see the difference ?

sassypup · 08-07-2007, 08:12 AM

Oh Jenn....we've all been thru these photo fustrations...if only you can say sit, and say cheese lol.

Here's what I do since I use Zoe a lot to model clothes...

BRIBE BRIBE BRIBE BRIBE....with favorite treats and tons of praise.

use something squeaky like a fav toy to get their attention, hold it right above or to the side of your camera depending on where you want them to look and adjust as needed. I've taught Zoe the wait command so that helps her understand to sit still. When they're in the pose you want, snap as many as you can using different lighting and while you are snapping away, prasie like crazy (good girl, good boy, wait etc). You can also put a treat to their nose, then pull away to the camera and they will look at the treat. With the toy though, if they look away, continue to squeak.

You will find some days that they will be very uncooperative, ie, too distracted, too tired, too lazy etc. If they are slightly hungry, they will be more motivated to work for treats. Also, eliminate distractions too if you can, I close the bedroom window to the room since she gets distracted by things like voices or birds chirping. I've also noticed that depending on time of day, I get better shots and cooperation. For Zoe, that is first thing in the morning when she is full of energy. If I try after a long walk or an afternoon at a dog park, all she would want to do is slump down and go to sleep.

Hope my tips help. You will find that it takes tons and tons of photos to find that 1 great photo.

pinkfashionista · 08-07-2007, 08:14 AM

I always have to take like 1000 pictures to get one good one! My trick is to get them tired out. It's soo much harder to take pictures with more than one though!! Make sure they're tired. And, to get them to look, I always use a whistle that I got out of a 25 cent machine. LOL They love it! (But sometimes Jack runs to me instead of just looking

)

For the pics with the hats, I played with them for about an hour before we took it. I made them sit next to eachother and took about 50 pictures. LOL Then, I got the cutest candid, it looks like Rosie is kissing her brother... she's actually sniffing him.

Rosie is seriously SO PHOTOGENIC. She lets me take millions if pictures of her in strange outfits doing weird things.

And, she really doesn't care. But, Jack... I have to take like thousands for one good pic. I've included some of my best pictures of Rosie.

For the one where she's got her eyes closed-- its a candid! She was sitting there, and I called her name, she looked back and blinked... and I got the pic

For the one of her in the Christmas box, lets just say that one took about an hour to get. LOL And, a LOT of preparation.

sassypup · 08-07-2007, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeri Cunningham

I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear!

OMG what a great photo with all looking. I wonder if you hold the record for most dogs looking at camera lol. Great photos of your gang.

aka_yorkie_mama · 08-07-2007, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeri Cunningham

I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear!

can we come over and play ...well by play i mean you take some pics of my kids lol thats great

tpaxton23 · 08-07-2007, 08:31 AM

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I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear!

Wow, I am very impressed with that picture.

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and tpaxton23 - this is a VERY QUICK fix of the eyes

Thanks Red98Vett!!! It looks great.

08-07-2007, 06:30 AM	#16
yorkieaddict Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Calif Posts: 877	Honestly I think the main ingredient is lots of patience. I do all of the same things to get their attention but mostly I take a ton of pictures. The picture in my avatar of all four pups at ten weeks old took half the day to get. I was determined to get the perfect shot and knew it could take all day. I had to take many breaks and 200 shots to get the one good photo. I wanted a photo of all four pups before they went to their new homes and I think it paid off. Good luck in your photography. __________________ My belongs to Molly, Princeton and Pinky http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p...edium=text_url

08-07-2007, 06:45 AM	#21
Jeri Cunningham Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hercules,CA Posts: 2,057 Blog Entries: 1	All in a row I use one special treat for pictures and the word 'picture' is something they love to hear! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mandy & Krissy & Teddy & Chelsey & Kayla Non-Yorkie: Rusty & Biewers: Darla & Spanky The Little Rascals

08-07-2007, 07:06 AM	#22
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	I use treats, wanna go bye bye, wanna go outside, daddy's home, make strange sounds, call their names - whatever it takes. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not so well. I usually take several photos for every "good" one I get!!!!! __________________ Sissy & Angel

08-07-2007, 07:33 AM	#23
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	Penny loves to have her picture taken. She's just a ham. Piper on the other hand always puts his head down when I'm trying to get a picture. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

08-07-2007, 08:14 AM	#27
pinkfashionista Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan! Posts: 76	I always have to take like 1000 pictures to get one good one! My trick is to get them tired out. It's soo much harder to take pictures with more than one though!! Make sure they're tired. And, to get them to look, I always use a whistle that I got out of a 25 cent machine. LOL They love it! (But sometimes Jack runs to me instead of just looking ) For the pics with the hats, I played with them for about an hour before we took it. I made them sit next to eachother and took about 50 pictures. LOL Then, I got the cutest candid, it looks like Rosie is kissing her brother... she's actually sniffing him. Rosie is seriously SO PHOTOGENIC. She lets me take millions if pictures of her in strange outfits doing weird things. And, she really doesn't care. But, Jack... I have to take like thousands for one good pic. I've included some of my best pictures of Rosie. For the one where she's got her eyes closed-- its a candid! She was sitting there, and I called her name, she looked back and blinked... and I got the pic For the one of her in the Christmas box, lets just say that one took about an hour to get. LOL And, a LOT of preparation. Attached Thumbnails __________________ xox lauren

08-07-2007, 08:12 AM	#26
sassypup Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: S. Ca Posts: 1,905	Oh Jenn....we've all been thru these photo fustrations...if only you can say sit, and say cheese lol. Here's what I do since I use Zoe a lot to model clothes... BRIBE BRIBE BRIBE BRIBE....with favorite treats and tons of praise. use something squeaky like a fav toy to get their attention, hold it right above or to the side of your camera depending on where you want them to look and adjust as needed. I've taught Zoe the wait command so that helps her understand to sit still. When they're in the pose you want, snap as many as you can using different lighting and while you are snapping away, prasie like crazy (good girl, good boy, wait etc). You can also put a treat to their nose, then pull away to the camera and they will look at the treat. With the toy though, if they look away, continue to squeak. You will find some days that they will be very uncooperative, ie, too distracted, too tired, too lazy etc. If they are slightly hungry, they will be more motivated to work for treats. Also, eliminate distractions too if you can, I close the bedroom window to the room since she gets distracted by things like voices or birds chirping. I've also noticed that depending on time of day, I get better shots and cooperation. For Zoe, that is first thing in the morning when she is full of energy. If I try after a long walk or an afternoon at a dog park, all she would want to do is slump down and go to sleep. Hope my tips help. You will find that it takes tons and tons of photos to find that 1 great photo.