Tips for photographing (pet) animals on Animal Day

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Today is Animal Day! A great opportunity to put your/a (pet) animal in the spotlight, or better still, photograph it. Photographing animals is similar to portrait photography in many respects.

Just as with people, you try to capture the animal's beauty, soul and character. This article points you towards a number of top articles on the subject.

We've already written quite a few articles about photographing animals, including: 10 tips for photographing dogs.

If you like birds, which are quite a challenge to photograph, admittedly, this article by Liesbeth van Asselt with Lots of tips on bird photography! is sure to be very useful to you.

In addition, the great bird expert Wilfried Solarz has of course often been willing to share his tips and secrets, including in his article: 17 bird photography tips from Wilfried Solarz.

Elja wrote an article on Animal Day back in 2014: 8 tips for photographing your pet, containing tips from renowned pet photographer Paul Walker.

In 2015, Iris van Liempt wrote an article containing 20 beautiful photos of animals. Just to get some inspiration!

If you happen to still be on holiday and find yourself in an area with lots of wildlife, the article 8 tips for photography on safari may be relevant.

If you're looking for something closer to home, Richard Hijmering's article A day taking photos at Burgers Zoo may be interesting to read.

Now that it's autumn and the deer are bellowing, it might be fun to visit the Veluwe and get some good shots. In his article Red deer in full action, Johannes Klapwijk gives tips on how to approach this.

Hopefully these links will inspire you to get started with photographing animals again. For me, the most enjoyable and challenging genre in photography!

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