American Bulldogs and dog photography
Pet photography is not as easy as people think – it is hard work. There is few rules that if followed will make your pictures to stand out. In photography lighting is very important – watch the lighting if you want to make good photographs.
OUTDOOR LIGHTNING:
The bets time to make a picture of your bulldog outdoors is early in the morning or in the evening – that’s when lighting is best for outdoor photography. Full sun in the middle of the day creates very heavy contrast and shadows. If you have to photograph in the middle of the day watch for overcast days or work in the shadow – this way you will avoid the dramatic shadows and pictures being overexposed.
INDOOR LIGHTING:
A lot of people uses flash when photographing their american bulldogs – this often makes eyes to appear red or green. Try to locate your dog by the natural light source and take pictures then – the results will be a lot better.
Even with great equipment and lighting conditions getting a good shot of your american bulldog is challenging – dogs move and do not hold their ” beautiful” positions for as long as we need them to. I shoot as many pictures as I can and do not try to frame it perfectly for to long because u may never have a chance to get it again. There is a lot of “chance” in photographing pets.
Patience is huge – if you get frustrated with your dog s/he will become nervous and will move even more often or their expression will say – look I am not sure what u are doing but I don;t like it 
The pros needs assistants to handle all sorts of things. If you can get somebody to hold a squeaky toy your dog will have a great ” alert” expression and will look the way you want it to look.
if you will take a picture from dog’s eye level it will create more intimacy and the dog will look more proportional. Also make sure you zoom in this creates intimacy as well.
have fun and good luck getting great pictures … and hopefully sending them to us to post on the blog
Few of my favorite photos:
