Lighting

 For my lighting of my pictures, I will try to incorporate as much natural light as possible, as the natural light creates the feeling of nature and animal-y feel, although i would love to include some shots of each animal with professional lighting, i believe the best option is to not overuse this type of lighting. However i did learn about the use of tin foil for lighting and heres an example:

Heres a picture i found using a sort of professional lighting, which i can recreate at home aswell

This picture looks amazing in the end result, and all they used was a green screen(green background for editing purposes), a lamp shining downwards with a tinfoil sheet pointing up and away. I find this picture amazing, and i would like to recreate it at home aswell. Im advertising about my animals and how i treat them, so close-ups and detailed shots can help enhance the looks of the pets im including.

The article gave me amazing tips about this DIY reflector, and even gave me the steps to creating one and how to use it properly, it states",Get a 3 feet by 4 feet piece of thick cardboard or foam board to use as your reflector. Create a smooth white surface on one side of the board and adhere tin foil to the opposite side. The tinfoil side will reflect a brighter, more specular light, while the white side will reflect a gentler, more even light."

The article went on to say that if i want to show lighter fur, i should use the white side and for darker fur i should use the tin foil side, which helps me alot as i have a dog with very light fur and a cat with dark-ish fur.

Furthermore, my research also told me about the use of many other types of lighting, so i will list them all here and give a short description of them

1. Continuous Lighting

    - (LEDS especially), these lights stay on which keeps the pet calm and non frightened by a random flash of light, LEDS and other continuous lights do not emit/create much heat so it is very optimal

2. Broad Lighting

    - The most simple setup for lighting, simply when the pet is looking in the camera, and the light is shining from the same exact side as the camera making the face of the pet the focal point and shows the details of their face.

3. Short Lighting

    - Same set up as the previous one, however this time the light is on the opposite side of the pet, which creates more detail in their fur/body features more than anything. Can include a DIY reflector for better results aswell.

I will use mostly the natural lighting(outside pictures, window lighting etc.), however i will try to create a DIY reflector at home as the idea really interested me and i believe can help me achieve a professional-ish look in my pictures!