Photography Report 8 (I think XD) : taking photos of pets/animals

If you have been following me for sometime now, you will know that I have about 10 billion pictures of our cats...and some of other animals....but mostly cats ;)
Soooo-today I'm going to give you a few tipps on how these pictures of your beloved pets or zoo animals or wild animals will turn out best!

Rule no.1: Basically the most important thing is that both you and the animal are comfortable. You can never force an animal to be cute and calm so that you can take pictures of it. If it runs away, then try it another time. The worst thing you can do is chase after it and force it to be on the picture some how. The pictures won't turn out well and it is not good for your relationship either :) By the way-food is always a good motivation ;)

 Rule no. 2 Go down so that you are on eye level with the cat or the dog or whatever it is you are taking a picture of. Nothing is worse than a great view on the top of the head and fur. Noo-you want the face and you can only get that, if you meet the animal down there.

Rule no. 3 Do it a lot. As with all things-it takes time until you get the hang of them. For the animal and for you. For example at the beginning Salsa (The cutie pie below ;D) was really scared of the camera and the noises it makes but now she doesn't give a damn. :) Also if you do it a lot at some point you will know when the animal is "in the mood" and if this is so-taking pictures is way more easy!
Rule no. 4 A high shutter speed is often desirable as well. If the animal does something awfully cute and then your picture is blurred you will be furious! So  simply use a high shutter speed from the beginning and this won't happen to you! :D

 Rule no. 5: Experiment with settings, colors, positions, lightings everything. A sleeping cat will essentially always be and look like a sleeping cat, you don't need 10 pictures of that. You can have endless fun with animal pictures, if you always come up with new ideas. You could try giving the animal some kind of prop-anything you can think of.

Anyway-I hope this helps and I can't wait seeing your awesome animal photos! ;)

xoxo Alex

Awesome Monroe inspired hairstyle

What'up peoples :) doiing good everyone?

I usualyl have a photo or something which I draw so when I draw from my head, the drawings aren't so great but still for some reason I like them better because then it can actually theoretically be exactly the way you want it to be..

So anyway-I hope you like it!

xoxo Alex

Wildbeest

Ok-I was actually torn whether I should show you this or not-because honestly I seriously don'T like it, but I mean I've posted shitty drawings before so I guess I shouldn't complain.
Anyways-the composition is totally messed up and I don't like the way the colors at the bottom turned out.

xoxo Alex

Blue Wildbeest

Yep-you read correctly-I have no clue why this beest is called blue-because on the photo I had it is not...ah well :D I thought it would look cool in watercolors and tried to come up with a mess free way to color it....

I failed...See for yourself!

But the head didn't turn out that bad as it looks on that picture actually :D

For some reason it reminds me of those cave paintings...I wonder what the rest will be like when it is dry! :D

xoxo Alex

Looking into the closet

Heeelllo guys :)

The next part of the Art Project :D (By the way-just as a hint-these aren't in the proper order yet :P)

This is the second to last one :D I can't wait to show the whole thing when it is done! :P

xoxo Alex