How to Book a Pet Portrait | Dragos Pepina - Pet Portrait and Wildlife Artist

Photograph Guide

Read the following hints and tips to help you select the perfect picture for your portrait commission. You can also send me as many pictures as you like to my email address and I can help you choose. ⬇️

Read the following hints and tips to help you select the perfect picture for your portrait commission. You can also send me as many pictures as you like to my email address and I can help you choose.

Finding The Purrfect Picture

When looking through your pictures and albums of your loved ones and pets, or taking a new picture yourself, there are a few key things to consider:

💡 Good Lighting – is your picture light enough to see your pet?

👀 True eye colour – does the picture show the true eye colour of your pet?

🐕 True fur colour – does the picture show the true fur colour of your pet?

🐈 Visible fur direction – can you see the fur in detail?

🤳 A good distance from the camera – is your pet too far away and hard to see? Here is an example of a bad picture vs a good picture.

Here you can see the difference between a very good quality photo and a very blurry photo.

If you are having trouble choosing a reference picture of your pet then please feel free to send me a selection and we can discuss together which would be good for creating your custom pet portrait.

😥 Pets That Have Passed Away

If you are looking at commissioning a portrait of a pet that has sadly passed away I understand you may have limited photos available, but please don't worry - send me as many photos as you can and we can work through them together. I will need to see photos of pets that have passed before I accept your commission, so I can check I can work from your photos.

🤗 Here For Advice

Don't worry! I am always happy to help and give you the very best advice that I can. I will always review and discuss your photos with you when ordering a commission. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need any more help, or if you wish to ask any questions. Feel free to send me as many photos as you like, with no obligation at all - my advice is always free.