Commercial Pet Product Photography
Recently a local small business owner reached out to me about taking photos of her newest products.
Furfect City sells dog apparel and other products targeted for smaller breed dogs. My job was to photograph three sets of harnesses, leashes, and poop bag containers in different colors.
We talked about what she wanted captured and I started the search for dog models.
I needed to find shorter-haired dogs so the harness could be seen in the photos. I needed to find owners who were okay with being photographed too, or at least having their hands or legs in the photos.
When I have needs like this, I reach out to my previous clients first. The reasons why are because I know the owners and I know the dogs. I want to be as certain as possible that the dogs will perform as expected.
The client brought her own dog Leo so I needed to find 2 more. Leo modeled the light blue products.
Commercial pet photography of harness, leash, and poop bag holder in light blue.
Ozzy’s mom had booked me twice in the past year for photos. I knew she wanted to get him into modeling so I thought of them immediately.
Ozzy’s mom and Ozzy showing off the poop bag container, leash and matching harness.
Ozzy modeling the yellow harness from Furfect City.
Lighter colored dogs also tend to do well with product photos so I immediately thought of Mia too (pictured on the right.) She brought along her new sister too.
Recent foster-fail Maple and her new sister Mia modeling like pros.
The client happened to have two pink harnesses with her, one small and one medium so I was thrilled when she suggested using Mia’s newly adopted puppy sister Maple in the photos too.
That was a good call, right?
The items were perfectly color coordinated. The client surprised the dog moms and gifted them each with the harnesses and they also received two digital photos from me for their time.
I always show all of the photos to the dog moms in case they’d like to purchase more.
I’ve worked with small, start up local businesses and large multi-million dollar companies. I am grateful for each one of them.
I’m grateful to the dog moms for helping me out too. The dogs were all great.
This was a fun day!