TIPS for a perfect photo:
When taking a picture, make sure your lighting is even on your subject. For example, when you have one side shaded and the other lit up, that makes for an odd looking photo. Have the subject facing the light and it hitting the face evenly. On your camera, check your settings and select the largest image setting. This makes a larger photo that can capture the details much better.
Indoor photo's don't work well at all. Occasionally I see indoor pics that are great and most are from professional photographers that have the correct lighting. It's not an easy task to capture the best lighting indoors. So always go for outdoor clear photo's.
As for the subject, zoom into the face or head of the pet, get a mug shot. You can also take some body shots as well. If you just don't have any photos that look well, take a day and spend outdoors with your pet and try to capture that perfect pic. It may take a couple of tries of doing this but eventually you WILL get a great pic. This picture you capture will be turned into a painted portrait and will show all the fine details of your furbaby and capture a special moment.
Remember, the bigger and clearer photo with the correct lighting, makes for a perfect portrait.
When taking a picture, make sure your lighting is even on your subject. For example, when you have one side shaded and the other lit up, that makes for an odd looking photo. Have the subject facing the light and it hitting the face evenly. On your camera, check your settings and select the largest image setting. This makes a larger photo that can capture the details much better.
Indoor photo's don't work well at all. Occasionally I see indoor pics that are great and most are from professional photographers that have the correct lighting. It's not an easy task to capture the best lighting indoors. So always go for outdoor clear photo's.
As for the subject, zoom into the face or head of the pet, get a mug shot. You can also take some body shots as well. If you just don't have any photos that look well, take a day and spend outdoors with your pet and try to capture that perfect pic. It may take a couple of tries of doing this but eventually you WILL get a great pic. This picture you capture will be turned into a painted portrait and will show all the fine details of your furbaby and capture a special moment.
Remember, the bigger and clearer photo with the correct lighting, makes for a perfect portrait.
Clear photo with soft lighting and appears even on the face. Body is slightly blurred (Defocused) so makes it slightly difficult to find some lines to work with. But overall not a bad photo and can be done as a painting.
Large clear photo with correct lighting
Note: As you can see, the dog's coat is black and gray from the lighting. That's what your portrait will show..the true colors from your photo. If your pet is black all over and the light makes him look gray all over, you will get a painted gray pet. Spots are easy to fix, but the whole dog would take major changes and so this would create added costs. So your photo selection is crucial in having the correct colors for your painted portrait.
Indoor photo. Too dark, small and unclear to paint
Perfect head shot with perfect lighting-Photo by Patty Naimo
This photo is small, blurry and too dark. I could not do this for a portrait.
The lighting here is off. Only one side is lit. The head isn't even all the way in the picture. Also too small. This will not work.
Even lighting, outdoor photo, clear and large.
Even though this is a larger photo, it was taken with a cell phone therefore is very unclear. This cannot be created into a painting. Pixels too low. ( I see way too many of these)
