049: Josh Norem - The Pet FurrTographer
Josh Norem is a world class award winning pet photographer from San Francisco California specializing in dogs and cats. Josh shares some of his best tips to get started photographing pets and marketing yourself to pet owners.
In Todays Interview You'll Learn
How Josh got his start in photography and how he started shooting animals
Some of the technical challenges of photographing animals
Why a shallow depth of field can take be more distracting in pet photos
One reason Josh thinks its easier to photograph animals than it is people
Some tricks to getting animals comfortable in front of the camera
Why Josh has a different lighting set up for cats and for dogs
Hot to capture an animals personality in photographs
How to get some action shots of dogs running
Why Josh doesn't use a shot list to get photos of the animals
Some tools Josh uses to get an animals attention
The best time of day to shoot dog portraits
How Josh uses flash to bounce lights for great photos of cats
The questions Josh asks pet owners before taking their pets photos
How To market your pet photography business
How to get business right away when youre getting started
How to much to charge for pet photography
One of the biggest failures Josh made when first starting out