Schedule A puppy Photo Shoot with Marc Tahiliani Today!

My name is Marc Tahiliani and I have the greatest job in the world! I get to play with puppies all day and then phtograph them. I have been doing puppy photo shoot for over a decade:

First, a little review

There are some similarities between photographing dogs and photographing puppies, so if you're not already familiar with some of the tips and tricks for getting great dog photographs, let's just take a few minutes to review. First, like children always look more compelling in photographs that were shot from eye level. This is particularly true for puppy photographs because puppies are so small. It's easy to fall into the trap of photographing them from above because you have to get so very low to the ground in order to find yourself at eye level. That's going to mean laying down on your belly in the grass, and because your puppy isn't very well trained yet, making very sure that that grass doesn't contain any surprises.

Eye to eye photographs are more compelling because it's much easier to relate to a subject that you can look in the eye. When you're looking at a subject from above, which is how we generally look at puppies, there's a feeling of disassociation, of being literally and figuratively above the subject of the photograph.