๐Ÿ˜บ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฅ๐ŸฆŽ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ Pet Portrait Challenge Starts + Inspiration

March 30th, 2019
Thank you Debra, @dfarrington for hosting the previous round of the pet portrait challenge!

This week, try for a very CREATIVE or UNUSUAL portrait.

Letโ€™s start the new round of the challenge and showcase our pets!

The definition of a portrait:

"A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person."

For inspiration, see these links that can hopefully give you some fresh ideas:

โ€œHow to get creative with pet portraitsโ€: https://expertphotography.com/how-to-get-creative-with-pet-portraits/

โ€œ11 Photographers who elevated pet photography into an art formโ€: https://mymodernmet.com/pet-photography/

And my favorite one: a photographer who does series of photos about friendship between his daughter and her cat. Letss of a portrait, but still great: https://mymodernmet.com/andy-prokh-daughter-cat-photos/


Get inspired and show us a portrait of your pet where the face is the focal point and your pet's expression tells us something about your pet's personality or mood. Include some commentary in your notes if you wish.

Photos must be taken between today and the closing deadline, which is Saturday, April 20th.

Tag your photos pet-portraitchallenge

Looking forward to seeing a lot of submissions!

Vera
March 30th, 2019
@vera365 Vera, if you use the same tag as I used for pet portraits you won't be able to tell which are old and new. So you might choose another tag, like pet-portraitchallenge2 or something like that. And just so you know, the challenge is for pet pictures, and my subject was portraits, but others have done other subjects, so it doesn't have to be a portrait challenge if you want to try a different pet topic. But I'm happy to do pet portraits again personally, since I can participate this time!!! Thank you for running this new pet photo challenge! And congrats on winning the last one.
March 30th, 2019
@dfarrington Good to know for the next time. I think since it is already posted, i wil leave it at this. I didnโ€™t realize the theme changes, and as for the tag - i can just watch out for the dates when a photo wad posted. I will also โ€œalertโ€ the next winner to change the topic. Thanks and sorry for not noticing it earlier.
March 30th, 2019
@dfarrington I now added a โ€œcreativeโ€ and โ€œunusualโ€ portrait to spice it up a bit.
March 30th, 2019
Thank you for the link, Vera! Some people are so talented and creative with their pet portraits!
It is a wonderful theme for this edition of the pet challenge - looking forward to getting some shots in - and putting my thinking cap on to figure out what to do!
March 31st, 2019
I am not a participant this time, but just to kick it off, here is my "creative" attempt of my cat trying to look like a dog.



Tagging all who expressed interest or participated in the previous round. Sorry for making it a portrait again, but hopefully this time we can approach it with a creative angle! Thanks for participating the last time!

@farmreporter @dfarrington @dmdfday @wenbow @gardenfolk @yogiw @jo38 @adi314 @flaumel @4rky @stownsend @spanishliz @jackies365 @dianen @fbailey @northy @sugarmuser
March 31st, 2019
I'll see what HRH will assent to!
April 23rd, 2019
@vera365 Vera, holler if you need any help posting the finalists. The first time I did it I found it a bit confusing!
April 23rd, 2019
@dfarrington Thanks so much for the reminder! With the easter, I am behind on everything! :) Will do today!
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