Author: Rhiannon Buckle / Source: Bored Panda
As a pet photographer, my normal client is a dog or cat. Never would I expect to photograph Foxes!
Pet foxes are not a normal thing in the UK so this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and it was hard to resist putting fox cuddles before taking the photographs.
I got lucky to work with Joy’s Pets, based in Gloucestershire, UK. Amongst your more exotic animals like reptiles, owls and hedgehogs they now house a small family of foxes. Of course, I took up the challenge of shooting these beautiful but wild creatures and I was so thrilled with the result of the images.
I met two of their foxes and we covered two shoots over a year. Both foxes live outdoors whilst interacting with humans and their owners so they are mostly domesticated but I was headed into uncharted water with this shoot, I had no idea what to expect from them.
Ruda is the adolescent cinnamon fox. She was a bit shy in the studio but made herself at home on the sofas. She much prefered to lounge on the sofa, where she wanted to chill rather than model! She was curious about the camera and I managed to get some amazing wide-angle shots of her. This wasn’t her first shoot at the studio so it was easier that she was familiar with the space already.
Is this not the happiest fox you’ve ever seen?!
These shots may look like easy ones to capture but as well as making sure the fox was comfortable with myself and my equipment I was also continually thinking about how I was lighting my subject and what my next shot was gonna be.
The fox, the composition, the lighting, the pose, the focus, the timing. My brain was working overtime!!
Jaeger
Jaeger…
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