Yes, I have been doing pet photography for maybe 18m-2 years? I started with equestrian photography and moved into pet stuff. I bought my lights just over a year ago(these are obviously not studio lit)

I am really really OCD about things and I have taken courses at UT and online and photography forums are wonderful for instant feedback. I think you also get more pointed feedback.

Portrait stuff is harder than when I did just event photography. With event photography you just wait for the moment to happen and stay invisible, with portraits, you have to make it happen and direct it, which, I have a hard time with!

Julie, how much of the final image do you think depends on photoshop? Of course you need a good well exposed image to start, but I find that almost all successful portrait shooters now are ALL highly PS's.

Just curious of your thoughts. . . .

I think the photoshopping adds the final touch that takes it from a nice image, to a finished image. Easy to go overboard though! I have to watch myself as sometimes PS is a razor in my monkeyish hands!

I would love to have the skills of some here