Do You Have An Indie? Read This!
Creature Companions|December 2022
I speak from experience when I say this, not everyone understands Indies. A lot of them come with past trauma & it takes someone who either has an indie themselves or who really understands the meaning of patience to deal with them.
Prathima Pingali
Do You Have An Indie? Read This!

In the 4 years I've been doing this, I have learnt so much about Indies, how to work around their fears & get them comfortable, that now it's like second nature.

Whether its aggression, fear, shyness, anything & everything can we dealt with, with a little bit of time & a whole lot of love.

If you relate to what I said above, then in your photoshoot, the easiest way to get them comfortable when in new surroundings / uncomfortable situations is to...CUDDLE!

Whether your dog is scared of a camera, a new person or place, this trick works for all of those situations!

It's doesn't matter if you're shooting or just with your professionally phone.

This TRIED & TESTED trick works SO WELL when I'm shooting, especially with Indies!

Wrap your arms around your pup, shower them with loads of kisses, pick them up & tell them how much they mean to you, how much you love them...

The result? Some of the most. beautiful, candid photos capturing the relationship you share with them!

Take a look at some behind the scenes stories from some of my Indie dog shoots!

THE TOUGHEST FAMILY PHOTO EVER

I wanted to start with this photo, because it was the toughest photo I have ever had to take.

See the indie on the right? Her name is Ella, and she is terrified of everything (to no fault of her own of course)

Having had multiple traumatic experiences in her past, everything scares her, including me & my camera!

She wouldn't enter the room that I was in.

Baby girl would pace around the house, super uneasy with the fact that I was in her space.

So, I buried myself under the hundreds of pillows that Feriel (her hooman) had on her sofa & covered myself with a blanket so that nothing but my camera lens was ever so slightly sticking out.

THEN?

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