Animals are difficult to direct. Due to this, you are quickly tempted to
shoot a photograph of a pet or animal in the situation it just happens to be in. This can work well, but it often produces fairly static portraits. Recognise this? Your pet does something funny and just as you have your camera ready, it appears that the cat or dog already has other plans. So make sure that you maintain as much contact with the animal as possible. For example through calling your dog, due to which he’ll come to you. Or throw a toy to your cat. Food always works too. Have someone
throw a dog biscuit into the air so that your dog looks up or even jumps. In brief, draw the attention of your animal so that their behaviour is more photogenic. You’ll see that this produces much better photographs!
In this picture the cat is looking away, reducing the effect of the picture