Photographer Seth Casteel burst onto the scene back in 2012 when his series of “Underwater Dogs” photos went viral. Casteel has used his newfound fame to promote dog rescue and adoption, and he has taken hundreds of “adoption photos” to help attract people to dogs who need forever homes. In the video above, part of a whole series on dog photography, he offers some great tips for photographing even difficult dogs. He’s mostly talking about how to take the kinds of photos that make an adoptable dog look its best, these tips are helpful even for the photos you take of your own dog.
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Photographer Seth Casteel offers up some of his tricks. . .

. . .and the results are impressive.