Express your Pets Personality Through Creative Art

People find many ways to express their personality, whether it
is through sports, music, art, or another outlet. In any case
the creative nature that we have comes to the surface once we
have the tools and have developed ability to accomplish this.
One area that has continued to grow as a result of technological
advancement is with computer enhanced graphics. Faster home
computers coupled with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator have taken the high end graphics work once limited
to corporations to smaller businesses. The most basic photo
manipulation is to correct flaws in the picture, which can be
expanded to the more advanced creation of fantasy scenes, such
as overlaying multiple images and the addition of special
effects.

These changes have enabled businesses to start in the areas of
custom portrait and pet photography, to wildlife and even
automotive areas. Turn on your television and I am sure that you
will find numerous dog shows. The market has continued to grow
as a result of the many pet owners. These pet owners often treat
their pets better than some do their own children. Being a pet
owner for many years, and having a wife who has helped me to
enjoy this even more has resulted in a better understanding of
what pet owners strive for. For those of you who are per owners
can recognize that your pets coupled with this level of creative
photography and graphic arts is a natural fit. In my travels and
research over the past 20 years, I have learned quite a bit
about pet owners and how their pet is often an extension of
themselves. There is that adage that there a pet and its owner
do resemble one another! As with an artist holding a paint
brush, these owners look at their pets as the canvas, and
leaving nothing overlooked. If you go to a dog show, attention
is taken by these owners to ensure that the dog is groomed
perfectly, any bows are straight, and even to the point where
the dogs happy personality is obvious. Now as you walk into the
home of these individuals, I am sure there is a wall of
photographs that show little Sophia as a puppy, all the way to
the present, and even beyond. Christmas cards, notepaper and
anything else that you can think of will have images of these
beloved pets.

This desire for creativity by these pet owners has spurred an
industry that caters directly to them. The pet lover is a proud
group that loves to express their love for their pets. These
owners take their pets to the experts for advice on how to train
them, expert groomers for that perfect coat and the list goes
on. Now another option that expends beyond standard photography
provides a second level of creativity. One company that
understands this area extremely well is
www.PalmieriConcepts.com. Besides the founders being a pet
owners for many years, and having a house full of pets, this
company has spent years talking with owners and listening to
them to understand their needs and wants before it even became a
company. Often the owners knew they wanted something different,
but was not sure exactly what or how to accomplish it. By
listening to them, and understanding what could be done, their
needs were met. Some of the non-traditional examples included
the idea of having fantasy backgrounds such as a dog floating on
a rain bow, to taking a color photograph and making it look like
an old black and white.

For the serious owner, most have a special wall in their house
or office with pictures and posters of their pets and even
similar ones. Often these pictures were done in the traditional
style of “point-shoot-develop-print-frame”. The custom graphics
companies that specialize in the photography industry have now
taken the “develop” stage to the next level with custom image
enhancements. These enhancements could be as simple as a picture
of your pet overlaid on a family photograph, or even a key
element such as the dog tag with their name on it. By combining
this level of graphics, a plain photograph is transformed from
just a photograph to an expression of personality.

There are many examples of what I have described on line and
www.PalmieriConcepts.com in the Pets section has a selection of
examples that will give you many ideas that you can incorporate
into your own works