When I arrive at Tania Boterman's studio in Kensington Market, she's in the middle of a piece for her upcoming show: "One Bird, So Many Feathers." It's a series of pen and ink drawings centred ...

Other pet portraits were more candid, like this black-and-white vignette portrait of Frances Farmer in 1936. American actress Frances Farmer playing with a pet dog in 1936.

Each portrait takes Boots 60 to 70 hours for just one pet — longer if the portrait features multiple pets. "It's a lot of back and forth with the client," said Boots.

Decide where you would like to create your portrait. Depending on the animal, you may get better results if you take the photo in a familiar place where your pet is likely to be calm.

The pet portrait industry is thriving in Seattle—and for good reason. There are more dogs than children in this city: around 153,000 dogs to 107,178 kids, according to Seattle magazine (which ...

Additionally, frame your pet tightly in the shot or set your camera to blur out the background. If you can, set your camera's f stop at 2.8 or 3.5, which keeps the focus forward on the immediate ...

One of the great things about creating a pet portrait is that you don’t need any specialist equipment. “All you really need is some paper and a pencil,” says Webber.

Although immensely popular in Western countries, pet portraits are relatively uncommon in Sri Lanka. In fact, 18-year-old Nishitha Wanigasuriya feels that he maybe one of the few pet portrait artists ...