How do I get good pictures of my pets??

I have 2 cats and a guinea pig and I have no idea how to take good pictures of them!! If I don't use flash the pictures are blury and look wierd and I don't have a tripod and If I use the flash it bounces right off the pets and then they are too bright with a real dark background!! Also my guinea pig and my 1 cat have white so when I take a pic of them the white is blown out!!

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you can try taping a small piece of tissue paper to the flash to diffuse the light.

try using one piece and then two pieces of tissue till you get the right amount of light.

How do I get good pictures of my pets??

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take them yourself

How do I get good pictures of my pets??

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You're getting poor flash results because you're quite close to the subjects and the flash is overpowering.

See if you can adjust the flash output (User Manual).

There are also flash diffusers (google for them) which will help out.

The best thing to do is, if your camera has a hot-shoe on top, get yourself an external flash unit that lets you bounce light off ceilings and walls.

And you'd likely get blurry pix even with a tripod because the little critters are moving. So stick with flash.

HTH

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Try sepia or black and white treatement. It might give something to your pets
yes the flash is overpowering. If there is a way to use the flash manually, you can diffuse the flash using something as simple as a white t-shirt over the flash. It has supprisingly good results, but i'm also using a nikon D80 so i have a lot of control over the exposure.

Good luck and stick with it!
I never use the flash when i am taking pictures of Lori and my beta fish . The way you get a clear picture without the flash , is taking the picture outside . Here is a shot inside of my kitten with the flash , it looks pretty bad :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13606906@N0...

Here she is outdoors without the flash , it's a little bit better then the indoor shot :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13606906@N0...

here another recent picture of her , this time i made her sit by a window that has a lot of light :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13606906@N0...

So take the pictures at eye level of the pet , and use natural light .