I’m really enjoying the push to blog each and every week with the Pet Photography Project 52! This week’s theme is “Fill the Frame”.

Fill the Frame basically refers to filling the photo with your subject. This has ALWAYS been one of my favorite ways to photograph just about anything, I love a close up!

Here are a couple of my favorite images that fill the frame.

Filling the Frame comes very naturally for me, so lately I have been trying to challenge myself to step back, plan a composition, use negative space, and not to crowd my subject. Here are a few of my new attempts:

What do you think? Do you like a little extra space? Or do you prefer images that fill the frame?

The Pet Photography Project 52 posts are part of a blog circle. To see what the next pet photographer is sharing for the weekly theme, “Fill the Frame,” head over to Mikahla Dorey; Pet & Equine Photographer in Nova Scotia, Canada Continue to click the link at the end of each post in the blog circle and you’ll eventually find your way back here.