Kitty and Moe-Tampa Pet Photography, Cats
Hello everyone! Today I have photos to share from you from a pet session I did a few days ago. I do not have a lot of experience photographing cats so I was excited for the opportunity! It was not easy but in the end I came away with some really nice images I like a lot! We started out outside and it was not as easy as I had hoped to get the cats to sit and ‘pose’ in a particular spot the way I wanted them to. ‘Kitty’ the striped cat was very interested in my camera and every time I thought I was about to get a good shot she started walking towards me and wanted to inspect my camera-at this point I was not even using a flash-I was trying to get her to sit in the nice sunset light so the clicking of the shutter seemed to be what she found to be curious! I did finally get the shot that leads off this post and I really like it.
We (Their ‘mom’ Wendy and I) then decided to put some tuna in a martini glass to get them to stay in one place and give us some fun photo opportunities! It worked!
We also put some tuna juice on this statue. I love using props like these in photos, they always add so much to the photos!
After the sun set we moved to the screened in porch with had a beautiful stone wall to use as a backdrop. We decided to try to get the cats to sit on a pedestal and after a few attempts, kitty in particular decided she liked sitting on it and gave me some great poses. Moe did not like it but I still managed to snag a nice image of him on it as well.
I used a 28″ Westcott Apollo Softbox to light these shots and was pleased with the result. Finally when it was getting late we switched out the pedestal with this nice wicker table and I got what may be my favorite image of the shoot. Somehow it often ends up that I will get my favorite images towards the end!
As always I had a great time and learned a lot. Photographing pets be they dogs cats or horses gives me a great deal of joy, contact me if you would like a photo session of your best friend/friends!
Beautiful series! I enjoyed it a great deal.