Cat Photography

Tonight's blogging subject is Cat Photography. It sounds so simple, and yet...it's not. Cats are only so willing to work with you in your quest for photographic glory, before the lure of the food dish or the litter box tear them away from that truly awesome Kodak moment.

Take Millie, for example.

The first picture was just okay, so I called her name in a sing-song voice, thinking it would be super-cute to have her looking at the camera while backed by a daffodil wreath. Millie thought it would be even better to leave the shot entirely.




And then there's Harley. Faster than a speeding bullet, with a tendency to be washed out by the flash.




Then there are those moments that are truly adorable...trouble is, it's hard to get a great shot when the subject is sprawled on your arm. So you experiment with camera angles. Thing is, this particular subject doesn't, er, mind showing off his...bits. (My apologies--I just thought it was cute how he was sprawled out and hope no one is offended by such blatant kitty-porn. Hey, at least he's neutered, right?)





In other words, it's difficult to photograph cats...but every once in a while, they give you a great moment. Like this morning, when I found that a certain little purrvert had invaded my supply of feminine hygeine products.

(Sorry Mom, I had to post it!)

I am finding that the best way to catch the funny things my cats do is to use the video option on my camera...which is how I got a hysterical video of Millie and Harley last night, which will be put in a seperate post...if it ever finishes loading on YouTube. Stay tuned!