Within minutes of walking through the door I was belly crawling all over the house. With big dogs I might be able to get away with kneeling, but with cats the camera just has to be touching the floor. It was while I was squirming, belly-down, for a better angle that John said something about people thinking he was a crazy cat person for hiring a pet photographer. If he’s crazy, though, then what exactly am I? I’m not sure, but to me, being on the floor with my camera and some furbabies is normal, and I love it there!
This is just a note to all the self-professed crazy animal people out there, you should know I’m crazier than you, and just maybe I could make you feel sane for a day AND photograph your pets. Ya know, feed two birds with one scone. (Totally stole that from another blog, but isn’t it great?!)
Anyway… meet Lily and Olive, two gorgeous cats who posed for me last weekend. The more I photograph cats the more I notice that they are the artists that create my art. Just the simple fact that cats love to be in, under, and on everything makes for some really interesting compositions. Although I had a hand in finding the best angle, Lily and Olive picked out their props all by themselves.
Here are a few of my favorites from my latest kitty photo session:
Lily Chillaxin’ on the patio.
Olive Striking the pose – love that tail!
Left: Lily Right: Olive – Both kitties managing to find their own take on how to pose with the chairs.
