Tatty, Tinkerbell and Poe

Last weekend I photographed three lovely cats. When I get a call about photographing multiple cats I get very excited and a little nervous at the same time. Cats are not normally food motivated and have a tendency to do things on their own terms.

When photographing a cat the challenge is always getting him/her comfortable with me following him/her around. A cat will dart off into an inaccessible crevice of the house never to be seen again by my camera. This has happened in the past but somehow (knock on wood) I am always able to get the shot. This usually only happens via hard work from the kitty's owner. When you times this by three there is always the fear I will lose at least one of them and miss it. What makes environmental cat photography so fun is being able to really follow the kitty around and catch him/her doing all those fun, catlike things.
Speaking of cats and their point of view-check out Cooper who is a photographer who happens to be a cat. I can't really compete with that but if you care to check it out the rest of the photos from this session they are posted below.

I was pleased to meet Tatty, Tinkerbell and Poe.
Tinkerbell and Poe are sister and brother. Tatty is an older kitty who has some health issues but you would never know it based on her demeanor. All three did not mind having my camera in their faces. In fact, I got lots of kitty snuggles in between shots.

Tatty is a Main Coon and super sweet. She likes to lounge in the house and explore outside.

Poe is a beautiful black cat is super inquisitive. He was not into going outside as much as looking out the window. He led the way to the basement where he could sit on his seat!

Tinkerbell is an adorable black and white kitty. She loves to park it outside and lounge on her chair in the sun. Tinkerbell and Tatty both love laying/playing with tissue paper.
All three cats were so mellow and welcoming. This was such a calm, enjoyable session.