Cat photographers....I have a question.

[Liberal Veteran]

How the hell do you manage to get good picks of your cats with their eyes wide open?

[Sabriel]

1. You shoot a shitload of pictures and hope one turns out

Actually, that's the rule of thumb for photography in general. We have 18 years of cat pics, and I'd say only about 25-30 of them are any good.

[Kali]

2. I was taught 1 pic for every two rolls.

The key to good photography is throwing away the bad stuff.

[NashVegas]

10. with cats - more like 1 good pic for every 4 rolls

[HeeBGBz]

3. Lots of pix

My white kitties are big hams, but my siamese is camera shy.



This is Nilly. One green eye. One blue eye.

[ET Awful]

6. She's purty :) n/t

[HEAVYHEART]

9. Lovely looking cats you have there!

[HEAVYHEART]

8. Oh how cute!

[skygazer]

4. Prop them open with small toothpicks

They don't show up in the pictures. Honest. :evilgrin:

[ET Awful]

5. Bright natural light and no flash.

Flash with cat eyes (and dogs for that matter) is really tough. If you MUST use flash, don't shoot head-on, take the shot from the side. The flash reflects off the inside of their eye, thus the bright green, blue, red, etc. eyes.

[Blue in a Red State]

11. There's a great way to get rid of red eye in Photoshop

Here: http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/ht/apsredeye.htm
No more satanic looking kitties!

[HEAVYHEART]

7. You cats are beautiful!

[nuxvomica]

12. tip: remove all traces of catnip from the camera

[ET Awful]

13. Why does that look like a bobble-head kitty? :) :) :)

Great angle :)

[nuxvomica]

14. the kitty was sniffing the camera

Thus making him look freaky. I swear I'm going to someday take a good picture of my cat. ;-)

[BuelahWitch]

15. My last three cats have all enjoyed having their pics taken

Whenever I get my camera out it's "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille..."








(Boo got mad b/c he was sharing the pic with his Momma here)