Cat photography tips

I often wish I could take better photos of the cats, because they’re all so darned cute.  I just don’t seem to have the proper technique down for good pet photos, but today I decided to really make an effort to get some good pictures of the kids.  Below, I present a chronological record of my photo session with Derek, without commercial interruption.

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So about this point I’m thinking, “Maybe cat photography isn’t something I should put on my resume.”  Then I decided to harass Chelsea, and she was a much more cooperative subject.  Even though she’s a, well, a potential serial killer, she’s got the most adorable pout:

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I took a few more, and I’ll add them to my Flickr Gallery as soon as I’ve made them a bit more managable in Photoshop.

On a sad note, I received confirmation today from someone “in the know” that Stewie the stray cat, who we took down to the Las Vegas “no-kill” animal shelter in early May, is dead.  I don’t have any details of what happened, but I know that we took him there on May 5th, and on or about May 18th his kennel record listed him as “deceased”.  No one at the shelter told me this, btw—you may recall that I had a little phone argument with them because they wouldn’t tell me why he’d been taken off the shelter website.  You may also recall, most importantly, that Nancy and I had been very clear in telling the shelter NOT TO EUTHANIZE HIM.  He was a sweet cat and a cute cat, and if was in danger of being euthanized, we wanted the chance to adopt him ourselves.

In fairness to the shelter, I suppose they may have come in one morning and he’d dropped dead overnight.  When Sweet Pea died, she did it very quickly and with no warning.  However, I’m highly doubtful that happened.  It seems to me that he was held for a two week period for an owner to claim and then he was put to sleep.  Despite our request that they not euthanize him, we were never called to come pick him up, and we were never called and told if he needed extra medical care.  Really, the main reason we took him to the shelter was because he was such a cool cat, we wondered if someone had lost him.  My assumption is that we’re not supposed to be just picking cats up off the street and “stealing” them, but it appears that our famous “no-kill” shelter doesn’t give us any choice, does it?  We were told flat-out that if we took Frank down to them and he was sick, he’d be euthanized.  We took Stewie down because he wasn’t sick, but he was euthanized anyway.  I’m going to say something I may never say at any other time in this blog, and I want my parents to avert their eyes at this point, because to the Las Vegas Animal Foundation I wish to say a hearty, “Fuck you.”  Fuck you for killing a perfectly wonderful cat, fuck you for not taking 2 minutes out of your day to pick up the phone to save his life.  You’re notorious for killing people’s pets after they’ve been picked up by animal control “by mistake”, and the fact that the city of Las Vegas continues to give you millions of dollars and continues to keep up this “no-kill” charade is merely evidence that you’ve got someone in your pocket.  Fuck you all, I sincerely mean that.  Las Vegas Makes conscious decision to kill more animals than any other city of the same size.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 08/05 at 08:13 PM

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  1. Are those little kitty toofies?  Have you considered an orthodontist for the poor little mite?

    Posted by Nurse Ann  on  08/07  at  02:03 PM

  2. Where you seeing toofies, Willis?

    Posted by Mudpuppy  on  08/07  at  02:15 PM

  3. On pictures 1 and 4. 

    Love, Willis

    Posted by Nurse Ann  on  08/08  at  08:39 AM

  4. MY EYES!!!  Did I just see my sister curse in writing?!  What kind of example are you setting for your baby brother?

    Posted by Strangel  on  08/09  at  05:21 PM

  5. Chelsea does have a cute pout!  You are making great progress with your kitty photography adventure.  :)

    As for the shelter, I don’t even know what to say!  My thought though, is that if Stewie died of natural causes, they would have been upfront with you about it and told you. 

    It disgusts me that this shelter is operating as “no kill” when that is clearly not the case.  I know that when it comes to donating money, we make sure that the shelter is no kill. I would hate to think that they were taking our money to euthanize cats and dogs.

    Posted by Expat  on  08/10  at  10:53 AM

  6. To my brother: 

    Big baby :p I don’t think I’ve ever cursed in writing before, but it was warranted in this case, and besides, the resulting Google result for when people look up the Las Vegas animal shelter is WELL worth it. :smirk:

    To expat:

    Our “no-kill” shelter euthanizes about 100 animals every day.  This country has become so Orwellian with its word-play.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  08/10  at  11:59 PM
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