Category: Pets

raleigh portrait photographer: alice, brad, + jed the cat. :)

quickie blog post this morning as i’m trying to catch up with everything and get a bunch of shoots and editing done before i’m in pittsburgh for a week!

meet alice! she is a lovely woman who owns her own business doing writing and marketing for software companies. she was in need of a few new headshots and, while we were at it, a few pictures of her and her husband and their adorable cat jed. :)

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they had a beautiful butterfly bush in their front yard with enormous butterflies…we’re talking about the size of my hand.

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and i just about melted when i met this little guy. he was super cute and nice and half-willing to have his picture taken. ;)

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raleigh pet photographer: hermine the cat.

i had the great honor of photographing hermine the cat last week, and what a cutie. :) although slightly skiddish around new humans and big cameras, she did a wonderful job adapting as best she could and we got some really cute shots. hermine is a german kitty whose parents brought her over from germany two years ago when they moved to the states. she flew in the cargo and had a kitty layover in washington, dc where her owners picked her up. she is very loved and rightly so!

hermine likes: treats, twist ties, her cat tree.

hermine dislikes: vet trips, big cameras.

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yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn!!!!

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hermine became a little terrified after a few shots, so we went outside and took some photographs of the proud parents for a while until little hermine came outside to join us. :)

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i love the two below, but mainly the classic cat pose to the right. such a good kitty silhouette!

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i love photographing pets! wish i got more of these sessions. they’re incredibly relaxing compared to weddings! ;)

tabitha nicholas: dog model extraordinaire.

more tabitha, the adorable dog i had the pleasure of photographing this weekend. someone needs to sponsor her as a dog model for purina or something.

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morgan and tabitha!

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in north carolina, dogs have favorites when it comes to college sports too. :)

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tabitha, morgan, and elisa: tabitha only sits still for more than 2 seconds if there’s lots of attention involved – one of the few pictures where her tongue is not out. :)

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such a sweetie! hopefully i have the opportunity to do more pet photography sittings in the future. i love to photograph everything, but pets are especially fun to photograph because they present a unique challenge: you cannot pose them. unusually obediant dogs, maybe, but even then it is nothing like posing a person. it’s candid and action photography as its best and definitely keeps you on your toes. you have to constantly adjust camera settings and patiently wait for that perfect moment when the dog actually looks in your direction. :) it was a blast!