So my client Lizzie fosters kittens. She has fostered a lot of them, giving them a great shot at life. But she just had a foster fail. Hobo Joe, the smoky gray kitten. Something about Hobo Joe melted Lizzie and her husband Ryan's heart and before you could say "meow," Hobo Joe was theirs. They had two cats but one recently passed away so they had a permanent vacancy in the household.We had a great kitten shoot. Hobo Joe was just so tiny. He was only six or seven weeks old when we had his photography session. And you know kittens... so adorable.For me as a pet photographer, my hierarchy in terms of photographing dogs and cats is: 1) dogs are easiest 2) kittens are next easiest 3) then cats ...
So I'm not really an artistic photographer, though my pet photography work these days is veering more conceptual... but not too much. I don't want to look inaccessible, I'm just having a little fun. My friend Cheryl just let me know she had a new kitten. A male orange tabby by the name of Henry. And so I had to pay a visit. With my camera... and a few props I hadn't had the chance to use before.Henry was found in one of her friend's garage. Now everyone knows, the shelters are full this time of year. But Cheryl, who already has two cats and two dogs, had room for one more in her house.At first, they thought Henry was gray. But as they wiped him more and more, they found he was an orange ...