A few months ago, I did a photo session for a small business that makes goth cat furniture and accessories. The photographer enjoyed working with me so much that she asked if I could model for her workhop on taking pictures of cats. Of course my human agreed.
The instructor said she didn’t need me until an hour into the workshop, but my human wanted to come early because she thought she might pick up a tip or two. That was also good for me because it gave me a chance to explore a little before the workshop started. I also got to hang out with some of the students.
Everything was so much bigger and more professional than my little photo studio!
Here’s a wider view of the studio setting. I posed while the instructor arranged everything.
The workshop had a lot of tips for people who were serious photographers, which made sense since it was being held in a big photo supplies store. Most of the people there were real photographers with real cameras and lenses. So the lecture part was pretty fascinating for my human.
I liked the second part where they moved the chairs out of the way and all the students took photos of me. The instructor was pleased that nearly all the students got on the ground level with me. Which is 99% of the time the best way to photograph a cat.
Of course I took everything in stride. I mean, I’ve done this before, meaning most of my life.
To keep things interesting, both for the students and me, my human brought a few of my accessories. My bell, as you saw, my tiara, and some necklaces and my flower crown.
The instructor also switched the lighting up a couple of times.
I patiently sat for most of the time, and only walked off the set a few times when I started getting bored.
At the end, they just used a simple, one-light setting and those photos came out really well! Some of the students posted their work on Instagram and TikTok.
One of the students brought her own cat, and she brought him out at the end of the session for people to photograph, after I was finished. Of course my human took photos too. He was more typical of what photographers are faced with when it comes to cats. A little nervous, distracted and kind of all over the place! But he got comfortable enough to play some.
He wound up enjoying the attention! I think he was kind of a ham.
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