Photo Session Blog: General Zod & Ursa | Seattle Cat Photography

February 21, 2012January 14, 20163 Comments

General Zod

It has been an impossibly long and busy week (and more) filled with appointments, taking rescue photos at Animal Talk Rescue http://animaltalkrescue.org and at a cat foster home, a private session, a location scout, preschool duties, a gig at a casino…all kinds of things. We also have our ‘peripheral domestic drama’ looming once again. And amid all of that, hundreds of photos were taken, many an iced tea and caramel latte has been sipped, and I’ve had a lot of headaches (that’s pretty normal though!).

Ursa

I have often thought that in my next life, should I have one, I would like to come back as a well-loved house cat, one that is adored by its owner and would likely have to only contend with competing with only one or two other cats for attention and treats. I would eat sumptuous dishes of salmon and greens, have my fur coat brushed, sleep at any hour of the day that I please and I could lord over my household from high-up places such as the shower stall (as my cat does) and the fridge. All those silly responsibilities and all the trappings that make us crazy, frustrated and dissatisfied humans, would be gone. I could handle that. And maybe I wouldn’t get as many headaches. Millions upon millions of animals don’t have it nearly as lucky, and it’s what keeps me taking all those hundreds of photos of rescue kitties (often in a 2 by 3 feet space on top of a filing cabinet!).

Scarlet

When the first rescue cat (Scarlet) that I photographed was adopted after her new ‘profile pic’ was posted, it was true motivation and proof positive of the power of photographic imagery. Just to catch the eye of a potential adopter is all I/we can hope for and it can make the world of difference.

Trixie…looking for a home!

Right now I have 3 of my 4 animals lying on my bed with me, one under the covers, sleeping. Such is the life. Sleeping is what I should be doing too…Mama Kat is exhausted!

xo ~ K

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” ~ Thomas Merton

Billy, backdrops and moggy memories | Seattle Cat Photography

January 26, 2012January 14, 20162 Comments

I have quite a few different photo projects in the works and am busy deciding on oh-so-many things I would love to have in order to make photo shoots extra pretty and special. Spending ‘just a few minutes’ on Etsy is dangerous (for the shrinking wallet), but I have stumbled across one particular shop, Una Chica’s Chic Boutique, where I adore the photo backdrops and hope to be ordering a couple of them very soon. I just entered their giveaway (as I wait for their baseboards to dry…) for one of their ‘fur’ photography props; how sweet would a kitten look on one of those??! Head on over to the blog here to link and share away for your own entry…although I am crossing my own fingers for myself….http://unachicaschicboutique.blogspot.com/

It’s been a grey, windy, chilly day or so here in Seattle, so some photo editing is an ideal way to spend the afternoon and evening. This handsome old Siamese kitty is my friend Christina’s dear Billy; here he is with his birthday hat on. Those iceberg blue eyes show years of wisdom and devotion… As my own old moggy Milo is around the same age, I understand wanting to capture a dear friend with photos, before crossing that Rainbow Bridge. It’s difficult to see an animal that you have shared your world with getting older and more frail, but I think you can still see a kitten in those pretty eyes. I hope to help many new and old friends capture memories of their animal companions with that handy dandy camera of mine.

Billy modelling his 16th birthday party hat

You’re a handsome boy, Billy!

“It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Hello world!

January 24, 2012January 11, 2016Leave a comment

So here it is! I am setting myself up with a site and a blog so that I may share my photos and my thoughts with the world around me. I am chiefly motivated by my desire to do a couple of things:

~ to share my photography and to grow personally and creatively through it

~ to raise awareness about the issues that inspire my photography; animal welfare, rescue and adoption is at the heart of my volunteer cat photography (at Animal Talk Rescue here in Seattle)

~ to create some freelance work for myself; as mum of a preschooler, I’ve been kept very busy with my little boy for the last few years, but I’m needing to feed my creative soul and share my skills. I used to work hard in the crazy world of film production but the hours and investment are just not conducive to being a mama, and my health, energy and time are far better spent these days on smaller, more personal and soulful projects

~ to bear witness – with my camera – to all those fleeting moments in time, so fleeting that the best thing I know how to do, is to take a photo. I enjoy helping to catch other people’s moments, the moments that you want to commit to memory…the ones you want to share

It’s late and I must sign off before I eat too much Theo dark chocolate while I’m online.

Leaving the blogosphere with one of my favorite Diane Arbus quotes: