Lucky Little Ones | Seattle Cat Photography

May 25, 2012January 14, 2016Leave a comment

I haven’t had the chance yet to post these adorable little ones on the blog yet, so in case you missed them on my Facebook page, here they are…

The kittens were found in and rescued from a parking garage, then taken to Animal Talk Rescue where the awesome crew there will make sure they are nursed to health and found homes soon. There’s nothing like a pile of fuzzy kittens to warm my heart, but it makes me sad to think of those that get dumped and don’t get another chance.

And did you notice the ‘pink lipstick’ mouth of the grey one that just had his medicine?!

xo ~ K

PS. A little reminder: Spay & Neuter!! They don’t always end up this lucky…

Exceedingly Cute Kittens | Seattle Cat Photography

May 1, 2012January 14, 2016Leave a comment

I thought I would share this trio of exceedingly – no, insanely CUTE kittens, that I just re-edited. I took it way back close to beginning of my volunteer photo work at animaltalkrescue.org – the kittens were adopted in a heartbeat (how could they not have been?!) and were called about as soon as this photo went up on Petfinder and they weren’t even ready for adoption yet! We are going to send a copy of this to big donors at the rescue as a little thank you for helping save lives.

What my rescue photos don’t show, and I should show everyone some day, is the space that I take them in. I usually take them actually at the rescue itself in tiny small spaces (I take some of cats in their foster homes), with no way to set up lights and within a very short period of time; usually within 10 minutes and with the help of someone distracting them so they don’t jump off the table (or filing cabinet!) and run off. It’s really remarkable that these three actually posed and looked in the right direction for me…so, thank you, Moxie, Tango and Cozette! I hope that you three are enjoying pampered happy kitty lives now.

Now back to photo editing!!

xo ~ K

If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope

**REMINDER: Please do not share, copy or reproduce my photos without prior written permission. They are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by K.A.Moore Photography, & Katherine A. Moore. Thank you!!**

Kitty’s ‘Good Side’ | Seattle Cat Photography

April 12, 2012January 14, 20164 Comments

It has been one of those weeks!! So today’s photos are kind of inspired by some of the feelings that we all have when we’re tired and weary, and certainly don’t want a camera in our face. Many people ask how I get the cats that I photograph to pose for me and how I capture their many pretty sides; it usually takes shooting off quite a few photos of my feline friends to give me the ‘money shot’, especially since cats are generally not as inclined to cooperate compared to dogs and people.

Well, like us self-conscious humans, animals appear to have their ‘not-so-pretty’ moments that they might not appreciate me sharing with you, but I happen to think they’re still adorable. I always see a lot of character behind these funny, perturbed and ‘why are you flashing that camera thing in my face’ looks.

And of course I do know that it’s only us silly homo-sapiens that care about what we look like to the world around us. I take the photos at the cat rescue so that I show off the cats’ best ‘side’ so that a potential adopting home may be drawn to the animal by their profile picture online (match-making at its finest and most useful, I’d say). Sometimes it’s the quirks and imperfections that make us/them more appealing anyway.

I also need to get beyond my own need to look half-way good in every photo of me, and let (aghast!) more be taken especially of me and Roman; I take so many of everyone else around me, that from my photo albums you’d think I didn’t really exist. But until then, everyone may sometimes see some of these looks appearing on my face in photos. I will post smiles and pretty things soon, but I hope these at least give you a chuckle.

xo ~ K

PS. Feel free to comment with your own captions for these photos!! I’d love to see what you’ve got.

This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else. ~ Meister Eckhart

Francisco | Seattle Cat Photography

March 23, 2012January 14, 2016Leave a comment

I am up way too late to write a real post but because I love the photos I got today of the handsome and very regal Francisco, I thought I’d share them. He has been at the shelter animaltalkrescue.org for a while now, with his more-shy brother Anconia, and in the past he has played a little hard to get. But today I got his soft side and all his attention. More beautiful cats from this session to come very soon!

xo ~ K

A cat may look at a king. – English Proverb

Catching rays, my muse | Seattle Cat Photography

March 16, 2012January 14, 20162 Comments

Today I was happily out and about to a couple of foster cat homes to take some photos; both kitties (Bee and Velvet) I had met before at the rescue but now are in great foster homes, and so have a less stressful, more comfortable slice of life. It’s great to see rescue cats blossom once they are in ‘foster care’ and in their new forever homes; the individual attention they receive away from the stress of the many cats and hustle and bustle of a busy rescue, allows the shy, submissive, previously sick or neglected cats, to come out of their proverbial shells. They find their voices, they discover that there are humans out there that provide love, shelter, compassion and a warm bed, and they don’t have to be scared anymore.

I haven’t had the chance to go through Bee and Velvet’s photos from today yet, and I will likely have to go back for some more from Velvet (very shy but strikingly beautiful), so I am posting some of my cat Jeffers catching some rays on our dining table. He could easily be used as a reflector, his white fur just gleams in the sun. I adopted Jeffers from animaltalkrescue.org (where I do the volunteer photography for); he never was shy though, and he is so at home here.These sunny shots taken during some of the brief Seattle sun we have had lately, warm me up for just a moment…

So today I hear that a friend found some of my images in use on some random sites in a search she did online, and of course, they are uncredited to me. I know that in this Internet age there are just so many photos flying around in cyberspace but as far as copyrighting goes, the moment you take that photo, it’s yours…it’s copyrighted. My hope is that anyone reading and following my blog will be a good ‘web neighbor’ and not take my photos without permission, and give credit where it is due. Photographers share their photos within this crazy medium, in order to share their art and to communicate a message or story (and by all means share if it’s going to get a cat adopted!), but stealing is stealing. Everyone appreciates getting credit for their work and a simple link back or a simple request to use a photo, would be a much-appreciated act. I was discussing with a friend the other day how my mum always tried to drum it into me that ‘imitation is the highest form of flattery’. Maybe so, but not when you don’t give credit to the person you are imitating, and with this stuff, it’s considered outright theft! I don’t claim my photos as being anywhere near perfect but they’re mine, that’s all. If anyone sees my images being used elsewhere without them being linked back to me or without due credit, please let me know. Thank you! Lots of kitty karma your way!

I’m off to finish watching some Kubrick genius (‘The Shining’) and hoping there are more glimpses of Spring to be seen this weekend. I am also hoping for a less migraine-filled couple of days.

xo ~ K