Portrait photographs of cats and dogs is subject that has exercised my mind quite a bit recently.  I still have not tried taking cat portraits but it’s very much on my agenda for the next few weeks.

In addition to this blog about cats I have several others, mostly on subjects about which I have been enthusiastic for many years.  Having come to the end of a career which demanded a great deal of international travel I’m now able to spend time closer to home and once again enjoy my hobbies as well as returning to a closer interest in pets.

My English travel blog, Around England and its associated site about the English Lake District require a lot more photographs.  So does the one under development about my wife’s and my favourite holiday destination, Madeira.  Recently, therefore I invested in a new camera and some clever lenses.  Landscape photography will be the big thing, and I’ve also tried doing a portrait of a friend’s Golden Retriever.  Cat pictures must come soon.

As I don’t yet have any expertise in the subject I’m not going to flannel my way through writing about cat photography but I did come across what seems to me like a very sensible approach to photographing the family pet.  It’s an interesting article on someone else’s blog.  Here it is: “Taking a Good Cat Picture“.  I hope you find helpful.

For a more extensive treatment of the subject in book form why not try Pet Photography NOW!: A Fresh Approach to Photographing Animal Companions by Paul Walker, or Pet Photography 101: Tips for taking better photos of your dog or cat by Andrew Darlow.

The links above are to Amazon.com.  To buy in the UK from Amazon.co.uk the links are as follows: Pet Photography Now! and Pet Photography 101

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