Thread: Taking photos

So many here have such nice photos of their furries ... and I struggle to get good ones.

The problem of moving around is a problem, I expect, for everyone. Any tips on how to handle?

So many of my shots end up with reflections in the eyes (like the first picture here). I don't even know what causes it, let alone how to avoid it. Any help?

Thursday, I managed to get some good photos of Walter without the reflection in the eyes (but I don't know how I did it). If I take enough pics, I occasionally get a decent shot.

(The second picture was taken to show his lightest colouring.)

Fab photos.... even those of us that take pictures regularly get the white and red eyes with the flash... if you camera has an AV and or a pets and children setting this might be the best if your stunning Walter is on the move... you can also on the AV setting make the shots continuous.. I like this setting best you get some fab action shots....

When I have babies I can take up to 400 shots... and only about 20 of theme are good enough for the website...

Your photos are great.... and he is beautiful xx

Photos 4 and 5 are really good - they show off his beautiful coat, his lovely clear eyes, that gorgeous muzzle... think you're better at this than you give yourself credit for! I can generally get good shots of Freyja (although when I use a flash, it makes her eyes like a little insane) but Wicca is an absolute mare... shots with the flash make her eyes look - to put it bluntly - "evil" and her coat is so shiny that it can be difficult to see her features; with no flash, her eyes are great, and her coat doesn't overpower her features, but you still can't see them as she's so black!

What a handsome lad, I love pics 3 and 5. I always take heaps of shots and end up deleting most of them just to get a good one. Monty is the worst to photograph, he always seems to end up having 'evil eyes' if I use the flash, but then if I use the flash, a lot of the time he then closes them!!!

Walter's a looker for sure.

I've been trying to get the hang of snapping the kitties and I found a couple of things.

I'm not any sort of photography expert, but I'll share my limited experience.

Generally, flash doesn't work all that well for cats. It annoys/scares the cats and gives the evil eye effect...

I have what was an entry level DSLR at the time Nikon D40.

One of the better investments I made for it as far as indoor photography was a fast prime lens.

This allows low light shots to be crisp and clear while minimizing the motion blur.

Here's a couple I took in low light without flash.



This one was with the room lights on, no flash or camera lighting,



Coco watching the sunrise with no other lighting.



Elvis in really dim light.

A UV filter helps too with some types of lighting.

The other necessity is a bit of post processing to even out minor lighting adjustments, crop, rotate, size, etc.

I use iPhoto that comes with Apple iLife and a shareware program called Graphic Converter...

There's equivalent programs for Windows. One doesn't need to spend hundreds for Photoshop...

It's also not necessary to spend tons of money on camera gear, either, but it can be necessary to experiment and see what the equipment on hand is capable of.

There's many sites dedicated to teaching the basics of photography...

Also, bits are cheap. One can snap hundreds of shots and throw all of them away except for the outstanding ones...

Good advice Claudel... I used to have a Nikon D70, excellent camra but it eventually gave up the ghost (we did event photography once-upon-a-time) so I got a point and shoot Olympus (tiny silver thing) it isn't very good at all far too much shutter delay etc... it rally is worth paying that bit more for a DSLR, look on ebay for some used bargains...

Beautiful photos....Claudel xx