this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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Any tips to make cats pose for you?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use treats or toys, whichever your cat likes. No surprise here, but laser pointers are especially effective for getting your cat to look somewhere in particular. When you're taking the photo, get down to their eye level for more of a connection. Use a camera with a fast shutter speed, since they're going to move no matter what you do. Use natural light, it looks best with their fur.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I will get a laser pointer :D

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can't make a cat do shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah! But you can!

Bribes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fucking epic. Why was this not a thing on reddit?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tips for posing cats: sit there and observe, hope that they want to pose, otherwise, you're just going to lose, because cats don't serve you. You serve cats!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have two cats.. And believe me, this is a fact... I'm not the owner. They own me. haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I would also like to know. Will keep an eye on this 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd love to pet them with my tiny rat paws.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That’s a good looking cat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

make a horrible noise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

pro tip: you can't

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Take 1,000 photos over several days. Delete the 997 bad ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is actually the correct answer. There is a video on youtube about a professional cat photographer its pretty much take 1000 pics, delete 997.