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darkcalypso — Tutorial : Enter Cats' World
Published: 2011-07-09 18:43:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 7889; Favourites: 294; Downloads: 122
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Hi !
Here is a tutorial about improving your cat photography.
I truly hope this tutorial will be helpful... and that you'll like it.
There are few things I can add :
- I never take cat photos in studio and most of the time I use only natural light (outside, or throught a window when I'm inside).
- All my cat pictures are hand-held photos (no tripod).
- All the advice I give are good for animal photography in general.
... Don't hesitate to ask if something isn't clear !
Feel free to show me your work.
EDIT :
Here is 's great work !
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Wow, extremely helpful. I might even be able to use some of this on my dogs.
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Thank you for this tutorial! I don't take a lot of photos with cats, but first - they surely are pleasant topic for photos, and second - I feel that your advices can be useful for me in photographing other topics. Moreover, recently, I've a lot of cats around me (not my own, just wild) and I'm trying to be friendly with them but it goes like it goes, heh... And your words gave me some power, so I'll be trying harder
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Thanks for making this tutorial. It's very clear , especially with the examples. I'll try to remember and apply your advices.
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Thanks for the tutorial. Perhaps it will inspire me to have another go myself.
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Last summer (2011) I was at my family who had lots of cats then because of the kittens and all and I took a lot of photos of them trying to follow your advices a bit 
I can give you a link to my photobucket folder where I have all the rest if you will feel like watching them
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Hi !
I'm glad you tried to follow some of my advice ! Yes, I'd like to watch your other shots
May I give you more advice for your photos ?
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Ih, Calypso, I didn't know you made tutorials
This is a really great one; it explains things really well
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LOL I'm glad if it is useful ! Thanks
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Wow, this is such a great tutorial on cat photography. You've put in just the right amount of technical detail and kept the reverence for the subject. It's wonderful. I'm going to go home and photograph my cats now.
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Thanks for writing this tutorial, it's very helpful
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ah perfect if only i had my dream camera instead of a basic digital one i got for xmas a few years ago. i only wish i had the $700 to get it
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Le chat de mon frère est resté à la maison ce matin et j'en ai profité pour mettre à profit les conseils que tu donnes dans le tuto.
Les résultats sont là, si tu veux critiquer n'hésite pas je pourrai m'améliorer:
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Woow ! 
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Merci mais détrompe-toi, ce chat a presque peur de tout, je peux même pas le caresser vu qu'il ne me connaît pas
Et j'ai dû l'épuiser pendant une heure à jouer avec lui pour qu'il se pose enfin ^^
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Alors c'est tout à ton honneur
Si tu me permets, j'aimerais rajouter ton travail dans le commentaire du tuto !
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Aucun problème, sans ton tuto ces photos n'existeraient même pas alors n'hésite pas à en faire ce que tu veux !
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Même si tu as suivi mes conseils, c'est toi qui a travaillé
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Merci beaucoup pour le tutorial.
J'aime beaucoup le point à propos des "non-cooperative cats" 
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Thank you very much for posting this, it will be very useful! (:
I really like the shots you put here, they're really beautiful *-*
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Hello again from #PetPortrait
because of your tutorial, we have just added a "Tutorial" folder to the group's gallery. We'd love if you'd submit this piece to the folder
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Hi !
I'm honored
Thanks a lot !
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I just wanted to let you know that we, at #PetPortrait , have recently added this tutorial to our blog. We'd like this to be shared with our other members because you've done such a good job explaining this process
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i dont have a cat but this is great, might find some of it useful for my gecko
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Thanks for the lessons. Cat are difficult to photograph and I end up deleting at LEAST half of the photos I take.
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This is very fascinating.
I knew some of the tricks, and the *Rule of the thirds*, but I also got a few good information, and this is also a great reminder to look at before taking photos.
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Bien joué, un excellent tuto (que je mettrai en pratique dès que j'aurai un chat ^^') et une très bonne façon de faire une compilation de jolies photos de chats !
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This was a great tutorial! I think it's rather helpful
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Hi ! I'm glad you like
No problem ^^. Av mode is the "Aperture value" mode, generally, it is closed to the "Manual" (M) mode. In Av mode, you choose the aperture and the camera choose the shooting speed. It's possible that your camera doesn't have it, new compacts does not have these settings...
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Aah, yes, I was looking at the options on my camera and I don't think I can 
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I think the Dis Mode is only a stabilisation mode, it's not equivalent to the Av mode, but it will be really useful to get hand-held shots when you take cats in poor lighting.
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Aah okay. Well, one day I will upgrade and I'll keep that in mind! Thank you again for sharing!
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This is really good and interesting. I would definitely try these techniques with my cat
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This was a very useful and educational tutorial <3
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