{"id":5358,"date":"2021-12-03T04:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2021-12-03T04:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:46:21","slug":"frivolous-friday-intentional-and-happenstance-in-cat-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5358","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Intentional and Happenstance in Cat Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know that I enjoy photography and I sometimes whine when I can\u2019t get the shot I want with the cats. I guess photography is like everything else with cats, it\u2019s all up to the cat\u2014on the cat\u2019s timeline, depending on the cat\u2019s mood\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"I like to get that shot depicting the cat doing catlike things, but also uncatlike things. And I relish capturing a sweet or unusual moment the cat has staged. Cats will stage photos, like this one of Olivia looking at herself in the mirror. Cute. And the photo you\u2019ve all seen that I took of Lily playing with the grandkids\u2019 alphabet blocks. That one was chosen for publication in one of \"\"the Cat-a-day calendars. It also appears on the box the calendar comes in. That\u2019s a keeper.<\/p>\n

One of my best efforts was no effort at all. It\u2019s the once-of-a-lifetime capture of my mother\u2019s cat, Smokey, leaping toward the camera after a bee. Yeah, you\u2019ve all seen it. Proud of that one.<\/p>\n

We carry cameras with us everywhere we go these days \"\"in our phones. It\u2019s easier and easier to snap those spur of the moment pictures of a cat in a certain setting, or with unusual lighting, doing something uncatlike, silly, cute. Oh, and what about cats interacting with other animals–pigs, ducks, horses, and so forth. Is there anything cuter?<\/p>\n

You may remember the photo I show occasionally of a cat curled up in a resting pony’s tail.<\/p>\n

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