this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
518 points (98.9% liked)

cats

19340 readers
1536 users here now

typical internet cats. videos, pics, memes welcome!

rule 1) be kind

lemmy.world rules:

other cat communities midwest.social cats

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Any tips to make cats pose for you?

top 28 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] MothBookkeeper 26 points 1 year 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.

[–] squash_squash 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will get a laser pointer :D

[–] MothBookkeeper 6 points 1 year ago

We will watch your career with great interest.

[–] apepi 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't make a cat do shit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] apepi 3 points 1 year ago

You can suggest they do things with bribes, doesn't guarentee anything.

[–] Willer 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Willer 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you can if the community enabled it AND its a gif from giphy.

[–] bappity 2 points 1 year ago

so needlessly restrictive I remember it being part of some weird paid "turbo" thingy (I think it was kind of like discord server nitro boosting) as well >_>

[–] DpwnShift 3 points 1 year ago

I love it... Upvote test!

[–] Spacebar 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] tryagain 1 points 1 year ago

Our cat has two human pets and she knows it.

[–] hup 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The best way to get them to pose for you is to wait for a few hours with your camera at hand and then put it away in a difficult to reach place. The cat will likely pose within seconds.

[–] treeofnik 5 points 1 year ago

That's the fun part... always a candid capture

[–] GustavoM 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just make sure its yawning and you'll be a 10/10 cattographer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] zarlin 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Instead of deciding on a photoshoot, just make sure you have your camera near at all times, so you can capture the natural poses your cat makes when they happen.

Extra tip: keep your camera ready when your cat wakes up, so you can capture their yawning face :O

Edit: forgot to say that this is a great picture! So majestic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

make a horrible noise

[–] bappity 4 points 1 year ago

pro tip: you can't

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Agent_Dante_Z 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty kitty

[–] ickplant 2 points 1 year ago

What a beaut!

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 1 year ago

That’s a good looking cat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Take lots and lots of photos and edit out the ones you don’t want later.

load more comments
view more: next ›