These are some portraits of 3 of our beasties. I took them when we were celebrating Mahkayla's Second Anniversary party a couple of weeks ago.

James

Very pretty kitties. I love the third, upside down ones.

Where is Mahkayla's photo since it was her anniversary??

Ditto! On the pretty kitties!
They are all quite photogenic! They look like they have the same personality of my "Bob"cat.
No party hats?

I love these James! Such beautiful faces. #2 made me smile...I love the expression,

"WHAT is that thing you are pointing at me???"

Beautiful markings.

Great lighting, I still have a lot to learn!

"Where is Mahkayla's photo since it was her anniversary??"

LOL, I wanted to save her the embarassment. Here is one from her birthday. You know - let her have SOME dignity. :P

James

Oh, what we do to the ones we love. I really like this one. Black on Black is wonderful and it really works to show off the embarrassing hat!

LOL, Peggy Sue. You bet!! You should see the shots with her and the meat-cake that we made. :P However, I must spare her SOME.

Having said that, believe it or not, I found the series that this shot came from with Mahkayla to be one of the technically hardest I have done. Shooting a black dog with black background and not blowing out the highlights of the shiny hat and her hairs was pretty hard to get right.

James

What a face!! I love it James. I hear you on the black on black. I have it a little easier since the camera can focus better on Hallie's tan where it meets the black but it is a challenge to get right.

I don't know if folks remember the condition Mahkayla came to us in. All of the obvious coat conditions are gone, but she had a broken leg that had healed (without being fixed) prior to our getting her. The doc has been watching it for the last year and a half and she has been seeming to do fine on it...until Thursday night when she hurt it playing with some dogs. She is now on anti-inflamatories and is limping around on 3 legs. Sigh.I think they are going to reccommend surgery - which will be a nightmare, not just because of the financial costs, but really because of the recoup.

-JM

James...I love all of them. Keep up the awesome job and give them a scratch on the back for us.