How to Take Photos of Kittens: Cell Phone Edition
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- Опубликовано: 2 сен 2016
- If you're fostering kittens, it's essential to take great photos of them...whether you're a professional photographer or a total amateur. Kitten Lady and cat photographer Andrew Marttila share tips for taking great photos of your foster cat or kitten -- with just a cell phone!
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"Spray and pray" is definitely my new term for how I take photos 😂
Photographer : *gets eye level with cat*
Cat : Yum an iphone
Exactly what my kitty Titan did
Andrew: I know how make a cat look good.
*looks at his shirt*
Me: Huh
These tips are amazing and wonderfully helpful.
Lol his shirt looks like the cat is shotting eye lazers at her owl tattoo. So cute!
I would like Hannah to make a video on how she interviews and chooses adopters for her foster kittens. And what she does if she doesn’t feel comfortable with a particular adopter.
Take a video of kitten. Watch video. Pause video of kitten. Take screen shot. Bam picture of a kitten.
I have to do this with my cats because both of them are black and whenever I take a normal picture of them, they either look away or have their eyes closed. So then they just look like giant fluff balls with no distinct features other than their ears or tail.
Easter Bandit
I use that methode too
One of my cats is black too, so I know your life
I've done that too; my best photo wasn't though. THAT was a miracle.
Wow
My cat is a tuxedo with 43% white on her mainly in her torso and neck but she has a milk-stash look. She has crack eyes so when I take a photo of her I only see a thin line of the colour of her eyes.
I rescued a kitten some days ago. he is an awesome black cat and had been living in the street for a while, he is barely 3 months old. Black cats are the most difficult ones to give up for adoption so I am going to do my very best to take the most awesome pictures ever so I can find him a home. Wish Andrew could come to Colombia, South America and help me out! this is nerve racking... wish me luck!
Carolina Maria Dimas Diaz I need an update, please❤️ Did you get a forever home for the black kitten? Black cats are my favourite, I would love to know 😊
Watching this video has completely melted me. I am a puddle. These kittens...!!! Great photo tips! Thank you!
Mji X
Andrew's got an awesome shirt 👌🏾👌🏾
I want to adopt one
Your reply makes me think you want a cat with laser eyes the size of godzilla, or you want to adopt the shirt..
@@kardis6787 😂😂
I wish more people were like you Kitten lady all living beings deserves quality of life and you help these kittens so much you are a hero to me
IF ONLY I HAD A KITTEN TO TAKE PICTURES OF😫
Hey did you adopt one since your comment ?
Kitten Rescuer and Cat Photographer? This couple is the ultimate cat people : )
Kitten lady, I have gotten SOOOO much valuable information from your videos! Thank, thank you, thank you!! For almond 2 years now, I have been fostering kittens for the ASPCA and I find it extremely rewarding! It’s hard work sometimes, especially when the kitties get diarrhea, but I get over it.
I have a 64 dollar question for you: What is it about cats and plastic??!!! Plastic bags, plastic wrap, plastic anything!!! I don’t get!! I can have a bag of potting soil sitting on my kitchen floor and in no time flat, the cats will have chewed up the ends!! It’s maddening!!
Got any suggestions other than getting anything plastic out of their reach?!
You two are so cute together!
Hannah Safrit Kitten lady marrying a cat lover. That’s cute !
I totally agree that photos are everything when you are trying to find a dog or cat a home. Great tips, thanks so much.
I hadn't really thought about pictures being so important, but it's so true! When I was looking at adopting a kitten from a shelter at the beginning of last year, I absolutely fell in love with one of the kittens because he had such a beautiful photo - clean, bright, staring right at the camera with gorgeous eyes (it's still the background picture on my phone). As shallow as it sounds, I probably wouldn't have picked him if it wasn't for that photo, but he's now two years old and he has a forever home with me! A kitten is so much more than a photo, however the photo is what makes people stop and take interest in that particular animal in the first place so I love these tips!
Very Cute! But we were totally waiting for you to show all the good pictures you took at the end! Ahhh!
Furball Fables He did show the good photos he got...
KITTEN LADY IS SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!
You deserve a lot more subscribers. Your videos are very informative and professionally edited. This channel has the potential to not only become a million(s) subbed counted channel, but also the potential to inspire people around the world to adopt small young kitties like yourself. I'm already feeling the inspiration within myself watching your videos. Your impact will come to the world once your channel blows up. You and your team/whoever helps you with this videos are doing a great job! I promise, one day I will look back and this channel will have millions of subscribers.
It seemed like you two were constantly flirting.
They're dating
Fastskull pretty sure theyre married lmfao
Maryann They're only dating.
Of course they're boyfriend and girlfriend
Awesomely informative and helpful! Before watching this I was as blank as a fart.
Andrew loves your comment!
Kitten Lady l love you
Thomas Rothrock blank as a fart that's one hell of a term to use
Thomas Rothrock shut your mouth
😂
I love Andrews photos on insta! He's really talented!
guys you look sooooo cute together!!!!
"With a little patience-"
Kitten lady: *raises hand in 👌🏻position*
Wow he is so perfect for you! And a great photographer, too.
You guys are such a cute couple 😺 the kittens are adorable ❤️
The two of you were made for each other! Y'all have a natural, easy rapport, and it's very fun to watch.
Thanks for the tips! I have to take ALOT of photos of our black cat to get decent light on her. Eventually something comes out.
This is great. I just started fostering bottle babies for my local shelter this season and it's been a steep, and sometimes heartbreaking, learning curve. I'll be checking out more of your videos.
Great tips, some I knew some like not using the flash I didn't. I don't foster cats now, but will share with my friends that do. All your videos are useful. Hope more would follow and help saving more cats (and dogs).
You both are FANTASTIC!!!
Another suggestion: turn your camera sideways to the landscape position for a better photo.
I always, ALWAYS, love your videos Hannah & Andrew! Nothing like doing what you truly love, every single day. TIme-consuming, but more than worth it :) Keep those beautiful videos coming, please! Kitten Hugs, Di - Ontario, Canada
Great video! That photographer guy is really cute. You should marry him 😻
Yes! Another Kitten Lady video!
I'm glad these are frequent ^^ can't wait to see more of those three goofballs! And Tidbit of course! :D
Thanks Andrew (and Hannah!). Love these tips and am absolutely going to pass them on to my local shelter. Professional kitten photography really is life goals #truehappiness.
ha! Love Andrew's shirt! That is too fabulous! Love the channel and the videos. ♥
you´re both lovely. and thesse cats.... adorable.
Andrew has a picture of a GIANT cat shooting lazers out of it's eyes!
Thanks. My first fosters are ready for adoption and I want them to be WANTED!!! 😍
Y'all are awesome. Thank you for all you do!!!
love you, thank you for helping the fluffys
This may lead into a new career in pet photography. Got to enjoy and have fun with the kittens. Please be nice and sweet with them. The number 1 prescription is patience. Each kitten will reach its milestone. Some fast, in between and slow. Never yell at them.
Awesome video and awesome tips! A photography tip I learned from a journalism class is to have your phone horizontal when possible. We naturally see the world from a horizontal perspective, and we get a wider frame.
I carved a pumpkin on Halloween with your logo!
What a great partner! Clever, patience and funny. Perfect match for a 🐱Lady 💕
love ur kindness for kittens
I loved this! Very helpful, and you two are fun to watch as well as the adorable kittens!
A kitten foster mother and cat photographer. What a power couple!
My one cat, Loki, is a complete model. He has really cool specks in his eyes and is great at sitting still.
andrews shirt is lazering your shirt
You both have the best job in the world. I wish I could learn what you do.
“Spray and pray” 🤣
OMG! They're so adorable!
Oh my Gaaaawd!! You guys are so wonderful. Infinitely watchable and informative. Thank you for doing all of this very involved work. Your efforts are so appreciated. :)
Great video !!! Gonna try to take those on the around eye level,with natural light n getting their remarcable traits !!!
Thank you Andrew and Hannah, this is very helpful!
Thank you very much for the tips, and thanks for the work you do with the kittens.
Great information!! Definitely going to try these methods...thank you Andrew!
LOVE these tips!!! Thank you!!!
Y'all are almost as cute as the kittens! ❤️
Thanks Kitten Lady & Cat Man for great educational video. Walt in Miami
Can you make a DSLR version too, love you two, great video
We definitely want to make one for folks with DSLRs! Stay tuned!
huh??? what is dslr???
@@asher-360 a type of professional camera, the bigger bulkier black cameras u usually see
I normally use the serial shot function on my phone. It makes such a difference and you can immediately delete the ones that are subpar.
So Andrew's a "Catographer"? "Felitographer"? "KITTOGRAPHER"? :D
You left your the PHOTO part out lol
Thank u so much for the info...I luv taking pics of my kitty...
This is literally my favorite channel on RUclips
OMG!❤ such a beauty. I learn so much from ur videos and ur kitties are bundle of joy. Love u Kitten Lady 😘. Keep up the work. Love from India.
I'd like to see a video on the art of cropping a photo. I know sort of about the rule of thirds, but I would love any more tips if you have them. (I know this video is old and you probably won't see this comment).
littlekitties87 hi!! im not them but like Andrew said, either keep the kitten in the middle of the photo or off to one side. imagine a tick tack toe board. you want the kitten ideally in the middle most square, or on one of the vertical cross hairs. i was always taught to give a photo subject room to move. if th e kitten was going to move, what direction would it go? put the extra space there.
Getting involved a year later! I'm not them either, but I love taking photos with my phone, and I've done a ton of art classes in the past (including a few on cell phone photography). The rule of thirds is more for creating drama in artistic shots. You're not trying to fill a gallery, you're trying to show the cat. Too artsy photos can actually hurt your chances of adoption because potential adopters will be more focused on the photo itself than on the cat in the photo. Like trying to sell a home by having an oil painting made of the front of the house. Just take a nice, crisp photo with the cat in the center, and crop it so that there's a little bit of a buffer around the cat at the edges. Absolutely play with contrast and warmth and other editing tools like those, but be careful to not cross that "artsy" line; for example, what's currently in style is overexposed photos that look washed out and really bright, and while that's great for your Instagram selfies, it's not so great for the kitten you're trying to adopt out. If you can't tell what color the cat is in real life, or have lost some of the cat's markings, you've gone too far, lol. If you have an iPhone that's a 7 or later, I'd definitely use portrait mode; it blurs the background just a little, which really makes the subject of the portrait pop.
Andrew... I want it... I WANT UR SHIIRTTT IT'S SSOOOOOO COOOLL
Thank you for this! My kittens are always so squirmy
Ok so I had this on loop while I was cleaning, and I counted how many times it played... 45 TIMES!!!!! FORTY-FIVE TIMES!!😂😆😆😆😂 were adopting a kitten today. My fave video from you guys ❤️
Super helpful! Thanks guys!
Thanks I loved it! Greetings from Colombia
The kittens so adorable I like the marbled tabby’s
We need a cat photographer youtube channel ❤️
Andrew’s shirt is so epic
I'm not one of those people on the internet who literally ship everyone with everyone but omg these two look great together 😊
Great video and tips! Ty
Protip: Take a video of the animal. When you review the video and get to a frame you like, screenshot it. Makes the process easier.
I’ll definitely use this advice!!! I have 6 little fur balls... I need to send home!!
Aww you're going to make my heart burst.
I am so happy to have discovered your channel and instagram account. Congratulations on the great job! Kitties rule! Greetings from South America :)
being a cat photographer is like my freaking dream job omg
what the heck i just realized ive been following this guy for a really long time and I had no idea
This can be applied to all foster animals! I definitely need this. Would love more on lighting. 😘
I would also like to see another video on lighting. I do live in a dungeon (English basement) so I don't get a lot of natural light and almost always need my flash on or the pictures are too dark.
Thanks for sharing🥰!
Loving his shirt 😂😍😍
Perfect tips
Thanks guys love it 😉
THANKS HANNAH THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL 😍😍
this was a great video and it was really helpful. Keep up your good work!
Thanks this helped me a lot xx
This was really informative for me .....thanks a lot guys 😉💕
Great tips.
Cats are already friggin adorable so taking pics of them is a breeze.
omg this channel is my heaven
sooooo cute kitty
I think what you do is amazing and I have forestered a few kittens, but how do you foster for a living? I would love to know more about that!
Hi Kacey, thanks for your question. Suffice it to say...NO ONE fosters for a living!
I have been employed in the animal protection field for most of my career, and my paid work has always been advocacy. I do consulting, training, etc. I am not paid to foster -- no one is!
I'm gonna try to use these tips on my full grown cat.
Thank you!