this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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Any tips to make cats pose for you?

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[–] apepi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't make a cat do shit.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah! But you can!

Bribes.

[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 11 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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I will get a laser pointer :D

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 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 >_>

[–] BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 5 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!

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] erre@feddit.win 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] szczur@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That’s a good looking cat

[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

make a horrible noise

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

pro tip: you can't

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kauhuhu@vlemmy.net 1 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.