135. Photographing Cats and other Loved Animals with Tonka

Tonka is a Colorado based pet photographer specializing in fine art gothic style cat portraits. She is bringing education about cats to the forefront and show a different side of cats than most people see.Today Tonka is sharing her tips on photographing animals, pets, and especially cats and how you can create some amazing images and moments with your animal clients.This episode is sponsored by Freedom Edits. Get 30% off your first order by going to lightdarkco.com/freedomCats can be trained just like dogs too. Most cats work well in a wildlife, free range photoshoot.A lot of pet photography is End of Life or Rainbow Bridge photos to remember the pets after they’re gone.Spend a lot of time around animals and get to know their body language. That will help you photograph them and communicate with them much better.With a telephoto lens, you can have the owner close with their pet to calm them and get them into certain positions that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to. But be careful because if you shoot with too open of an aperture, the entire face may not be completely in focus.Photoshop is your friend for cleaning up collars and harnesses, and also the possible people in your background.Find Tonka at:Purfectpose.comTiktok - The.cattams.familyInstagram - purfectposeWhat Are We Loving?What Tonka is loving:Cats and learning about cats and anything spooky.What John is loving:Movie - NOPE (trailer) by Jordan PeeleWe record each episode LIVE in our Facebook group and we would love to connect with you there. You can join at Light + Dark Photography Podcast Group on Facebook.Follow us at www.instagram.com/lightdarkcowww.instagram.com/allheartphoto