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July 23, 2013

Cat Update: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Animals,Family Pet Photography — Tags: 100 mm f2.8 macro, 50 mm f1.4, 85 mm f1.2L, Canon, cat, cats, pet photography, Toronto, Toronto Pet Photographer, Toronto Pet Photography — Holly @ 8:34 am

I posted a Zoe the cat update recently, so here’s an update on Alice and Finnegan.

Alice loves to sit at the kitchen window and look out at the world, and I love photographing her through the screen, think it adds an interesting element to the photo:

Both cats love to snooze on the coffee bag, filled with green beans, in what will one day be a pantry area. I guess it’s like sleeping on a bean bag chair. Love Alice’s blue eyes in this shot:

Finnegan hanging out in the kitchen:

Finnegan on a dining room chair, likely wondering why I’m taking his picture yet again, lol:

Alice wasn’t a fan of the hairball (fur ball?) medication, so we smeared some on her nose, forcing her to consume it (it’s for her own good!), now she likes it, and will lick it off an offered finger:

Backlit Finnegan and Alice:

Alice playing with her fave toy:

Two more shots of Alice through the screen window:

Finnegan:

A ‘few’ more of Alice, 😉 :

(Equipment used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV (new version of this camera is the Canon EOS-1D X Digital), Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, Canon 50 f1.4 lens & Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

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June 12, 2013

And Then There Were Two… : Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Family Pet Photography,Macro — Tags: 100 mm f2.8 macro, 50 mm f1.4, 85 mm f1.2L, Canon, cat, cats, Toronto, Toronto Pet Photographer, Toronto Pet Photography — Holly @ 8:38 am

Yes, we are now a two cat household as Zoe has moved on to a better place…and is a much happier cat because of it.

She was really stressed living with the two other cats, especially Alice who really seemed to despise her for some reason. So we found her a new home where she is a one and only, and she has settled in beautifully. We hope to be paying a visit to her soon, and I’ll definitely try and capture some photos of her in her new abode.

Here’s a last macro close-up I took of her, going to miss those green eyes of hers:

Love this shot of Finnegan, he looks a little wind blown hanging out under the dining room table. He didn’t seem to miss Zoe at all, but he’s a laid back kinda guy:

Wind blown Finnegan

Alice, on the other hand, was looking around for Zoe at the first meal time after she was gone. She would also come out into the main part of the apartment in the morning looking around for her.

Alice hanging out on arm of sofa

Alice hugging arm of sofa

I actually got Zoe to look at me for a nice shot of her, yea! 🙂

Zoe looking at me from table

We REALLY spoiled her in her last few days with us, letting her lick out food bowls. She was in heaven! She loves her snacks/treats/meal time:

Zoe collage

Alice loves looking out the windows. She seems much more relaxed now that Zoe is gone. I guess it was stressful for her as well:

Alice at rainy window

Alice Finnegan collage

We could never leave toys out for the cats to play with when Zoe was here, because otherwise we’d be awoken in the middle of the night with Zoe’s insane meowing. She liked to walk around with the toy in her mouth meowing/howling to the world. You can see Alice watching below for me to throw one of her fave toys, which is a white furry ball that makes noise when it moves. Last photo is her curled up underneath a chair ottoman:

Alice collage

(Equipment used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV (new version of this camera is the Canon EOS-1D X Digital), Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, Canon 50 f1.4 lens & Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

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May 23, 2013

The Cats: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Animals,Family Pet Photography — Tags: 50 mm f1.4, 85 mm f1.2L, Canon, cat, cats, Toronto, Toronto Pet Photographer, Toronto Pet Photography, Toronto Photography — Holly @ 8:02 am

A few captures of the household cats over the last few days.

Alice was at the kitchen window, with Finnegan in the background:

Finnegan on counter top through screen

Alice at the kitchen window:

Alice through window screen

Alice through window screen2

Then I brought her outside:

Alice at window ledge on deck

Finnegan jumped up to keep watch:

Finnegan through window screen

Zoe just hung out on the sofa:

Zoe on sofa

Alice snoozing and hanging out:

Alice snoozing in sun

Alice on pine piece

Alice on counter top

Finnegan chilling out:

Finnegan on green box

Finnegan yawning

Finnegan licking his paw

Wondering what’s up with all the photos:

Finnegan on shelf

Finnegan peering up at me from shelf

He knows he’s a good-looking guy:

Finnegan the cat

Finnegan looking up at me

Finnegan in kitchen

(Equipment used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV (new version of this camera is the Canon EOS-1D X Digital), Canon 50 f1.4 lens & Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

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May 14, 2013

Cat Update: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Animals,Family Pet Photography — Tags: 50 mm f1.4, 85 mm f1.2L, Canon, cat, cat photography, cats, pet, Toronto, Toronto Pet Photographer, Toronto Pet Photography — Holly @ 9:12 am

I haven’t posted an update of all the household cats for a few months, so this is long over due! I was having fun shooting with my two brightest lenses, the Canon 50 f1.4 lens & Canon 85 f1.2L lens. I love the shallow depth of field from these two lenses, and the beautiful bokeh.

Zoe, enjoying the deck:

Zoe enjoyed the deck