Tigger

Continuing the experimentation with portraits, I tried to use this idea with my cat Tigger. He was more than happy to just sit and pose for me without a care in the world, as long as it ended with something tasty. For these experiments his bright fur would make a really nice contrast with a dark background but intense light. His whiskers picked up the light really well and help distinguish the figure. My personal favourite is the image immediately below as he sits well in the large black area and the way the light only hits him in places creates this suggested figure that doesn't tell the whole story of the image, but the parts that do show up are bright and defined which create an interesting portrait.

David Weissman was a photographer that used his infamous dogs in his work, this occurred to me as I was taking the photos. Although I could not dress up my cat in different outfits, taking the photos did feel like I was Weissman on a photo shoot. It was interesting how Tigger just sat there without care in the world. Rather than manipulating him by clothing him, I used the light in various different positions to reveal certain parts of his figure, which created different portraits of him and therefore changed his image.

"Stare"

"Jump"

"Pose"