Photographing black cats?

Hi Everyone

I was wondering for anyone with black cats out there if there is a trick to taking good pictures of them, angle, lighting etc? They always seem to not show up for me.. sometimes it is okay like this:


or this:


Other times his eyes seem to blend in to him or he blends into the background, like this:

Avoid flash whenever possible. When Queen Eva first came home I had so many people tell me she would be difficult to photograph, but I've never had any trouble getting her to show up well.

Those you've posted are all beautiful!

Yeah, the flash doesn't help at all in this case. I try to get my guy with a well lit room (natural lighting) and with lighter colors for the background. I find they take nice pictures with a red or grey background too.

Sunlight is your best friend. Also if you can adjust the exposure on your camera, set it to take a brighter picture.
I know the woes of having a black cat

Minka said:

Sunlight is your best friend. Also if you can adjust the exposure on your camera, set it to take a brighter picture.
I know the woes of having a black cat

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I can, I have a DSLR and no clue how to work most of the manual settings lol..

I enjoyed this article on the topic....nice photos to look at too....

http://www.cattell.net/devon/BlackCats/bc.html