Any tip for cat photography?

I have a decent camera. It's an Olympus DSLR. I would like to take a few good shots of my cat. I'm a little new to it. How do I get the nice blurred backdrop and the focus on her. She has a lot of silver and I want to catch that. Any tips?

Practice, practice, practice!!

I find natural light (sunlight).. close to the windows too. and no flash works best for cats.. The flash tends to give them that glowing eyes and washes out the fur.. especially if you have a light-colored cat. (this goes for all cameras, not just DLSRs!)

I find setting the camera on "picture" mode, as opposed to Auto or Pet/Kids mode is best. Fast shutter speed works best too (around 250). Also, the higher the ISO, the better the details.

And.. another tip I use for cats that just won't sit still.. set your camera to motion clicks (where you just hold the button down and it takes multiple shots). Focus on the eyes/nose areas.

and patience and practice! I sometimes take hundreds only to get a few good shots!

This article may help:

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/how-to-take-good-pictures-of-cats

To be fair I did use the search function. And  how I missed that I don't know. XD 

Thanks very much to both of you. The tips worked awesomely Draco. I'll be updating this thread later with some shots

I can't wait to see the pics!

Ok I still need tweak my settings a bit eh?



This is Izzy Big Kitteh being a lap cat with my fiance Chris.

beautiful cat!!

And yes, play with your settings and get a feel for what each does and what works best for you. Practice on still items too, not just your cat. Remember, many of us take hundreds of photos to get one or two good ones!

Draco said:

beautiful cat!!

And yes, play with your settings and get a feel for what each does and what works best for you. Practice on still items too, not just your cat. Remember, many of us take hundreds of photos to get one or two good ones!

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That's the nice thing about a digital camera. You don't have to pay for hundreds of so-so pictures to get that one perfect shot.