Li Ward photographer of pets and weddings. Fat Orange Cat Studio is a fresh and candid boutique photography service in Boston, Massachusetts.

There is a currently a stack of March 2010 Boston Magazines in the house, and the collection is growing…

…because Fat Orange Cat Studio is featured inside the pages!

Featured in the magazine is Luna, that cute swishy-tailed terrier mix I photographed in the beginning of January. I didn’t know it at the time, but her owner is the executive editor of Boston Magazine, and the session was set up by them as a test.  I think it explains now why the shoot was so short – they wanted to make sure I would actually 1) show up as scheduled, and 2) make sincere attempts to take good photos! Sneaky sneaky. For a couple of months now I have been sitting with the notion of possibly, maybe being in print – for the first time! -  so it is very exciting to see that it has actually happened.

And Veebs! He is especially thrilled to see “Fat Orange Cat” in print. So thrilled that he’s celebrating by sleeping.

I am sending a copy to my parents who are right now living in Beijing. I think I will have to translate the article slightly though for my mom. Her English is fine, but she is definitely not well-versed in the world of Yiddish, nor in the world of metaphors for that matter. The terms “cuddle-bunny” and “Milk Duds” will be a puzzle, heh. I am imagining too what she will do when she comes to the word “froufrou” and tries to read it outloud (she will pronounce it “fro fro”). It makes me giggle!

Normally I reserve sneak peeks for the Fat Orange Cat Studio Facebook page, but I can’t resist posting a few from my latest shoot here. I just returned from a trip to Seattle, a trip that was mixed with a little business and a whole lot of cute.

Meet Augustus, a 2 year-old Cavalier with his new sister (actual half-sister), Lily who is 4 months old.

And that is Daisy, Lily’s full sister, over for a play-date.

I am so in love with this breed.

There are so many photos that I can’t wait to share. Between Augustus, Lily, Daisy and four cats I had a lot of great material to work with. Stay tuned!

This little charmer’s name is Sonny, and no he is not an animatronic, nor does he take AA batteries and do backflips every fifth bark. What he is is a 3 month old pomapoo, or pooranian, or pomeranian and poodle mix. He is so, so adorable that when Veebs saw Sonny’s photos, he bristled and growled, for he knew he had just seen someone cuter than he, and was jealous.

I met Sonny and his owner at his aunt’s house in Waltham, MA. The photos were to be surprise birthday gift for the owner’s fiance. I will admit that this little bugger really made me work hard for the money. He had me on the ground, under beds, up in the trees to get the shot. How can something so small be so dangerous? Luckily all of his fluffy, edible babiness more than made up for the next morning’s bout of muscle aches and pains.

Here’s Sonny!

BEHIND THE SCENES!

PLUS ONE FUNNY OUTTAKE!

Just like me, Sonny was rather terrified of the lynx and wolf-skin rugs in the library. Yet in spite of himself, Sonny found himself alone inside the room with the lynx and the wolf…couldn’t bring himself to look at them, couldn’t bring himself not to look at them, barked wildly at both, challenged them to a duel…

…and then…

Our handsome, orange hero sought out a warm patch of sunlight coming in from the skylight in our bedroom. Which was a mess. Still is a mess. But you can’t see the detritus all around him because I spot metered on him in the very bright light, rendering the rest of the frame black. He’s on his duck rug, floating through space and time!

I had a really fun time at the beach a few weeks ago, meeting and photographing Freddy, the cute and spirited Norfolk Terrier. I met him and his owner at their beach house in Nahant, MA, a nubbly little “almost island” sitting out at sea. Freddy had me scuttling all about as he bounced up and down the beach. A great workout – it might as well have been 80 degrees and not the 30 degrees that it actually was!

It was a great house, a beautiful beach and a wonderful little dog.

And some behind the scenes!

The owner helping me get Freddy to stay in the chair while I make squeaky noises.

I really liked the whale!