Keira
Keira is the final 4-legged member of the family that included Emma, Casey, and Logan.
This is what Jean has to say:
Keira is the youngest at almost 4 years. She is a skinny orange tabby, and you can see the devil in her eyes! She is constantly moving around, causing trouble. She’s so annoying and opinionated I threaten to give her away, then she will just plop herself in your lap and settle in.
A subject with the devil in her eyes, causing trouble, being annoying, constantly moving around…not exactly recipes for a successful photo shoot. I was sitting on the stairs hoping to catch Keira as a non-moving blur and as she roamed continuously up and down the stairs, from one room to the next, this way that way up here over there, I was like, Great. FAIL.
And then I opened all the images from the shoot, and while I cooed at Logan’s puppy face, whistled at Emma’s green green eyes, and aww’d at Casey’s tortoise-shelled coat, it was Keira and her photos that made me HAHAHAHA! What a kangaroo!
Here is Keira with the Devil in Her Eyes:
Keira as Trouble:
And Keira, Constantly Moving Around:
The unfocused shots, which I might have trashed back in the day, are becoming my favorite kinds of shots. Not that I would deliberately shove the camera in the animal’s face to get it of course. It has to happen naturally, like it did over and over and OVER again with Keira. You would have thought my lens was a giant opened can of steaming tuna the way she kept making a bee line to press her wet nose against it.
I was actually trying to get Casey in the above shots, and then Keira’s tweaked out face appeared in the viewfinder. What a little camera hog.
She’s UP the stairs, she’s DOWN the stairs, she’s ON the stairs.
She’s IN the lens again. Tweak!
But finally, a few still moments by the window. Shhh…
Keira’s toes are from Funky Town.
I wish we could hear the thoughts that go inside of a cat’s head, especially in one so loony tunes.
All the aspects of her personality that make her extremely difficult to photograph turned out to be exactly the qualities that make her a wonderful subject. Keira was not the most photogenic kitty (let’s be honest), but she certainly was the most expressive and the funniest.
Orange tabbies rule.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:48 AM
That first photo she’s like, “O hai. Who, me???”
April 29th, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Ohhhh my goodness, not photogenic?! It might not have been easy but these are some of the funniest, quirkest images I’ve seen from you! I love them!
April 29th, 2009 at 2:22 PM
She’s gorgeous! And feisty. That’s the kind of cat I want in my life.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Is it bad that I don’t think Keira is really all that pretty? I find Emma and Casey beautiful, but Keira did not quite live up to her early promise (I like round, fat orange cats!).
It’s a shame that we weren’t able to capture her in one of her sweet moments. Probably because they are so few and far between.
She is playing a bit more with Logan now. We have caught them chasing each other around! We know that she is actively playing with him because she could easily outrun him but chooses to stay within almost-catching distance.
Does Elinor want her? Call me!
April 29th, 2009 at 9:12 PM
I’m still laughing. All those “oops blurry” shots crack me up because I can totally picture trying to get a picture of the cat and having them shove their face in your direction at the last moment as you press the shutter. So great. :)
April 30th, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Orange tabbies rule for sure! Ours is always in motion and head butting you, which make him difficult to capture…but his images have the most personality!
I think it’s a great photoshoot of Keira! I love paw and eye shots!
May 1st, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Oh my goodness, I think you got absolutely brilliant shots. Okay yes there were the face in the camera ones too LOL, but I love the one of her coming down the blue stairs, and the standing up in the middle of the bed. Pure gold !
May 1st, 2009 at 3:16 PM
She looks like a fiesty one! Reminds me of how my cat Lily gets when I bring out the camera… “What’s that? Whatcha doin’? Can I smell it?”
May 4th, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Great, great series. Lovely work!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:12 PM
i actually sort of love those out of focus shots…it definitely proves how much she moves around. she is totally adorable, too.
May 24th, 2009 at 6:58 PM
love the first shoving her face in the camera shot! What a character she is.
August 25th, 2009 at 2:06 PM
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