Cats

We have two cats. We adopted them in 2013 soon after my mom passed away. They took my grief to a lower level. Tambourine was about 6 and Pretzel was about 10. We really never wanted cats again, since it is too hard when they pass. Also we wanted to be free to travel whenever we wanted. Well that fell through after we fell in love with these two. Hopefully my pictures will show you why we love these cats so much!

Tambourine
Tambourine biting in the Morning
Tambourine loves to sit at the kitchen counter top chair, and playfully bite my hands in the morning! This picture is when we first got her. I have since learned how to back off before I get too many scratch marks!
The Eyes
Pretzel and daughter Marcie both have very beautiful eyes. This captures them perfectly.
Pretzel with green eyes and green grass.
I love the green eyes and the green grass. I used a slight pop of flash coming from camera right.

Pretzel helping me in office
This chair is now thrown out. Pretzel loved jumping up on the top and purring by my head.
Tambourine with Rogue flash bender
I'm trying out the Rogue flash bender with diffusion panel. It allows quick posing for portraits. Worked really well on my hyper cat, Tambourine!
Tambourine with Rogue flash bender
I'm trying out the Rogue flash bender with diffusion panel. It allows quick posing for portraits. Worked really well on my hyper cat, Tambourine!
I love my bed!
Pretzel loved this bed for about 3 days. She prefers our laps. I won an award for this picture. Taken with a softbox- see the keylight in her eyes!

The Beached Whale
This is Pretzel's favorite position with me sitting in the chair with her of course. I've never seen a cat do this.
Pretzel in the chair
I played with high speed sync (HSS) with this shot of Pretzel. About 5000 on the shutter speed.
Pretzel