I had the pleasure of photographing Laura recently, and her adorable cat! Laura lives in a flat without much space at all to set up a full studio, so there was a bit of improvisation needed which involved doors and fleeces.. nevertheless, the photos came out well and I still used one of my main studio lights.

It’s reassuring that I don’t always need my full backdrop (requires at least 10-12 feet across, not to mention 8-10 feet in front) in order to create studio photos.

Laura was good fun to photograph and easy to work with!

Due to the lack of room obviously it was awkward to do full length portraits, but I managed a good selection of head and shoulders.

Of course we can’t forget about the cat!! She was not nearly as enthusiastic as Laura to have her photo taken, but we both love her outraged expression here:

You can see the rest of the photos from the session (including more of her cat) in a larger size at my Smugmug gallery here.

Thank you to Laura, and her cat, for a great session! I have two more sessions (a newborn and a family) remaining to process, which I hope to have done over the next few days.