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HOME » CWA Selfie with Senior Cat and Outtakes

CWA Selfie with Senior Cat and Outtakes

31/03/2019 by Marjorie Dawson 7 Comments

You will have seen our post announcing Dash Kitten blog’s certificate awards from the Cat Writers’ Association. We are thrilled to have two of our most important posts honoured.

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What you have not have seen is the behind the scenes disaster photoshoot which I hoped Harvey would take part in but which ended up with photographs of certificates, and some ‘snapshot’s of my favourite senior cat.

But none of the two together.

Hrvey Outtakes CWA Certificate
NOM NOM NOM ……… [ISO 800 F3.5 1/30]

Harvey ate all his treats so fast I could not focus on him very much.

I was hardly at cat level before this blurry disaster happened…..

Award winner but no treats?
OK, That was nice. Wait… NO MORE TREATS? [ISO 800 F3.5 1/30]

I got the full on ‘how could you not have any more treats?’ treatment and this was the end of our photo session for the day. I hope to get some better pictures this coming week and will let you know when (or if) I am successful.

Senior Cat Portrait

The upside from my learner photographer’s point of view was the lovely picture of Harvey I was able to capture.

The Newbie Camera Lesson from this is:

  • Keep going, keep trying, you will get something you can use.

If you compare the camera settings under the images you can see that I increased the ISO to 1600 which was a new move for me. I have been looking at some website articles about ISO and went for a higher number as an experiment. The shutter speed is F5.6 instead of F3.5.

The picture is still a little bit dark but I was able to gently lighten Harvey’s whiteness in an image editor, and use a filter to sharpen his fur. I was pleased to get his whiskers in focus myself as this is one thing I am working on getting right.

Harvey Certificate Picture
A Successful Portrait [ISO 1600 F 5.6 1/80]
  • Do you have one thing that never works? Mine is clear whiskers.

I won’t share my CWA Award pictures because you can find them here if you want to see our prize-winning post.


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Meet Marjorie, Writer and Photographer

Portrait by a window with teddy bears Taken with a smartphone.Marjorie is a cat lover, photographer and smartphone moviemaker who loves sharing her knowledge with learners.

Marjorie is a Cat Writers’ Association Professional member, CWA Muse® Medallion and Certificate Winner, and winner of the CWA Kuykendall Image Award for her photography.

 

Comments

  1. Joey says

    05/04/2019 at 5:52 pm

    Congrats on the win! So cute!

    I know how hard it is to get a photos of of a cat looking at the camera perfectly but wow you really tried lol 😀

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  2. Melissa & Mudpie says

    01/04/2019 at 1:17 pm

    What a precious picture! And huge concatulations on your certificates…SO deserved!

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  3. Little Binky and Granny says

    01/04/2019 at 4:41 am

    Applaws Applaws for the honouring pages, miss Majorie, very deserved if you ask me 🙂 You look so handsome Harvey, even when it blurrs 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Sunday 🙂 <3

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  4. Catscue Catmom says

    01/04/2019 at 1:50 am

    Congratulations on your wins! Harvey is such a doll, we love seeing him today – that is one handsome mancat.

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  5. The Island Cats says

    01/04/2019 at 1:12 am

    Wow, what a gorgeous photo of Harvey!

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  6. Timmy Tomcat says

    01/04/2019 at 12:29 am

    We know Dad is thankful for seeing your settings so maybe now he can take better photos of us all. Looking good Harvey!
    We have one comment down so lets see if this one posts
    Timmy

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  7. ERin the cat says

    31/03/2019 at 9:58 pm

    Yes, I feel for Harvey as humans do seem to always manage to get the treats required for any given photo shoots well below union required levels, MOL
    Lovely selfie though and well worth the wait and extra shots.
    Purrs
    ERin

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