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Coconut and Peanut

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Mark.

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Two-cat shoots can sometimes be a challenge for pet photographers, especially when you need both cats in the same picture. I met Coconut and Peanut–two cute young Tabbies–last week for a My Mutt poster session done in the name of the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA. As with most cat sessions we had to warm [...]

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Captain Skullcrusher

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Mark.

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Every time you think you’ve heard the best pet name ever along comes someone like Captain Skullcrusher. At the shelter where he was rescued, Skullcrusher’s name was just plain Captain. His new adoptive parents thought maybe a tougher handle would instill some confidence in the guy and the name just popped into their heads.
It’s all [...]

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Amira & Panther: Dog and Cat Living Together

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Mark.

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Dog and cat combos are always a lot of fun and my session with Amira, an adorable terrier mix, and Panther, an aptly named midnight-black cat, was no exception. Amira is a rescue from Jerusalem, where her mom worked a number of years ago while Panther joined the family two years ago from the Silicon [...]

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Quixote the Cat

Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Mark.

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When I was growing up my sister had an album of the music from “Man from La Mancha” with Richard Kiley singing the part of Don Quixote–she played it so much the vinyl started to wear out. This was on my mind as I drove down to Montara near Half Moon Bay last weekend for [...]

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Sydney and Toby

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Mark.

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I haven’t seen many Border Terriers in San Francisco and I’ve never had a Persian cat client before so to get both simultaneously was a pretty big deal. Sydney (the terrier) and Toby (the cat) had their session as a gift from their grandmother in Southern California. Both pets did really well with a strange [...]

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Germanicus – Cat with a Plan

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Mark.

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You have to love a cat named after a Roman general. Germanicus is a Turkish Van – the first one I’ve met in person – and he lives with Shir Panjeh, a cat I photographed a few weeks ago for Pet Food Express. Germanicus lives up to his name — he has a major presence [...]

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Jasper – Like a Cat in a Pet Store

Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by Mark.

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It’s not often I get to go on a photoshoot and do some shopping simultaneously but last week at the Stonestown Pet Food Express I did just that. Jasper, the store cat, was set to go for his My Mutt photo session. I’d seen Jasper before because I shop at the Stonestown store all the [...]

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Julia & Peppino

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Mark.

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The other day I mentioned that I hadn’t photographed many cats lately. Well, someone must have heard me because I’ve had multiple kitty shoots in the last couple of weeks (lots of dachshunds, too — but that’s another story). I met Julio and Peppino the week before last down at their home in Palo Alto [...]

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Kitty Quartet

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Mark.

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I had the pleasure of meeting four cats last week who live on the water in Mill Valley. All four have names that start with W (Winslow, Whittaker, Whiskers & Webster) which made it somewhat hard for me to keep them straight but we managed. Three of the group were adopted through one my favorite [...]

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Shir Panjeh – One Cool Cat

Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Mark.

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It’s been a while since I photographed a cat for a My Mutt poster and my new friend, Shir Panjeh was a great way to get back into the feline swing of things. He lives down in Woodside in a cool house amongst the trees with several other cats, including a Turkish Van named Germanicus [...]

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Tessie and Monkey

Posted on 07. Jun, 2009 by Mark.

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I few weeks ago I mentioned I had a dog & cat combo shoot for an upcoming issue of the San Francisco SPCA magazine. While, ultimately, we didn’t get a cover-worthy shot of the two together the day was salvaged with some lovely solo portraits of Tessie the dog (15 years young) and Monkey the [...]

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When Pet Photo Shoots Go Bad

Posted on 28. May, 2009 by Mark.

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Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows that earlier this week I had a shoot scheduled with a dog/cat pair for a local magazine cover. Most pet photographers know that this is a relative rarity. Yes, there are many cats and dogs that live in homes together but that doesn’t necessarily mean you can put [...]

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Kitten Season Chronicles Pt II

Posted on 14. May, 2009 by Mark.

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I recently returned to see the SPCA foster kitties I first photographed a few weeks ago. Now at 6 weeks they were larger and stronger and no longer needed to be syringe fed. Unfortunately, two of the original 5 had become sick shortly after I visited and didn’t have the strength to fight off whatever [...]

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Six Cats in a Bungalow

Posted on 13. May, 2009 by Mark.

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“Mark, we have another My Mutt assignment for you: 6 cats”
Sometimes you get an email you have to re-read a few times before it sinks in. Of course, my initial assumption was that all six cats needed to be in the same shot but, thankfully, I had flexibility on this one and if the cats [...]

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Kitten Season Chronicles Part 1

Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Mark.

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This post is a bit of a departure for me. It’s the first of several you’ll see in the coming weeks focusing on what’s known as Kitten Season in the animal-welfare world. For those who don’t know about Kitten Season it essentially runs from spring through fall when the warmer weather converges with female cats’ [...]

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