Entering Bonnie in a Photo Contest: Lessons Learned

Bonnie is a ten-and-a-half-year-old British Shorthair with a face like a round cushion and zero interest in posing. I entered him in a photo contest at a Pinklao pet shop event because the runner-up prize was a voucher for cat food, which as a practical person I could not ignore.

Tips from our experience: shoot in the morning when the light from the window is soft, get down to his eye level, and do not force him. He lost interest after ten minutes. The best shot was a candid one of him yawning on the windowsill. He did not win the grand prize, but the cat food was a nice consolation.