This is the first time I've seen this question, and I was very interested in Sussie Q's answer, which I think you should follow. Another more expensive alternative is to go to a cat show (CFA, TICA, etc.--you don't have to have a purebred cat, your cat can be shown in the Household Pet Class) and allow cat photo geniuses like Chanan or Larry Johnson to do photographs--although neither of them seem to do many photos with the owner, I suspect that they would cooperate--but they are not cheap. If I were you, I'd go for Petco. Photographing cats is difficult--you need a specialist. I assume that the Petco people know what they're doing. Check out Chibi and Harvey's photos to see what a professional cat photographer can and cannot do.

Chibi answered on 1/14/10. Helpful? / 0