Some dear friends asked me to house and pet sit while they were on vacation. They had three beautiful cats with wonderful personalities and I wanted to photograph them as a Christmas gift. The cats didn’t seem to mind my trying to arrange them in a group over and over again. They just didn’t seem to understand the purpose and disassembled themselves after two or three seconds before I could frame a good shot. The few times they stayed together they refused to look directly at the camera, at least all at the same time. I knew if I wanted a picture developed and framed before my friends returned that I would have to come up with something fast.
There was a tall, narrow box waiting to go out with the trash and the thought struck me that it was just big enough for 3 cats to sit in comfortably. If all went well, I would be able to get a good shot looking down into the box from above. I carefully placed each cat inside then climbed on a chair next to it so it would look as though I was facing them at a normal angle. Everything was working perfectly. The cats were all staring up at the opening at the top with wide eyed wonder.
I am not sure what happened next. All I know is someone hissed and the three beautiful faces in the bottom of the box became a writhing, hissing, screaming ball of fur. I screamed too as I imagined my friend’s faces when they came home to 3 bloodied cats. I knocked the box over hoping they would sort themselves out but that only confused them more. I finally had to pick the box up and pour them out onto the floor still a tangled mess of heads, paws and tails. Thankfully they scattered in different directions. There were no injuries and I did get a good shot but take it from me, don’t try this at home.
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