My cat turned into a blurry potato on my 'professional' photo day

I spent like 40 bucks on a pet photographer last month in Portland, thinking I'd get this majestic shot of my tabby, Mittens. She sat still for maybe 2 seconds, then whipped her head around to stare at a fly on the wall, and the camera caught her mid-twist with her eyes all crossed and tongue half out. The photographer tried to recover by saying 'cats have a mind of their own' but we both knew that was the best shot of the whole hour. I ended up buying a digital copy just because it makes me laugh every time I look at it on my phone. The weirdest part is that her body stayed perfectly posed, but her face looked like a floppy potato with ears. Has anyone else paid for a pet photo and gotten a hilarious fail instead of a nice portrait?

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dylanward16d ago

$40 is a steal compared to the $120 I dropped on a "luxury pet portrait" session that made my dog look like a melted wax statue with googly eyes. I mean, the guy framed it and everything, but it's just sitting in my closet now because I can't look at it without laughing.

patriciamoore16d ago

Oh my gosh, you have to pull that painting out and show someone because that's exactly what happened to me! I paid a lady $150 to paint my cat and she made him look like a grumpy old man with a receding hairline and his whiskers were literally just sharpie lines. I hung it up for a week but every time I walked past I would just burst out laughing at how bad it was, now it's buried behind some old coats in my hall closet. Seriously though, some people have absolutely no business calling themselves portrait artists, especially when they charge that much.