Kitty Cat Diary 2016

Kitty Cat Diary | 貓咪日記

The Kitty Cat Diary is a photo diary of my adorkable wife, and it's what happens when a photographer marries a woman who doesn't mind having a camera pointed at her during everyday life. Elena (A.K.A. Kitty Cat, because my nicknames for her all revolve around the theme of a cat.) is my favorite subject to photograph--there's just something very theraputic about grabbing a camera and capturing the person you love the most in the world, while combining that with creativity and aesthetic sensibility. This interaction has brought us a lot of joy over the years and captured a lot of precious memories. If you want to get to know Elena better, her bio is the best place to start.

Since these are spur-of-the-moment snapshots, it's best to enjoy them simply as casual fun instead of serious photography (you can find more serious photography in other areas of my site). A wide range of camera were used to shoot these photos--from professional cameras to casual compacts and smartphones. You can find out what photography gear I shoot with in the FAQ section.reason).

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Kitty Cat and I got tired of people telling us our domestic home snapshots looked too casual and had cluttered household backgrounds, so we actively went out to look for interesting locations to shoot in, and found a factory nearby. We tried to get permission but no one was around to grant it to us, even though the place was open. So we just walked around and shot an entire session in there, and then left. Didn't run into a single person the whole time we were there.

Kitty Cat and I stumbled upon this amazing senior's community center nearby. It was beautiful, with all the amenities like classrooms, billiard room, library, indoor and outdoor swiming pools, golf course, restaurants, etc. We had no idea we'd be so excited by a senior's community center, and went around taking lots of photos.

Kitty Cat had developed mild far-sightedness in the last year or so. It's only normal since she's now 45, and far-sightedness usually kicks in during middle-age. She used to have very mild near-sightedness that made it a bit hard to see the blackboard from the back of the classroom, but once she graduated she never wore those glasses again. I've seen her glasses years ago and I made her put them on because I knew she'd look hot with them on, and I was right. I told her that the "sexy librarian" is a "thing" in western culture, and she thought I was joking. Now she's got far-sightedness, she can't read her mobile devices up close, so she has to wear reading glasses. You can say that I'm happy about it.

Kitty Cat holding the "Kitty Cat Diary photo-collection book" I printed for her 45th birthday. It was supposed to be a surprise, and I was hoping I'd intercept it before she did. On that day, a solar roof panel salesman came to talk to me about installing solar panels, and while listening to the salesperson's pitch, she was going through the packages we received that day. I saw her flipping through the book out of the corner of my eyes and screamed--it startled the hell out of the salesman.