I am going into my senior year and am getting my senior pictures done this summer. My cat and I are extremely close. She is honestly like my baby. I have had her since I was about 5 and she is really MY cat. She follows me around the house, will "talk" to me (she meows at me every morning when I am getting ready for school and I'll ask her different questions, just because I feel like talking, and she will meow back), and sleeps with me almost every night. When I'm laying in bed, she will come up and stick her face in mine and cuddle with me. When I'm holding her, she will wrap her paws around me and "hold" onto me. Her and I are virtually inseperable when I am home. In fact, she likes sitting on my lap when I'm DISing and watch the screen, almost like she is reading it. If I say give me kiss, she will tilt her head and push the top of her head towards me and have me kiss the top of her head. Sometimes she will even touch her nose to mine when she's in a good mood.
Anyways, getting to the point of this post. I want to get my senior pictures done with her. Not all of them, obviously, maybe just a couple shots. And I really don't care if we buy the ones with her in them. I just want one copy for myself and honestly, I really think my parents will want one copy with her since they know how close we are, but even if they don't, I still want one for me. My friends and I were talking about senior pictures the other day and I mentioned that I wanted some of mine done with my cat. They all thought it was a dumb idea. They all said that, while they love their pets, they would never get their senior pictures done with them. I've been rationalizing that they don't really know how close me and my cat are, which is why they said that. Even my mom, who I really thought would say that it was dumb, said that if the photographers are willing to do it, having my cat in the pictures would be fine. (My mom's the type that, even though she loves our pets, believes animals are animals and should stay at home. You shouldn't take them out to stores, even pet stores that allow animals.) At first, my dad's reactions was "How are you going to get that cat out of the house? She won't even go into the basement if you carry her." Then I guess he realized that my cat would do anything as long as I'm there. I can take her anywhere and she would be perfectly fine. She might not like it, but she would go and cling to me the whole time.
What do you think about getting my senior pictures done with my cat? Would you let your kids get their senior pictures done with your pets? Again, I don't mean all of my pictures would have my cat in them, it would only be a few shots and probably only buy 1 or 2 copies of one of the shots.
Anyways, getting to the point of this post. I want to get my senior pictures done with her. Not all of them, obviously, maybe just a couple shots. And I really don't care if we buy the ones with her in them. I just want one copy for myself and honestly, I really think my parents will want one copy with her since they know how close we are, but even if they don't, I still want one for me. My friends and I were talking about senior pictures the other day and I mentioned that I wanted some of mine done with my cat. They all thought it was a dumb idea. They all said that, while they love their pets, they would never get their senior pictures done with them. I've been rationalizing that they don't really know how close me and my cat are, which is why they said that. Even my mom, who I really thought would say that it was dumb, said that if the photographers are willing to do it, having my cat in the pictures would be fine. (My mom's the type that, even though she loves our pets, believes animals are animals and should stay at home. You shouldn't take them out to stores, even pet stores that allow animals.) At first, my dad's reactions was "How are you going to get that cat out of the house? She won't even go into the basement if you carry her." Then I guess he realized that my cat would do anything as long as I'm there. I can take her anywhere and she would be perfectly fine. She might not like it, but she would go and cling to me the whole time.
What do you think about getting my senior pictures done with my cat? Would you let your kids get their senior pictures done with your pets? Again, I don't mean all of my pictures would have my cat in them, it would only be a few shots and probably only buy 1 or 2 copies of one of the shots.
, we were also encouraged to show our personality/interests with our pictures. In addition to the "serious" pictures, I had mine done with my dog, my horse, my car, and a bunch of my favorite stuffed animals. I would have loved to get some done with my cats as well, but I had 3 at the time and it would have been difficult to get them all on the same page for the pictures (and I wouldn't choose just one cat). One of my friends had a picture done with her cat and it came out really well. 
He had his beagle in one of his Senior photos and it was a great shot! I had it blown up to a 5x7 and also had wallets made. They were outside at the Park, alongside a creek. Many of his friends had photos taken with their pets as well, including both cats and dogs. Some were inside shots, others outside.
years ago they didn't do senior pics with animals...
