Have you ever wondered where all those amazing cat pictures come from that you see at Art.com and in books like the Essential Cat Book
Professional cat photographers from all over the world are the ones creating these wonderful images.
Taking great digital pictures of our cats has always been our goal at Band of Cats. We’re always trying to get that one great shot. As determined as we are there are some photographers who have gotten some excellent results and have turned cat photography into an art.
Warren Photographic
They are the best of the best, the crème of the crop. To help you experience their work first hand, we’ve created a list of our favorite cat photographers whose work we greatly admire and find very inspirational.
These photographers have provided us with some fantastic images and helped us come up with new ideas for improving our own cat photography. Inspiration can come from anywhere really, but browsing through a website or a book by any of these photographers is a great way to get our creative juices flowing.
Taking your own pictures is a big thrill but if you don’t fancy yourself as a photographer, or need something a little more professional, you can always turn to one of the photographers in our list or, failing that, find a good cat photographer of equal skill and experience in your area.
So without further delay, here is our official list of the 10 Top Cat Photographers from around the world.
Top Cat Photographers
Jane Burton – England
The Warren Photographic website has an extensive online picture library of cat photos taken by the world-famous photographer Jane Burton. Jane takes pictures of all types of animals but her cat photos are exceptional and a must see.
The people at Warren Photographic were kind enough to provide us with a couple of their cat images especially for this post.
Fluffy kittens playing with a basket.
1 Golden & 6 grey kittens looking up.
Drop by the Warren Photographic website and spend some time looking around. There are lots to see. You can also buy any image if you find one you really like.
I don’t know Jane’s availability but wouldn’t it be amazing to have a photo of your cat taken by Jane Burton?
Paddy Cutts – England
Paddy’s cat photography is featured in a number of great cat books available online. Her photography has been featured in The Complete Cat Book
We have the Complete Cat Book and keep it out to flip through from time to time for info and inspiration.
Any of Paddy’s books are a joy to have around for any cat lover.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand – France
Yann is a very accomplished photographer and has a wide variety of subject in his photography. To see his cat photography you’ll need to do a bit of clicking through his flash site to find them.
Visit Yann’s Website and click on section one . Select your language of choice. Once in the site click on Photographs at the top, select ‘Animals’ and then ‘Cats, Dogs and their masters’.
Jean-Michel Labat – France
You may have seen some of Jean images by now. Some of Jean’s images are featured on the art.com web site and on allposters.com
. Jean is an animal photographer and his cat images are whimsical, clever and entertaining.
Hiding under the bed.
You can see some of his cat images here. Also, don’t miss the Cat and Mouse series of images in Portfolio 1 on his web site.
Adriano Bacchella – Italy
Adriano takes a wide variety of subjects including cats. He has taken Cat Photographs of many different species of cats from Bengal and Burmese to Sphinx and Ocicat.
Cats having fun with Boxes and Doors.
He is very good a capturing the personality of each cats in his image whether shooting in the studio or outdoors.
Take some time to browse through his cat images, they’re absolutely wonderful.
Tetsu Yamazaki – Japan
It would be nice to find some more pictures by Tetsu online. The few I’ve found make me want to see more.
Little kittens with big flowers
Pictures by Tetsu Yamasaki are in the Book “Legacy of the Cat
Tetsu’s work is scattered all over the internet on various sites. It would be nice to see a dedicated site of her work one day. Until then here are some of the many sites we found featuring Tetsu’s work. Enjoy!
Norwegian Forest Cats Photos by Tetsu Yamasaki
Chanan – United States
Chanan Feline Photography has examples of their fine studio work scattered throughout their site. The majority of their work is done in the studio and they’re true masters at getting their cats to pose just the right way for the camera.
A collection of some excellent studio based cat photography.
They have over 600,000 images spanning their 30 year career of almost every breed of cat. All their images are available through their Stock Photo service.
We found most of their cat images on their ‘Shows’ page, but look around their site and you’ll find more wonderful studio shots.
You’ll be happy to know they also do Home Sessions. Check their show schedule to see if they’ll be coming to your town anytime soon.
We’ll be visiting Chanan quite regularly, especially when we start some of our own studio for cats set-up here at Band of Cats.
Larry Johnson – United States
Here is another gifted cat photographer who has done some fantastic work with cats. He has captured some wonderful moments with many types of cats in groups and singles in a variety of locations.
A wonderful shot of five kittens in a basket.
Larry Johnson’s website doesn’t feature enough of his images in my opinion. It would be nice to see more of his photography.
He travels to many cities in the US and does Home Sessions. If your interested check his schedule to see the next time he’ll be in your area.
Terry Gruber – United States
Terry is currently enjoying running a successful business photographing the wedding of celebrities by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geraldo Rivera and Billy Joel.
A wonderful black & white image shot by Terry Gruber.
As a Cat Photographer he has produced a popular and funny series of books including “Working Cats
Alan Robinson – UK
Based in the UK, Alan has a very extensive portfolio of cat photography that features images of numerous varieties of cats. Most of his brilliant work is in the studio, but his location images are just as beautiful and inspiring.
A great example of Alan’s superb location cat photography.
I would chance to guess that he has one of the largest collections of cat photography available for viewing on the internet.
Drop by Alan’s website and spend some time looking through his images which must span most, if not all, of his photographic career. You’ll soon see what cat photography by a true master is all about.
In Closing…
That wraps up our list of Professional Cat Photographers. These are the Professional Cat Photographers that have captured our attention over the years. There are many other talented Cat Photographers that were not a part of this list, but unfortunately we can’t include them all here, although we wish we could. Let us know in the comments if you have any favorite cat photographers you’d like to add to our list.
If you’re serious about hiring a professional cat photographer try contacting one of the photographers from our list or search for a cat photographer in your area.
You can also try this directory of cat photo studios to help get you started in your search. Good Luck!
Wow, thanks for those great links!
You’re very welcome!
I think this photographer is amazing (http://www.archicats.com), above and beyond your list. But, she does not take on clients and breeds her own subjects, unfortunately for me.
There is an excellent cat photographer, named Helmi, who should be on your top 10 list. She is an incredibly good photography!!!!
Thanks for letting us know about Helmi.
She IS very good, and truly an inspiration. Her full name is Helmi Flick and you can see some samples of her work at the following link: http://www.photopoints.com/main/photos/photographer.aspx?ID=8289
These photographer are truly inspiring.
Don’t forget Jim Child. (photographybyjimchild.com) He has a wonderful rapport with cats and can truly capture their personality.
One of the best Cat photographers is Sally Anne Thompson, she is also famous for Dog pictures and Horse pictures. All her pictures are available through http://www.animal-photography.com/
My cats were photographed by Larry Johnson and he did a fantastic job, I highly recommend him.
hello cat and dog photographer! i am a licensing agent who is on a search for adorable kitty and puppy images for reproduction in cards, calendars and assorted products. please write to me and let me know how to find you.
thank you,
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Hello, The best thing to do would be to contact the photographers in this post directly through their web sites. If you are interested in any of the Band of Cat images please let us know. Thanks!
How could you leave out Helmi Flick? Her pics often grace the cover and centerfolds of Cat Fancy. Great lady – she’s photographed two of my cats. All the pics of my Ragamuffin on the link I provided are by Helmi.
Laura
click my name to see the pics
What is the breed of the cat in the photo you have posted by Tetsu Yamazaki?
Thank you for your kind comments on my work…..my web site has however changed since you posted this page…. people can now find me at http://www.chanan.com (that name was not available when I first got on the internet…..so I had to use a variation of my pseudonym at that time…but we now own that url) again thank you for your comments.
Chanan is by far the best IMHO and he takes all of my cats photos. My other personal favorite is Preston Smith and he is newer but he sure captures some great photos. Here is his website http://www.prestonsmithphoto.com/ Also I have seen Tetsu’s work and I would love to be able to have him photograph my cats some day but I can not find a website for him and am not sure how to get in contact with him at all.
We now represent many of these great photographers.
For Helmi’s images:
http://www.animal-photography.com/search.html?search=helmi+flick&within=
For Tetsu’s images:
http://www.animal-photography.com/search.html?search=tetsu+yamazaki&within=
For Alan’s images:
http://www.animal-photography.com/search.html?search=alan+robinson&within=
Enjoy!
http://www.animal-photography.com
PS. New website coming soon
Tetsu has joined Animal Photography. For all of you who are interested in seeing more of his work you can find it under this link:
http://www.animal-photography.com/search.html?search=tetsu+yamazaki&within=
Enjoy!
I know he is recently new to cat photography (since 2007 as his old blog stated), but Johnathan Garfield in Toronto Ontario, Canada has some really genuine portraits of felines. He is well known for his dog, bird and reptile photography; but he is making a name in cats as well. I seen an online special about his work and visited his new “Pet Only” website.
http://www.johnspetphotgraphy.com
Hello. I am a pro cat photographer in the Metro Atlanta area in the Southeast.
Nice to meet you. Thanks for the comment. If you have some sample images and a link to your website we would be happy to review them and possibly add you to the list.
wow those picture which are taken has a relaxing and good quality background.
A good new photographer is Raina Robinson – you can see some of her work on facebook at the cat photography group
Everyone is invited to post photos of cats they have taken.
Nice photos.. have a look at my website for 1000 of award winning published photos of my beautiful Ragdoll cats and kittens
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Enjoy 🙂
I love cats!!!!
and plus the cute photos. i would love it if my cat got perfessional photos taken.
Preston Smith is a GREAT cat photographer for shows here in the USA. I’ve had all my cats done by him and wait for him to be at a show just to have him take my cat’s picture.
bonjour from France
The Cat Photographer was raise in Shelter ,where he start taking pictures of is friends now he take pictures of cats everywhere in Asia
http://www.cat-spirit.eu
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MIssing from the list if my favorite, and I believe one of the most talented, cat photographers, Helmi Flick. Amazing photographer!!