[Joan Breckwoldt]

Thank you Alex for your reply. I think I can make the cat work, especially with so much help!

I have taken a few more photos, here are two.

I like the first one but I'm not sure what others would think? It certainly evokes emotion, laughter on my part when I see my daughter holding up that big cat. But I think a portrait should evoke some kind of emotion. And this isn't a commission, just something I want to do for myself. Though, point taken, I am trying to build a portfolio. I had my daughter stand and hold the cat for the first one.

In the second one my daughter has a nice expression, we've got the hand holding the cat and the cat in a pretty good position. Though his face could be better, I can fix that.

I like both of these as they are and wouldn't have to cobble together photos, which makes me more comfortable with this whole process. On, except improve on the cats expression in the first one.

Thank you, looking forward to what y'all think about these.

Joan