Catnip Fever Dream: Behind The Scenes

Using random small items from my house and office, I put together a quirky set titled, "Catnip Fever Dream." Two small triceratops, a miniature disco ball plant grinder, a large rainbow disco heart, the cactus and skull salt & pepper shakers from my kitchen table, glitter flecks and a sprinkling of catnip to bribe my fur-baby models, Sprinkle and Tuba.

I used a 3 light set up - a 25" beauty dish as my main light (on low-ish power so as to not overpower the side lights' gels) and two smaller strobes from the sides, each with blue and red gel filters. Behind the prop table was a V-flat (the black side) and on the table I draped a black covering.

I shot using my 24-70mm lens with a couple different Prism Lens FX filters, which I hand-held.

The results were fun, quirky, and totally a lucid fever dream vibe.

Would your cat be down to model for "Catnip Fever Dream" if I make this a traveling set?

Tubie poses like the lovey kitten princess she is, drugged out blissfully on catnip

The set of "Catnip Fever Dream" included my skull/cactus salt and pepper shakers, a tiny disco ball plant grinder, two miniature sleeping triceratops, an orb from Prism Lens FX and a larger rainbow disco ball heart

Tuba's soul leaves her body when she's drugged out on catnip. Wait - do ginger cats even have souls?