December 22, 2004
Fleas Navidad
Some people think that dressing up your pets is the worst idea in the world. Some pets agree with this theory. This Christmas, give your pet the greatest gift and just don't do it!
Posted by photocartoonist at 8:00 PM
December 21, 2004
Merry Holidays
There is something about Christmas music boxes that I just love. I guess I love everything about Christmas; the sights, the smells, but especially the music.
Posted by photocartoonist at 10:28 PM
September 4, 2004
If you're feeling funny, see the Nurse!
Humor. It's what the doctor ordered.
What is UP with that hat? How do you keep it on and what's it suppose to do anyways?
Nurse clowns; that's what the healthcare system could use. Spreading a bit of cheer as they spread those cheeks! I know I would feel better.
Posted by photocartoonist at 11:45 PM
September 1, 2004
Everyone's a Comedian
A Comedienne Who is EVERYONE!
I have been studying characters since I got a degree in behavioral psychology but my main research has been on the streets photographing the people I meet here in New York City.
My characters are based part in my family, part in popular culture, and all in my imagination. People are funny and they are at their funniest when they are serious. And I am seriously funny about characters.
Posted by photocartoonist at 9:53 PM
August 31, 2004
You know what really burns my @ss?
a flame about this high!
It's hard for me to believe that the Republicans decided that having their convention in New York City was a good idea. Traffic, even pedestrians, are rerouted and everyone is affected by this inconvenience. Then at night I have to hear the chants of "4 more years"?
I'm as patriotic as the next and I do believe that America is a great country; greatest because it's a country of immigrants! I did love Arnold Schwartenegger's speech. My family on my father's side is from Austria and I adore Arnold as an action hero. But overall I will be happy when they all pack up and leave.
Bye bye.
Posted by photocartoonist at 11:03 PM
August 17, 2004
The Ultimate Cartoon: People
It Takes All Kinds
And all of them eventually make their way to New York City. A close look at the work that I do on the streets of Manhattan will reveal a study in human good nature. I ask people to play with me and , of course, I get their permission to take their picture.
Photographing people is my passion, my art, my obsession. The kids I shoot for the greeting cards, even the animals and the models, I do that for commercial reasons. The people are a field study; a fascination that started with a degree in behavioral psychology.
There is something about the camera, and my personality, that lends itself to making people comfortable. Most people do not like to be photographed; I understand this. Personally I love to be photographed and I love looking at pictures of people, including myself.
I have been a professional photographer since 1976 and one of my purest joys is to look at my archives. This ever growing collection represents my life as an artist, my unique point of view literally. And now that I have gone completely digital, I have found a freedom that transcends film, trandscends the financial limitations that use to inhibit my work. Truly, my answer to everything is "Take a picture of it!"
Posted by photocartoonist at 11:55 PM | Comments (1)
August 14, 2004
Rubber Duckie you are the ONE
Making bath time fun since childhood!
Take a close look at this little one. Is he strangling this hapless duck? And he's doing it with a smile! You will find a fun collection of posters here. Check them all out!
Posted by photocartoonist at 10:46 PM
August 11, 2004
The Shades of Liberty
It takes all kinds; all sizes, all colors, all shades. America is more than willing to wear their red, white and blues on their sleeves...or on their accessories! Ain't marketing patriotic?!
ShadesofLiberty.com features galleries of photographs of New Yorkers wearing a particular pair of sunglasses. All walks of lives, from all over the world, were ready to play with me and show their spirit.
Now all rise for the National Anthem....
Posted by photocartoonist at 9:10 PM
August 10, 2004
Summer is going to the Dogs
Hot time summer in the city; what's a dog to do?
Man's best friend as seen on the streets of New York knows how to handle the heat; with a sense of humor!
Posted by photocartoonist at 11:03 PM
August 6, 2004
Life's SO Short
Life's so short...you GOT to make fun of it! The photocartoon series from Kat Caverly has found its new home on Lifessoshort.com. The new site features a catalogue of her series The Photocartoonist as well as the original It Takes All Kinds.
It takes All Kinds made its first appearance in The New York Daily News in 1989 and Universal Press Syndicate said of Kat's photocartoon, "Ordinary people in every day situations really is the ultimate cartoon."
Here are some of my favorites:
Mr. Bibble detected some caffeine
All walks of life are funny walks!
Posted by photocartoonist at 9:43 PM
August 3, 2004
Ain't Life a Bitch?
There are those days that you just don't feel like getting out of bed! You're having delicious dream but the phone rings and you realize everyone's is waiting for YOU! Ain't life a bitch?
I have been fascinated by the word "bitch" since I was in fifth grade and I found out that it meant a female dog, of the canine species. What's so bad about that? It is also bantered about as a title for an aggressive female executive and once again I ask, "what's so bad about THAT?"
To celebrate this title of distinction, I celebrate the GORGEOUS BITCH in all great women! and I say, Spread the Word!
Posted by photocartoonist at 5:18 PM
August 1, 2004
America's Best Friend
Who is America's best friend? Who is the faithful old hound dog who loves us no matter what? Patriotism is at a fevered pitch but who genuinely is our best friend?
Red, white and the Blues is the title for a new series of animations I am producing for Patriot's Day (September 11th) to be featured on eCardology.com.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel according to Samuel Johnson (1775) but historians are quite sure he was referring to false patriots. Who are the true patriots? Those who give their lives to fight for their country? Those who give their loved ones in the pursuit of freedom? Certainly not those who simply find ways to profit from the losses of our wars.
But still America is a great country. And her people have a great spirit. I am amazed by our Yankee ingenuity as much as I delight in our cowboy mentality. We laugh at ourselves as much as we are laughed at and regardless of what I think about the wars we fight, I do believe our hearts are in the right place.
Posted by photocartoonist at 11:03 PM
July 31, 2004
Coffee can't cure everything.
To wake up you have to do more than just smell the coffee! You have to drink it! Join me for a look at the people I meet on my daily walk in New York.
The Dangers of Window Shopping
The parade of life is amazing on the streets of New York. Stay tuned for this new weekly feature, The New Yawk Walk.
Posted by photocartoonist at 1:40 AM
July 29, 2004
Everything I have ever needed
to know I've learned from my cat.
Cats. They are God's special creatures; comedians, lovers, killers. There is not a creature on this green Earth that knows how to be more comfortable than a cat!
I have had as many as ten but now I only have four. My best friend of all times was a cat; and I am not exaggerating. His name was Buster and he was an extraordinary individual.
I found Buster on the streets of New York City, as I have found all of my cats for the last twenty years. Or should I say he found me! He became one of my favorite subjects and he is a star of many greeting cards.
Pictured today is my dear boy BB, which stands for Bodega Boy. I saw BB be born and he was promised to the owner of a corner bodega. A bodega is a small grocery store on every corner on the west side of Manhattan, and any other Spanish neighborhood in New York. BB didn't like the bodega so we were lucky enough to get him back.
Then there's Rosie, Bill, and Isabella but they are another story and many more photographs!
Posted by photocartoonist at 10:10 PM
July 27, 2004
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Did you know that every baby is born with the ability to make every facial expression? Of course they don't really start to take on any meaning to them for months but they are the source of great amusement to Kat Caverly, photographer and funny pictures lady.
Funnypictureslady.com is a site dedicated to...
... the street photography of Kat Caverly, a professional photographer in New York City. Her work has been taking pictures of ordinary people in everyday situations with available light, often on the streets of Manhattan.
Her babies are popular on a new line of paper greeting cards published by Pictura but her favorite work is finding the many characters that New York City has to offer. Her cats, her husband, and her friends are as often her subjects as are the perfect strangers who seem happy to play with her camera.
Her motto is "Take a picture of it!"
Posted by photocartoonist at 1:46 AM