美國德薩斯州的Borris鮑裡斯夫婦近日制作了一本獨特的日曆，其中的模特都是以瑜伽姿勢“出鏡”的貓狗。不過這些寵物並非真正做出這樣高難度的動作，而是悉心設計出來的。
攝影師丹鮑裡斯稱，夫妻二人常常收留流浪貓狗，制作這本日歷的靈感來源於朋友的狗有次做出極似瑜伽的動作，因此丹才開始以自家貓狗為原型，設計了它們的瑜伽造型。他表示，“耐心”是制作日歷的核心，他會長時間觀察模特兒們的動作，捕捉其神態，以求瑜伽造型以假亂真。
丹表示，他雖然不會讓自己的寵物做瑜伽，但他很喜歡它們的虛擬造型。他希望這本日曆能讓人更喜歡瑜伽。
The ruff guide to yoga: Rescued cats and dogs pictured pulling the purrfect poses
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 12:09 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:52 GMT, 24 May 2012
Meet the purrfect posers and clever canines who are proving popular thanks to their impressive ruff guide to yoga.
The contorted creatures, pictured mastering a series of tricky yoga positions, are the latest stars of a calendar created by photographer Dan Borris and his former yoga teacher wife Alejandra.
The pair, from San Antonio, Texas, put their talents to good use by rounding up rescue puppies and kittens from an animal shelter to help them create the unique tongue-in-cheek artwork.
Clever canines: The contorted creatures, pictured mastering a series of tricky yoga positions, are the latest stars of a calendar created by photographer Dan Borris and his former yoga teacher wife Alejandra
 
Tongue-in-cheek: The pair rounded up rescue puppies and cats from animal shelters to create the work
Clever: The duo spend hours in the studio with the adorable animals before using computer software trickery to make the difficult poses as close as possible to the real thing
The duo spend hours in the studio with the adorable animals before using computer software trickery to make the difficult poses as close as possible to the real thing.
Dan said the work required a great deal of patience but said they were inspired by their love of animals and enjoyed creating pictures that made people smile.
He said: 'The inspiration came from a writer friend of mine who practiced yoga.
'She was telling me about her dog licking her face in a headstand pose and generally getting overly involved in her yoga.
Hard work: Dan said the work required a great deal of patience but said they were inspired by their love of animals
 
Inspired: Dan said he was prompted to start the project because a writer friend of his practiced yoga
Cute: Dan said he was first taken with the idea of seeing dogs doing yoga, but then the theme of cats, kittens and puppies followed
'At that moment I thought wouldn't it be great to see dogs doing yoga. I love dogs and was doing a lot of yoga as well.
'Really I just was taken with the idea of seeing dogs do yoga, then the idea of cats, kittens and puppies followed.
'It was something so different from my usual work and I love making these photos in order to make people smile and learn about yoga at the same time.
'We find the animals every where. In the beginning we worked with our friend's dogs but of course the original pioneer Yoga Dog and Yoga Cat were our dog, Mela and our cat, Snoosh.
Friends: In the studio the couple work together to recreate a variety of tricky yoga positions such as the lotus and, of course, the downward dog
 
Team work: Dan photographs the animals while Alejandra helps the animals feel safe and comfortable
And stretch: The lifelike pictures have in fact been tinkered with by keen photographer Dan
'We were then very lucky and happy to work with to work with animals for adoption at The Animal Defence League shelter in the city.'
In the studio the couple work together to recreate a variety of tricky yoga positions such as the lotus and, of course, the downward dog.
Dan photographs the dogs and cats while Alejandra uses her experience and TTouch training - a specialist therapy for animals - to help the animals feel safe and comfortable.
He said: 'We have poses in mind and try to get them as close as possible but the final images are the product of many hours of very detailed work using photoshop.
Trance: These cute cats look like they are in a meditative state as they 'have their picture taken'
 
Showing off: These cheeky cats look like they were having the time of their lives as they posed
Chillax time: These pair stare into the lens as the stretch out
'There are of course some challenges working with animals but the most important aspect is to keep the dogs and cats feeling safe and actually having fun.
'Sometimes we don't really know where it's going to go but then the magic takes over and little by little it unfolds with a dog or cat doing yoga.'
'Patience is a key ingredient, since dogs and cats have their own ideas. All the poses are genuine yoga poses or variations which are used in yoga classes.
'This is the part that's really important because the humour comes from them seriously doing real yoga.
'Ale loves this step of the work because she's the one who gets to be with the animals and play with them while I take the photographs.
'I also love to work with the dogs and cats but then of course I really enjoy the creative process when we start to create an image.
'Sometimes we don't really know where it's going to go but then the magic takes over and little by little it unfolds with a dog or cat doing yoga.'
Important: Patience is a key ingredient since dogs and cats have their own ideas, the couple said |
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