They don't know "Stay", so I put a kitty goodie on the cushion where I wanted her to appear. I discovered it was important to use manual exposure because when I used AV mode the exposures were slightly different. Also important to use manual focus on the first shot and make sure you have enough depth of field so that all areas of the couch (and cat) will be in focus. (YUes..she outweighs Ricky!)