Here are my 4 quick steps to better photos of shelter animals. 1) Shoot outside. If you can shoot outside you are less likely to get the “demon eyes” that come with an auto flash coming on… never a good look ;). 2) For those of you who use program modes – use a “sport […]
A few months ago I visited The Humane Society for Seattle/King County for some of my shelter sessions. When Jaime and I were shooting there we met Bart. Bart is such an incredibly sweet special needs puppy with Spina Bifida. Here is Bart’s profile from his Seattle Humane page: Bart is a strikingly handsome 9-month-old […]
About a week ago I went on my Facebook page and saw a note from a woman named Alex looking for photos I had taken at the Watertown Humane Society of her new canine companion, Cooper. I got overly excited (imagine that) and asked if she would write a story about how Cooper came into […]
This past weekend was a crazy road trip all over the state of Wisconsin. On Friday I was at the Oshkosh Are Humane Society to teach a dog photography workshop with their volunteers and some others visiting from other shelters. We discussed dark dogs, fast moving dogs, and shooting without looking in the viewfinder. I […]
Update! ***Adopted!*** 🙂 You can see the hope and weariness in her eyes. Betty Blue is a courageous being who saved her puppies by alerting those who could help them – and in the process saved herself. Originally found in a canal in California – she recently took the journey to Seattle and now resides at PAWS. […]
So I talk a lot about letting dogs sniff your lens in my tutorials and in my free download. Well – this past week at my shelter workshop at the Watertown Humane Society – that technique was captured in action ;). Tater showed us all why you should let those canines check out your lens: […]
This is one of the happiest moments I have gotten to capture. If you have been following the Catkins Animal Rescue, Inc posts about the extreme hoarding case that they have been dealing with, then you know about the Road to Recovery animals. If you have not, please read all about it here: Road to […]
A few months back I took some awesome photos of a very special dog at Catkins Animal Rescue, Inc. (They’re where the Jim Fund is, and where Stewie is from – and a recipient of my month of giving). Glenda loved the people at the shelter and felt safe for the first time in a […]
2 years ago I paid it forward to a friend and took the photo of Schoep in Lake Superior as a last memory of his four legged companion. That photo did so much for humans and canines all over the world. Schoep got another year of life, people learned about keeping their old dogs comfortable, […]
*** Update – Adopted!*** I (and Laura from Catkins) refer to Dodge as Stewie 2.0. This is because he looks SO similar to my Stewie (who will now be referred to as 1.0). Dodge/Stewie 2.0 is a very large chihuahua mix (in my totally uneducated opinion – he could be all chi) – who loves […]