I had a Pet Photo Day at the Pet Supplies “Plus” store in Westbury, NY last weekend and there was a dog and cat rescue group celebrating the opening of their new facility within the store. Stanley Lang, the store owner had generously donated a large portion of his property to construct an area to house kittens and cats that have been rescued from the street and from other shelters. The name of the rescue group is Forgotten Friends of Long Island.
Their web site is here: http://tinyurl.com/ForgottenFriends and they have a Facebook page here: http://tinyurl.com/ForgottenFriendsFacebook
They had also brought with them, several rescued dogs that live in foster homes while waiting to be adopted. They don’t have room to house the dogs, so some volunteers with very big hearts become foster “parents” to these animals that would have otherwise been euthanized.
I asked Milena Apath, the Foster/Rescue Coordinator of their Dog Program, if I could donate some of my time and take pictures of the foster dogs which could then be used on their web site. I hadn’t seen their web site or the pictures of the dogs on it, but I have seen other rescue sites and I know what the pictures usually look like. It is a known fact that the better the picture, the better the chances are that a dog will get adopted. Even without having seen the pictures they were using on their web site,I was sure that I could improve upon them, even with the limited set up I had to work with at the time.
Take a look at the pictures, maybe you would like to adopt one or perhaps you know someone who might like to.
Please get in touch with Forgotten Friends of Long Island.
If you are a shelter or rescue organization in Connecticut, New York or on Long Island,
I am available to do the same thing for your organiztion.
Here are the “before” and “after” pictures:
http://petsphotography.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Before-and-After-copy1.jpg
The top row photos were taken by the rescue group’s volunteers. The rest are photos of the same dogs, taken by me.
Author Resource:-
Pet Photographer Richie Schwartz, a former Veterinary Technician, Dog Groomer, and Dog Trainer, has over 30 years experience as a professional photographer. He is known as the “dog whisperer” of pet photographers. Richie has a special bond with animals and it has been said that he seems to hypnotize animals into posing for him. Richie is one of the country’s most prolific and sought after Pet Photographers. He has photographed over 60,000 pets in 30 states. Over the last ten years, he and his affiliated companies,have provided Pet Photography services at hundreds of pet supply store locations for nationwide companies such as PETCO, PetSmart and Pet Supplies “Plus”.
Schwartz is a regular speaker and educator at photography clubs, pet expos and other events, where he offers pet photography seminars and workshops. In addition, he regularly volunteers his services to raise funds and awareness for animal rescue shelters.
Web site: http://www.PetsPhotography.com
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