My first attempt at animal shelter photos (Page 4): My heart is melting...Really. Great. Shots. They should do the trick, me thinks, in getting them adopted. Did my bit in adopting two...

philden Loc: Victor, NY

My heart is melting...Really. Great. Shots. They should do the trick, me thinks, in getting them adopted. Did my bit in adopting two Calico sisters from the local shelter 4 years ago. Honestly, it wouldn't be a home without them.

Georgie Loc: England

Lovely to see and lovely photo's. Thankyou.

philo Loc: philo, ca

I posted a few of mine about a week ago. You did a great job; so keep it up.
Only piece of advise I can give you is don't try and do this alone. Have at least one other person helping. You can't control a cat and take a shot at the same time. If the cat is in a cage then maybe i could do it alone. However you run the risk of the cat jumping out of the cage and off you go.
One other point shot jpeg and do slow continues shooting.

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

JoeB wrote:

Very, very nice photos.

Thanks, JoeB! I appreciate your kind comment!

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

kcimato wrote:

Wonderful shots of the cats. Thank you for doing this.

Thanks, kcimato! I appreciate it!

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

philden wrote:

My heart is melting...Really. Great. Shots. They should do the trick, me thinks, in getting them adopted. Did my bit in adopting two Calico sisters from the local shelter 4 years ago. Honestly, it wouldn't be a home without them.

Thanks, philden! Heart melting is what we want. I sure hope it helps, and I'm glad you love your shelter cats.

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

Georgie wrote:

Lovely to see and lovely photo's. Thankyou.

Thanks, Georgie!

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

philo wrote:

I posted a few of mine about a week ago. You did a great job; so keep it up.
Only piece of advise I can give you is don't try and do this alone. Have at least one other person helping. You can't control a cat and take a shot at the same time. If the cat is in a cage then maybe i could do it alone. However you run the risk of the cat jumping out of the cage and off you go.
One other point shot jpeg and do slow continues shooting.

Thanks for the tips, philo! I did have help, husband was with me, and my daughter in law who is a volunteer there was our "wrangler". It would be very difficult to do alone, especially the dogs (which I will post later).

AP Loc: Massachusetts

sleepydrdr wrote:

I was asked by a local animal shelter to take some... (show quote)

Being a cat lover myself, you made some wonderful captures that make you smile. I just LOVE them! Other cat lovers will see these beauties and sales will begin. CIAO, AP

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

AP wrote:

Being a cat lover myself, you made some wonderful captures that make you smile. I just LOVE them! Other cat lovers will see these beauties and sales will begin. CIAO, AP

Thanks, AP! I'm glad you like the photos, and I hope they make other cat lovers want to take them home.

Leon S Loc: Minnesota

Very nice photos. My wife would enjoy doing the same type of volunteer work, but I wont let her. She would bring the cats home one by one for studio shots, but never return any of them. All our pets come from a shelter. They are our senior-years children who think they own this house.

HillbillyHiker Loc: Cookeville, TN

You have done a great job. Your double pics are the "cats meow" for showing off their personalities. I agree with the BIF statement. I do work for our local shelter too. They want to have the cats kept away from other cats and area that the cats are pictured in must be sanitized between shots. Since there are so many cats to be photographed I shoot them in their condos. Not ideal at all.

https://montes-capture-the-moment.smugmug.com/Pets/Shelter-Kitties/

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

Leon S wrote:

Very nice photos. My wife would enjoy doing the same type of volunteer work, but I wont let her. She would bring the cats home one by one for studio shots, but never return any of them. All our pets come from a shelter. They are our senior-years children who think they own this house.

Thanks Leon S! I have to have my husband along to keep me reined in, I'd love to take them all. Shelter animals make the best pets.

sleepydrdr Loc: Chattanooga, TN

HillbillyHiker wrote:

You have done a great job. Your double pics are the "cats meow" for showing off their personalities. I agree with the BIF statement. I do work for our local shelter too. They want to have the cats kept away from other cats and area that the cats are pictured in must be sanitized between shots. Since there are so many cats to be photographed I shoot them in their condos. Not ideal at all.

Thanks, HillbillyHiker! I appreciate your kind remarks. I'm glad you do this also, and can relate. It's a challenge, but worth it.

grillmaster5062

Nice photos. Thanks for getting involved and helping out. I am always looking for ways to help others with my photography. As a side note, both of my dogs are rescues, but I'm not sure who rescued who.