Shelter Me Photography: Photographer Nanette Martin and her will to place adoptable pets

Photo by Ben Stark

If you think the name Nanette Martin sounds familiar but you’re not sure where you have heard it before there’s actually a number of place it could have been. Nanette is an accomplished photographer with quite a portfolio under her belt. She’s conducted several well known documentary projects such as The World Trade Center, Gray Whales, Cerro Grande Fire, and Hurricane Katrina.It’s her humane work with Hurricane Katrina and one other recent project that draws this authors attention.  (full article)                  Photo by Ben Stark

Valentines day pet photo contest entries all in: Vote now

Entries are all in and accounted for!

Please take a few minutes and check of the pets that enrich the lives of some of our readers. They were all so adorable I am sure contestants had a hard time choosing which one photo to submit.

  • Voting will end February 21, 2010 @ 11:59 pm
  • You will be allowed to cast 1 vote.
  • Poll results will show on poll itself.
  • Winner will be formally announced  February 22, 2010
  • A feature article will be written highlighting the winner of the contest.

(See full article and see results of the contest)

Holiday pet photo contest: First place winner Bailey and Wil Halter with slideshow

Photo by Wil Halter

I give to you Bailey, our first place winner of the 2009 Holiday pet photo contest. But don’t say the word “pet” too loud. Bailey doesn’t realize, yet she is in all actuality, a dog. And what a regal young lady at that!Bailey is the lovable pup of Will and Steve Halter of Jackson Missouri. At age 2, Bailey has been with the Halters since she was 9 weeks old. 

Wil and Steve had been debated finding a new addition to their family when they decided to drop by the local Humane Society, make a donation, and have a look around.     (full article)

Pawzitive Prints: Assisting shelter and rescue photographers nation wide

Photo by Pawzitiveprints.com

As discussed in an earlier article, some of the most under recognized photographers on the planet are the volunteer pet photographers. They are hidden in our nations shelters and rescues all over the US.Many volunteer shelter and rescue photographers have no formal background in photography. Some have never undertaken a task so overwhelming as a kennel full of barking dogs or every climbing kitties. Most get thrown into the till as soon as they walk in the door, with little to no training in the field at all. What to do, what to do?

Such an abrupt entry may scare away the average volunteer. Especially one with no photography experience.         (full article)

Pet photography: Calling all volunteer pet photographers and shelter managers

We need your input.

Are you a volunteer pet photographer for a shelter or a rescue? Or are you a shelter or rescue administrator who manages volunteer photographers?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Volunteers photographers: Please take the time to fill out the survey contained in this link. Please tell us your experience in this field and tell us how we can help you broaden your operation. Volunteer Survey            (full article)

Pet photography 101: St. Louis area pet photographer listing

Please note the following St. Louis area photographers who specialize in pets.

Those listed have websites containing all information necessary to begin shopping for your pet’s next portrait session. Click on any screen shot or link for details on each photographer.

(full article)

Pet Photography 101: Digital file storage

Scenario: You’ve just brought a new puppy home to join the family. You normally shoot a fair amount of photos of all your pets but this one seems to be more photogenic than most and demands that you shoots scads of photos of his daily growth. Seems like everyone on your Facebook,Twitter, and Myspace account wants to see him on a daily basis, so you gladly comply. There are photos of the new pup piling up everywhere, including your hard drive. So much so that they are filling up all your storage space on your PC. Now what do you do?

This is a common problem with people who shoot a lot of photographs cinsidering the average image is 3-5MB’s each. (full article)

Holiday pet photo contest: Second place winner Roscoe and Tyler Pollard

Second place winner for our Holiday pet photo contest was Roscoe, the 5 year old Border Collie.

Roscoe lives in O’Fallon Missouri with owner Lara Fairless and furry sister, Muffin the cat.

Roscoe came to live with Lara after he was found in a field and taken to O’Fallon’s Pet Smart store where Lara’s sister worked. The family decided to adopt Roscoe right away and he’s been part of the family every since.

With herder instincts in his breeding it’s no surprise to find out that one of his famous antics is to jump from the car as soon as he enters his neighborhood.

(full article)

Snow day in the Midwest: Time to practice your photography skills- pet slideshow

If you live in the St. Louis area it means you are probably getting hammered by snow tonight. Last count was about 4 inches with amounts a bit heavier than that in the south. Schools were called off, some folks couldn’t make it in to work or were early coming home due to the weather. A number of people on Facebook and Twitter announce being bored to tears with lack of anything interesting to do.

What to do? What to do? (full article)

Holiday pet photo contest: Third place winner, Mumra and Ixiana Hernandez-Wilmot

After a very successful Holiday pet photo contest we announced the winner and two runners up on January 20th.

The third place winner for the contest was Mumra, the longhaired chihuahua. And what a regal young fellow he is!

Mumra the 3.5 yr old big city chihuahua lives with his owner, Ixiana Hernandez-Wilmot, in Brooklyn, New York. He has one sister Camila, also a longhaired chihuahua.

Ixiana is also Mumra’s photographer. She owns and operates a successful pet photography business called Petographs in Brooklyn, New York. She credits her fur babies Camila and Mumra with being her inspiration. (Full article)

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