furry faces at the burlington humane society | volunteer pet photographer

I thought I would share a few more of the furry faces I’ve had the pleasure of photographing at the Burlington Humane Society. I’m happy to report that several have already been adopted!

One of the volunteers left me this wonderful comment:

“Just to let you know, we have had lots of great compliments on your photos and in some cases, they are drawing people in as they come to see specific animals whose pictures have caught their eye as they were looking.  Thank you so much for coming in to take photos.  We really appreciate your time, your photos are wonderful and it is making a difference for the animals.”

These photos are pretty much straight out of camera. I don’t do any processing aside from a little brightening and optimizing them for the web. I want prospective families to see how the animal really is, so I try to capture each dog and cat’s personality rather than worry about the exposure in the rest of the photo or if I cut a tail off. I think you can tell which ones are shy and the ones that are more curious. The ones that are super affectionate are typically the really closeup images, usually because they like to be close and hang around my feet.

I’ve said it before — I have never met an animal here that I wouldn’t take home. They are all amazing creatures!