Shelters will tell you straight: a good photo can be the difference between six months in a kennel and a home by Sunday. You don’t need to be a photographer. You need to kneel down and squeak a toy.
Take Adoption Photos That Get Dogs Homes
Offer the shelter an hour of decent photos — outside, at eye level, in good light — for the animals whose kennel mugshots are keeping them stuck.
What you'll need
- Any recent phone camera
- A squeaky toy or treats to get the ears up
- A helper to handle the leash
Pitfalls
- Get low. Eye level changes everything.
- Shoot outside or by a big window — never through kennel bars.
- Ask which animals have waited longest and start with them, not the puppies.
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. — Genesis 1:31