Hi Teresa,Thanks for taking the time to edaucte volunteers in the art of animalphotography. Your ideas and tips will speed our learning curvetremendously.I volunteer at Ark-Valley Humane Society located in Buena Vista and Poncha Springs CO (ark-valley.org). They are a small no-kill shelter that averages about 150 cats and dogs daily in the shelters and foster care. About 900 animals a year pass through their doors with a 97% adoption rate! It's a pleasure to work with such a dedicated group!Our volunteer coordinator Laura Carter tried to encourage volunteers tostep up and take additional photos and videos of the cats and dogs lastspring. There was little response. After viewing the 60 minute clipfocusing on your work Laura and several volunteers got very excited totry and improve our web photos. Watching what you did on that show was areal inspiration! Our staff does a good job photographing the animals during entry processing,but with limited time, the photo they take when the pet enters theshelter doesn't always show the cat or dog at their best.Lisa Martzke, another AVHS volunteer and myself have attended your Focus on Rescue webinar. Wegathered our first photo efforts together and with Laura'sorganizational skills she and Lisa put together a calender using Lulu.com to sell asa AVHS fund raiser. I am sending you a copy. I'm sure by next fall whenwe select photos for a second calender we will be more experienced and skilledbut we a proud of our first attempt. Like you stated in your webinar, sometimes you just have to get out there and DO IT and give it your best!I received and reviewed the webinar notes today. I will print them outand use them as my guide. Thank you for making the information userfriendly.It was a pleasure being part of your webinar. I will follow the blogand use that information presented there to improve my techniques and artistry.Best regards,Judy Haines
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