A little longer than expected

Well this isn't exactly the next day like I had said in my previous post, but here is the other photo from my shoot with Shawnee at Belle Isle. I planned on doing some extreme post-processing on it throughout the week but ended up liking it enough the way it is, so I left it alone. I'm pretty happy with how they all turned out.

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On another note, I'm happy to say that I am going to be donating photos on a regular basis to the Richmond SPCA where Shawnee now works. As an employee, she is able to take animals for the day when she is not working to give them time at the park, etc. I thought this would be a good opportunity to have some fun taking photos of the animals, and also to hang some prints up at the shelter as another incentive for individuals to adopt them. The SPCA thought it was a great idea and we are going in tomorrow to go over the details with them. I am planning on making a print on metallic paper of each animal that I photograph and letting the new owner take it with them when they get adopted. I am excited about this, and hope it will also get me started in doing some other pet portraits for people in the area. This is Piper, whom we spent the day walking with at Belle Isle after her photo shoot last week. Look for lots more to come.

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