No Rest For The "Lick"edwith Lisa Scarsi Photography
Lisa Scarsi is a wonderful person inside and out. Focusing on the bigger picture using her
talent and skills as a professional photographer, she offers her time to take
beautiful photos of rescued pets in need of new forever homes. She goes above and beyond her profession to
help bring these precious pets together with their new families. Here is her story...
I run a portraiture studio in Orange
County
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One of the images I shot at the first Luv-a-Bully event for
charity.
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I
had always volunteered and supported animal welfare organizations, but I just
had not really put the two together – photography and pet rescue work. Once I did, it set me off on a whole new
photographic journey. More than half my
business is pet/animal related. Some of
my pet work is for private clients, some for magazines and some for pet related
businesses. But at least a few times a
month I photograph rescue pets pro bono and I think some of my best work has
been for nothing more than a few licks from my subjects. I have helped hundreds of pets find homes by
photographing them and this work is definitely the most rewarding. I work mostly with local pet rescue groups
and occasionally with a shelter. They
find me or I somehow meet them somewhere (we tend to run in the same circles –
pun intended). The foster folks bring
their charges to my studio in Yorba Linda and I make them look their best. Just because a pet is a rescue doesn't mean
they do not have the potential to be a super model. Getting a good shot of a pet helps them find
a home much faster than the “average snapshot”.
See the “before and after” below.
Black dogs and cats
have a particularly hard time getting adopted.
They call it the “Black Dog effect”.
On top of being perceived as scary and mean they are just plain ‘ole
hard to photograph for the amateur photographer. So I offer up my time to do pro bono shots of
dark pets in need of homes whenever I can.
Here is a shot of Daisy from OC
Pit Bull Rescue with Santa. Daisy is an
almost all black pit bull so she had a tough time finding a home. Shortly after we created this image (around
Christmas time) Daisy was adopted.
So
I couldn't wrap up this article without taking the opportunity to show you some
of my most recent photo subjects. These
pets are all looking for homes (hint, hint) and you can find out more about
them at www.fochp.org. Tell ‘em Lisa the photographer sent you.
For more information on Lisa Scarsi Photography, please visit www.lisascarsi.com
For more information on Lisa Scarsi Photography, please visit www.lisascarsi.com
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