most people. But once I started photographing dogs
here I got to know so many of them and now I love them.
They are so smart and loyal. It is a tragedy what they
endure because of the misguided men who breed them
for fighting. That to me is truly heartbreaking."
On the opposite spectrum
are owners who come to her
to memorialize their dogs
in candid close ups. "They
want to capture the joy these
dogs bring to their lives,"
Davies says of her clients.
How does she know she
has the right shot? "It's hard
to articulate, but I know it
when it happens," she says.
"It's a split second feeling. I
want to look at the shot and
see the dog looking right back at me. They say the eyes
are the windows to the soul, and for me, there's your
photo." H
Writer Susan Toepfer
is Entertainment/Features Editor of More magazine.
Photographer Sally Davies'
pet photography can be commissioned by contacting her at
sally@sallydaviesphoto.com
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