Half way home | Kelly Vela StartFragment The latest update! As you know, last year I photographed 1300 shelter animals, and this year I have set my goal to be 2600 shelter animals. I needed to get pretty close to my half way mark by June. As of today, I have photographed in 82 days --- 1057 shelter animals! Woo hoo! Thanks to all of you who have supported my shelter project! Thank you to my helpers/assistants/creative directors/animal wranglers! Thank you to shelter staff & r

I have been photographing for animal shelters since 2012, and I have seen a lot of things. I see how hard it can be to care for these animals each day. I see how hard it is to get them adopted. I see even in your best case scenario, sometimes things just don't work out for the animal. I see how emotionally draining it can be for everyone involved. My job is to try to spruce up the underdog, work with their personality and make them shine. So that when you look at their p