SJOTIME PHOTOGRAPHY

Dog Documentary Part 2-Jordan Sjostrand 

This is the second part of my "Shoot a Documentary" project. I was asked to shoot the other side of part 1 so I decided to shoot what volunteers do for the dogs in the shelters. Being a volunteer, I know what we are capable of doing and it is the volunteers that walk these dogs everyday, take them to showings, and hold adoption events every Sunday. The first picture is of a dog being walked by a volunteer and just so happy to be outside of his cage. The next four pictures are from an adoption event. All the people in the photographs are volunteers. An adoption day entails driving the dogs to the event, putting "Adopt Me" harnesses on them, walking them around for everyone to see, playing with them, and just allowing them to be relaxed in order for their true colors to be shown so they have a chance at being adopted. These volunteers were at this event for 5 hours. The greatest part about these volunteers is that they are always happy and just so excited when the dogs get looked at and adopted. The dogs are just as happy even if it is to be away from the shelter for at least a day. The city tags picture represents the idea that volunteers are the ones who promote these dogs and in return, they are adopted to good homes and are given tags to ensure their safety. Although it is not a name tag, it does represent the same idea and is every dogs dream to receive one because then they are owned by someone. I printed these in color because that is what volunteers do. They bring color to the lives of these dogs.