My Heart's Work - 02/2020

March 11, 2020 in Animal-Shelter, Animal-Welfare

I started taking photos of shelter animals in April of 2013. I feel as if it is my life’s purpose. A purpose that makes me mostly happy as I really feel good photos help get these babies into their forever home, but sometimes sad that they are even in the situation they are in and then downright angry at the way some humans treat the innocent…but I won’t go there. My focus must not be on bad people… they are not worth the air we breathe. My focus is on all the innocent dogs and cats that fill the shelters and rescues. The list of shelters, rescues and businesses I have volunteered for are listed at the end of this post.

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent.”

— Milan Kundera

I am now on TikTok as @ShelterShutterBug. It is focused on my work with shelters and rescues as well as my fur-kids and animals in general.

Below is a collage I created of all the shelter babies I photo’d last month. Each and every one of these babies are so deserving of better … more love, more understanding. Hopefully by the time I make this post each month most, if not all, are in loving homes. That is my hope.

There are so many ways we as humans can help the animals that find their way into shelters.

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Shelters, Rescues & Businesses that I volunteer for or have helped in the past —

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I am Rhonda Tipton and I am a photographer residing in the Houston area. My work includes a wide range of subjects such as portraiture, events and fine art; however, I feel my purpose on this Earth is to tell the stories of those without a voice through my pet, animal shelter and rescue photography.

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My Heart's Work - 01/2020

February 05, 2020 in Animal-Shelter, Animal-Welfare, Tipton-Creative

“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ”

— George Eliot

There are so many ways we as humans can help the animals that find their way into shelters.

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Shelters, Rescues & Businesses that I volunteer for or have helped in the past —

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My Heart's Work - 12/2019

January 17, 2020 in Animal-Shelter, Animal-Welfare

I started taking photos of shelter animals in April of 2013 and have been pretty consistent with it through the years. I started with the League City Animal Shelter now League City Pets Alive…added the Webster Animal Shelter in June of 2014…Nassau Bay in May of 2015…Bayou Animal Services in October of 2015…Bay Area Pet Adoptions in December of 2016. There were also a couple of rescues added to my list in 2019. They were Ranger’s Reach and Albert’s Dog Lounge.

“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. ”

— Elayne Boosler

Below is a collage I created of all the shelter babies I photo’d last month for the above mentioned shelters. Each and every one of these babies are so deserving of better … more love, more understanding. Hopefully by the time I make this post each month most, if not all, are in loving homes. That is my hope.

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FAA Adoption, Shopping and Microchipping Event

December 16, 2019 in Animal-Shelter, Animal-Welfare

Friendswood Animal Advocates held a great event this past weekend. An event that included free microchipping, adoptions and holiday shopping. The gracious host was Friendswood Hardware. The employees were very welcoming and I could tell just by walking in their store that they are animal lovers. Such a great place for an event like this. Microchipping can play a huge part in having your pets returned to you should they be lost for any reason.