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INCREDIBLE CAREERS WITH ANIMALS:
               PET PHOTOGRAPHER







































        Do you like to take pictures? Perhaps a career as a photographer is for you! Animal shelters
        are often in need of volunteers to take good photographs and write descriptions of the animals available for
        adoption, which is exactly how Kaylee Greer got started. From animal shelters all over the country to Europe,
        Kaylee’s camera has taken her far. She has her own pet photography business, book, and reality show on the
        NatGeo channel called Pupparazzi. It all started when she realized the reason she’s on this earth: dogs.





        Kind News: How does a dog’s unique                KN: How do animals “talk” to you during
        spirit guide your work?                           a photo shoot?


        Kaylee Greer: I look at dogs from a               KG: Smaller dogs are famous for lifting one paw up.
        childlike perspective. They are so full of joy and   It’s a sign that the dog is fearful. If I see that, I put the
        happiness. I treat them like they’re in a superhero   camera away and bring out treats and toys and walk
        movie poster: colorful, bright, eye-catching, and in   them. Also, two dogs staring at one another is
        your face. Normally we look at dogs when we are   considered aggressive. So if I point a lens in a dog's
        standing up. I get down to their level and capture   face close up and put my eye to the viewfinder behind
        silliness and joy.                                the camera, my face disappears, and I become a giant
                                                          eyeball to them. It can be very upsetting. I’ve learned
                                                          to keep my face above the camera.
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