Small Actions, Big Results

A couple of weeks ago we were lucky enough to be contacted by Sarah Ause, fellow photographer and animal lover, who works for Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, UT. You know all those photos of the cute kittens and pups that need to be adopted? She took them. Are we a little jealous that she has the best job in the world? Yes. For those who don't know, Best Friends is one of our preferred charities and Lauren and I actually visited them briefly while traveling this summer. We're already planning a trip back and hope to volunteer for a couple weeks.

Anyway, we've become e-friends (did I just coin that term?) with Sarah and she's been giving us a ton of tips related to improving our photo skills. She's really talented, and self-taught, which we love. She also offered to make a post about Photos That Give on the Best Friends Facebook fan page. While a seemingly small gesture, I knew this could be big for us. Best Friends has over 125,000 fans, all of whom received a PTG shout out on their news feed yesterday afternoon.

We've gotten over 1,000 visitors to our website (so far) from all over the world! Seriously - Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South and Central America, Canada, Asia, etc etc etc. We've added 50 fans to our Facebook page (and at only 175 or so fans, that's a big jump), and we've even made a couple sales. But most importantly, we're connecting with people who are interested in and support our mission - getting e-mails from other photographers, comments on photos, and justification that what were doing makes sense. Having someone say "Hey, I think you're doing a good thing" is just as good as making a sale.

So thanks Sarah, and everyone else at Best Friends, for helping us spread the word about our mission. Hopefully it leads to bigger donation checks from us in the coming months.