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17 Rescue Animals I Photographed For My NFT Collection That Supports Animal Shelters
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In honor of Betty White’s decades of dedication to animal shelters, I am launching a collection of my 17 fine art portraits of dogs and cats, all taken at animal shelters and rescues in the United States. The images were created with a portable studio and painstakingly processed to show these unfortunate, but beautiful, animals in their very best light. Fifty percent of the proceeds and royalties will be donated to animal shelters.
My image of “Duke”, entitled “Say What?” was a Grand Imaging Awards Top-Ten Nominee in International Photographic Competition through the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Seven of my other NFTs have won awards at IPC, and one was awarded Best of Show at a PPA-affiliate guild competition.
Great images really do get animals out of shelters. I was once grocery shopping when a young woman in scrubs marched straight up to me, gushing about how my images were getting animals adopted. At first, I had no idea who she was, but she worked at the city shelter I was working with at the time. I have literally heard volunteers say that great pictures don’t help, but trust me, they absolutely do. I’ve seen it firsthand. For more information, please look up Heart Speak, a global network of shelter photographers.
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For those of you wondering what an “NFT” is, it’s the acronym for a “Non-fungible Token.” An NFT is something like the “deed” to a property or a “certificate of authenticity,” but lives forever on a blockchain and can never be changed. The opposite of something like gold, where every bar of bullion is exactly the same (interchangeable), most NFTs are completely unique.
NFTs have exploded in popularity in the past year and are being “minted” (created) on many different platforms like OpenSea, Foundation, Rarible, SuperRare, and many, many more. All kinds of digital art are being bought, sold, and displayed in the “Metaverse”.
The Rescue Pets NFTs retain the names given to each animal by their respective shelter. Each NFT is accompanied by a physical print up to 30 inches if the collector desires.
Even if you cannot collect an NFT at this time, please consider donating to your local animal shelter for the #BettyWhiteChallenge.
Ferdinand
Harley Davidson
Padme
Padme is checking for her leash, which tells her that it’s time to head out!
Waldo
Stout
Paige
Arwen
Nicole
NFTs are a huge electricity drain and are super bad for the environment.
True, but I support her giving the proceeds for animals
All but "Duke" are minted on the Polygon blockchain in an effort to be much more environmentally friendly. It's a Proof-of-Stake" (PoS) chain, not Proof-of-Work (PoW). Check out https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-the-eco-friendly-blockchain-scaling-ethereum-bbdd52201ad/ for more info,
RIP Betty. Gone but not forgotten. We miss you and so do the animals. An icon, a legend and a Golden Girl! Sliced-Bre...08f465.jpg
To honor Betty White I made a generous donation to Alley Cat Allies on her 100th birthday. I'd like to know what other people did.
Beautiful photos. I hope all these babies get their deserved adoptions
An icon dies and the shills climb out of the garbage.
Beautiful
Kimberley, Betty White would be very proud of you, the photogaphy is excellent, your dedication and donation, thank you, God bless you, this post is fantastic, I wish I could have a dog, the dogs I have had, were adopted, and stole my heart, Danny, and Toto, are waiting for me, so many wonderful cats and dogs in shelters, waiting for love !!!
Thanks so very much, Sharron!! I am humbled!
NFTs are a huge electricity drain and are super bad for the environment.
True, but I support her giving the proceeds for animals
All but "Duke" are minted on the Polygon blockchain in an effort to be much more environmentally friendly. It's a Proof-of-Stake" (PoS) chain, not Proof-of-Work (PoW). Check out https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-the-eco-friendly-blockchain-scaling-ethereum-bbdd52201ad/ for more info,
RIP Betty. Gone but not forgotten. We miss you and so do the animals. An icon, a legend and a Golden Girl! Sliced-Bre...08f465.jpg
To honor Betty White I made a generous donation to Alley Cat Allies on her 100th birthday. I'd like to know what other people did.
Beautiful photos. I hope all these babies get their deserved adoptions
An icon dies and the shills climb out of the garbage.
Beautiful
Kimberley, Betty White would be very proud of you, the photogaphy is excellent, your dedication and donation, thank you, God bless you, this post is fantastic, I wish I could have a dog, the dogs I have had, were adopted, and stole my heart, Danny, and Toto, are waiting for me, so many wonderful cats and dogs in shelters, waiting for love !!!
Thanks so very much, Sharron!! I am humbled!