Animal magic - portraits with a difference

I've shot all sorts of portraits and headshots, but this was a shoot with a difference.

The models were unprofessional, one of them had a poo whilst I was photographing him, and another refused to look at the camera. But it was all worth it to catch these great, characterful portraits of pets in need of re-homing at York's branch of the RSPCA.

It's not just dogs that the RSPCA look after, smaller pets get looked after and re-homed too...

Hands up who's a pretty boy...

I even had to make a rat look good - fortunately he smiled for me (I think), but he was also the one who squeezed a little poo out during the shoot so it might have just been relief...