The Pet Shop Shoot

I was visiting my local pet shop the other day and thought I would ask if they wanted any photos done of their reptiles.  I explained i would like them for my stock site and I would give them a copy of the images taken for free.  After a quick talk about what this would take to make happen a time and date was set for the shoot.  I thought that it would take about an hour, but in reality it took nearly 3 hours.  Both myself and the owner of the shop get very excited and we photographed every thing.
Now this did take a lot of my time, both in the shoot and post production, but I also got a paid gig photographing a pony club event that will shortly take place, from a recommendation from the owner of the shop.
I love animals and this was once of the best days I have yet spent, and boy was it hot in the reptile section.  I got images of several lizards, even got to hold one of the biggest Monitor lizards I have ever seen, snakes a tortoise, frogs and some spiders.
I think you need to be always on the lookout for potential clients and interesting photographic opportunities.

Here is a small selection of the images from the day.