Sheri
Berliner of Petraits™ Pet Photography is a professional photographer
who combines her love of animals and her photographic talent to capture
pet personalities on film. Sheri shares her home with a pack of much-adored
rescues including: seven cats, two dogs, a rabbit and a cockatiel. Although
the count changes day-to-day depending on what rescued pets join her
menagerie temporarily while looking for permanent homes.
Sheri began her career early as a pet photographer by chasing her childhood
pets around with an instamatic camera. She has since graduated with
a degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia.
While working as a corporate photographer, Sheri decorated her home
with photos of her animal family. Friends admired her work and encouraged
her to turn her love of pets and photography into a business. So, in
1995 she founded Petraits™ Pet Photography. She has since been commissioned
to photograph well over a thousand pets a year including dogs, cats,
lizards, rats and horses, to birds, ferrets, bunnies, hamsters and guinea
pigs. Since Sheri has a heart for rescued pets, you’ll see many
of her Petraits™ helping to find homes for pets on petfinder.com
or 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com.
Her work has been featured in art galleries, national magazines, The
Chicago Tribune, Chicagoland Tails, and on television. Working in professional
digital format, Sheri prefers to meet clients where their pets are most
comfortable: either in her studio, their homes, or on location.
Petraits™ Pet Photography can be reached in Chicago by e-mailing sheri@petraits.com
or calling 773-777-2891.
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