greenfamilyfarms
Overrun with beasties
How do you take really great pictures of your goats?
How to Take Good Pictures of Your Herd
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freemotion
Self Sufficient Queen
Digital camera, LOTS of pictures to get a few good ones, and sometimes, take them from a distance. Otherwise, I get pics of a goat face coming straight at the camera, silly nosy beasties!
warthog
Overrun with beasties
Yep I agree take loads to get but a few, I tend to be just point and snap sort of person, so unfortunately I can take 50 or 60 pictures and only get 2 if I am lucky.
Just keep at it, it's worth it for just that one good shot.
Just keep at it, it's worth it for just that one good shot.
AlaskanShepherdess
Ridin' The Range
I'm getting into amateur photography and the best time to take any picture is sunrise or sunset. Avoid taking pictures when the sun is high in the sky. 
If you must then try to take it in the shade, avoid dappled sunlight. (shade with patches of sunlight)
Take LOTS of pictures, if you don't have a memory card for your camera then you will need one, sometimes only one shot out of 50 is the only good one. Memory cards are cheap, about $15 for a 2g which will hold approximately 2,000 pictures from my camera which is 7.10 megapixel.
If you must then try to take it in the shade, avoid dappled sunlight. (shade with patches of sunlight)Take LOTS of pictures, if you don't have a memory card for your camera then you will need one, sometimes only one shot out of 50 is the only good one. Memory cards are cheap, about $15 for a 2g which will hold approximately 2,000 pictures from my camera which is 7.10 megapixel.
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greenfamilyfarms
Overrun with beasties
My question is really how to get them to "pose" like they are supposed to look, instead of just taking pictures of them standing in the pasture.
AlaskanShepherdess
Ridin' The Range
I'm not sure about that, but I think it's the collars? I'm sure someone else will know more than I do.
miss_thenorth
Overrun with beasties
With my dd's camera, it allows her to take pictures within a video. We have got some awesome shots that we would not normally be able to get.
Like this
Like this
SDGsoap&dairy
Loving the herd life
The key is to have a super fast camera. I've almost NEVER been able to get a good pic- but my step-dad is a professional and with his equipment he was able to get some I really like!
Here are links to a couple of the pictures he took on our FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=181879885171000&set=a.181879865171002.49053.120062121352777
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=137625432929779&set=a.120070028018653.18118.120062121352777
In both of those pictures the goats are on a lead and I'm outside the frame. He removed the leads (and in some cases my shoe when I wasn't completely out in time!) when he cleaned them up in photoshop.
The pics were taken right in our driveway, BTW.
Here are links to a couple of the pictures he took on our FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=181879885171000&set=a.181879865171002.49053.120062121352777
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=137625432929779&set=a.120070028018653.18118.120062121352777
In both of those pictures the goats are on a lead and I'm outside the frame. He removed the leads (and in some cases my shoe when I wasn't completely out in time!) when he cleaned them up in photoshop.
The pics were taken right in our driveway, BTW.
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greenfamilyfarms
Overrun with beasties
Ahh, Photoshop! Good idea!
jane_kolin
Chillin' with the herd
Agree, Digital camera is enough to make good photos
