Have you shot your alpaca today?
November 8th 2007 21:59
Yes, I have had a couple of animals here, over the years, who I’ve thought about sending to heaven. But on this occasion I’m talking about taking photos, not pot shots.
When it comes to taking photos of alpacas, all I can say is, thank goodness for digital cameras. With a digital, you can take a thousand shots and if you get one good one, you haven’t wasted a pile of money processing all the duds.
I’m not a professional photographer and have never done a photography course, so I just point, click and hope for the best.
I do try to make sure the background doesn't have things which will detract from the subject – such as the lovely washing line with undies swaying gently in the breeze, or the steaming pile of alpaca poo that I haven’t got round to cleaning up yet. I also check the lighting and shadows to make sure I have the best chance of getting a decent shot, but mostly it’s a hit and/or miss affair.
If I want a shot of a particular alpaca, for example, if I want to advertise one for sale, I try to get just that alpaca in the shot. So many times I’ve seen an advertisement for an alpaca and there are three or four animals in the picture. How they expect you to know which one they’re trying to sell I’ll never know.
I’ve been pretty lucky and taken some nice shots. Here are a couple. These have both made it onto the cover of Alpacas Australia Magazine.
When it comes to taking photos of alpacas, all I can say is, thank goodness for digital cameras. With a digital, you can take a thousand shots and if you get one good one, you haven’t wasted a pile of money processing all the duds.
I’m not a professional photographer and have never done a photography course, so I just point, click and hope for the best.
I do try to make sure the background doesn't have things which will detract from the subject – such as the lovely washing line with undies swaying gently in the breeze, or the steaming pile of alpaca poo that I haven’t got round to cleaning up yet. I also check the lighting and shadows to make sure I have the best chance of getting a decent shot, but mostly it’s a hit and/or miss affair.
If I want a shot of a particular alpaca, for example, if I want to advertise one for sale, I try to get just that alpaca in the shot. So many times I’ve seen an advertisement for an alpaca and there are three or four animals in the picture. How they expect you to know which one they’re trying to sell I’ll never know.
I’ve been pretty lucky and taken some nice shots. Here are a couple. These have both made it onto the cover of Alpacas Australia Magazine.
This is Jamaica, or Jamma for short. He's always been a bit of a poser when the camera comes out.
Here's little Annie as a youngster. She's well and truly grown up now.
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The only violence round here is inflicted by alpacas on people (not with guns though, thank goodness). Cheers.
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Delightful as always ... 'Shot' is such a harsh word... and deed. So glad to get here and find I didn't need to start anothr petition *lol*
I love the poser too
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Comment by Rosemary
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Jamma's always there showing off all his good sides when I turn up with the camera. He'll be 12 years old in January and loves the attention. Cheers.