http://llfarmblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/baby-chick-photo-shoot.html
May all your eggs be fresh and all your chickens healthy!
This Small House Homestead Photo Diary idea came from a similar post done by blogger and homesteader, Lori Leigh of LL Farms. Lori called her project, The Chick Photo Shoot.
I stumbled upon her work on-line and fell in love instantly with this idea. Lori has totally inspired me to try my hand at photographing my new chicks. Lori and I both homestead, love chickens, hand-paint furniture and play with our photography…a lot in common for two strangers!
You can enjoy her photography here: http://llfarmblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/baby–chick–photo–shoot.html
Today is my chicks fourth day in this world and I decided since they had a few days to recover from their trip here, I could risk tiring them out a bit today. I wanted to capture this adorable “new chick” stage while I could.
Honestly, I had my doubts that I could pull this off but actually I am quite happy with the results. I shot less than a dozen images and two of my favorite ones are pictured on today’s post. I plan to take more photographs tomorrow, so stay tuned for those in a future post.
My four-day-old Rhode Island Red chicks first photo shoot!
The chicks are now eating from their chick feeder, stretching out their legs and flapping their wings. Their pin feathers are doubling in length overnight. They are developing so fast I swear I can see them growing right in front of my eyes!
I used some of my favorite blue and white china pieces as props and to “contain” them. These pieces are left over from a large collection of Phoenix Bird China and small collection of other blue and white pieces I once owned but sold to build my art studio. However I still have enough less-than-perfect pieces left to use as serving dishes and to fill an antique curved front china cabinet in our living room.
Just like a pro this chick turns her profile to the camera. Say cheese!
I used my light green, dry-brushed kitchen bookshelf because it has a back and sides and I thought this would be the safest setting for these unpredictable and often flighty creatures.
I emptied a shelf and pulled it away from the wall and out a bit to capture the side-lighting from our large dining room window. I hand-held my Cannon Rebel camera with my wide-angle lens and took some photographs. I am sure had I used my tripod and taken more time the pictures would have even been crisper. But the welfare of my funny, quirky and active chicks was foremost in my mind.
A planned Facebook graphic to post for all the mother’s out there.
The single chick just sat docile in the cup and posed but the two other ones (those with the darker stripes on their back) both jumped right out of their dishes. Photo shoot over for today!
They were out of their brooder less than 5 minutes more likely three minutes so please believe me when I say…no chicks were endangered in this photo shoot.
For my own mother on Mother’s day (shhh…please don’t tell her!)
Small House Homesteader, photographer and chicken keeper, Donna
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Cute pictures Donna! Sounds like you had one chic that cooperated more than the others…so did I. Glad to hear that you are having fun with your chics 😉 Thank you so much for your sweet comments about my blog post.
Lori
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Yes its been fun. I took some more photographs today with all four of them…now that was a three ring circus! They are getting so big already and its just day 5.
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