Taking Pre-Registration Photos. Kids at 3 days old.
Taking good kid photos for pre-registration can be a challenge. If you have not experienced trying to get a kid to cooperate for a photo shoot, let me just tell you, not all of them are photogenic. Here is a shoot of LHF Paisley 2015. Not all of them will work, but thank goodness we are in a digital age and not film!
Tips that will help:
1. Get down on their level to get the photo. I actually put the kid on my shearing stand, pushed up against the wall. It is easier for me to get on their level.
2. Keep the space small. As I put the kid on the stand, they only have so much room to move around in. I know others that have special place set up for kid photos. Backing them into a corner, and starting them in the same spot helps. Yes, I do these with out assistance.
3. Natural lighting. If you want to see if the kid is a light caramel or white or want that spot to show up, natural lighting is a great thing.Try to avoid photos with shadows. A couple of these photos are great, but they have shadows.
4. Cropping....just don't crop off their heads or feet..the whole goat needs in the photo. Notice the best photo of Paisley, her head is cropped. So frustrating!
5. No distractions. The dam will miss her kid, for a brief time, but it is best to not have her right there or she will want in the photos, too.
6. Relax and be patient. You might find that you enjoy taking goat photos.
7. Pick the best photo to send in for the preregistration. The top middle one is the best of this little doeling. Even with the very tip of her head cut off. It would be perfect if I had hadn't cut it off!
Link to the PBA registration form: http://pba-pygora.org/Registration_part1.asp
In Fleece Photos & Fleece Samples for permanent PBA registration.
If the getting everything done for permanent registration seems a bit of a task. Here is how I work at getting it done. It isn't hard if you have a plan in place.
1. Take a good side shot of your goat in fleece, without anything distracting around them. Get down on the level of the goat. Taking the photo of the goat while they are on the stand before you shear is perfect! Good natural lighting is great, and needed when you shear anyway.
2. Clip out a 2" square fleece sample from the barrel of the goat. Put it in a baggie with the goats name and identification. Set camera/phone and fleece sample aside while you finish shearing.
3. Later while you recover from shearing, pull out your pre registration papers, print off the photo of your goat, putting them with the fleece sample in an envelope and send off.
Wa-la! That is all it takes.
Hope this helps!
1. Take a good side shot of your goat in fleece, without anything distracting around them. Get down on the level of the goat. Taking the photo of the goat while they are on the stand before you shear is perfect! Good natural lighting is great, and needed when you shear anyway.
2. Clip out a 2" square fleece sample from the barrel of the goat. Put it in a baggie with the goats name and identification. Set camera/phone and fleece sample aside while you finish shearing.
3. Later while you recover from shearing, pull out your pre registration papers, print off the photo of your goat, putting them with the fleece sample in an envelope and send off.
Wa-la! That is all it takes.
Hope this helps!
