Sep 23
2011
The Difficulty of Photographing Chickens
Chickens are very difficult models. I must have about 4,000 chicken photos. In 3,990 of them the chicken is facing the wrong way, running the wrong way or taking a poop.
To photograph a chicken takes patience and Olympic-class squatting ability. You must get down…wayyyyy down…into a squat position and stay there for about four hours while training your camera on the chicken and waiting for him or her to gaze in your direction. If you try and rush said gaze by, say, whistling, you will alarm the chicken into facing the wrong way, running the wrong way or taking a poop.
So the following represents about three weeks of squatting and waiting patiently. Enjoy. I have to go rub some Bengay on my quads now.
(You should be able to click on the photo to embiggen and see their purdy feathers.)
Robin
September 23rd, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I totally loved being able to “embiggen and see their purdy feathers”. They are indeed pretty critters. gail
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September 23rd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Worth the squatting for me anyway. Is that T. Boone? He is handsome.
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September 23rd, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Well they turned out really lovely!
September 23rd, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Congratulaions! On behalf of CAAPOA (Chicken Admirers and Photographers of America) you now qualify for the coveted “Golden Knees” award for artistic merit. Good job!
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September 23rd, 2011 at 4:00 pm
The chickens are as photogenic as ever. That’s some mighty fine sweet potato vine you have there, too.
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September 23rd, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Very beautiful photos and chickens, Robin! Worth the sore quads. I love the hen house shot with the sweet potato vine. Nothing improves the soil like chicken manure.
September 23rd, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Thanks for the chuckle! I love your chicken house–too cute!
September 24th, 2011 at 7:32 am
Do chickens poop that much? Love the pictures and appreciate that you weeded out all the ones where they are pooping. Save those for another post…
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September 24th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Carol – Chickens poop a LOT. I would guess each chicken poops 20-30 times/day. You can’t raise chickens and be too prissy.
September 26th, 2011 at 8:05 am
Its remind me of this movie filmed in brazil “City of God” when they trying to catch the chicken
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September 26th, 2011 at 10:21 am
I literally LOL’d at the pictures of the chickens in your garden! My neighbors used to have chickens, ducks, a turkey, among other farm animals…until someone called and complained about the suburbs not being farm friendly. How does having chickens help your garden? Is it kind of like natural manure? My family has been home-gardening for over 30 years, so I’m interested!
September 26th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Really pretty pictures. Your “In 3,990 of 4000 the chicken is facing the wrong way, running the wrong way or taking a poop” reminded me of trying to have a pic of my 18 months old ;)
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September 28th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
First and last picture really good, one can see you invested a lot of patience to get such quality :-)
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September 29th, 2011 at 9:22 am
I keep trying to get mine to respond to the word “freeze” but it isn’t working.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Well I can say I never thought much about taking a picture of a chicken but I can see your point. They look good.
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September 30th, 2011 at 10:33 am
Found you somehow on Twitter and, well, love your pix and your words!
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October 1st, 2011 at 5:02 pm
First of all, I NEED you to post more about your chicken family. I love reading about all of their adventures.
Second, how in the world do you have such beautiful hostas around your chicken coop? My 3 girls have completely destoryed ours to the roots.
October 6th, 2011 at 5:54 am
This is certainly one spoilt chicken, a lovely chicken house.
October 6th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
I think these pictures are really good!
October 7th, 2011 at 4:43 am
LOL I have my pet Japanese chicken taken at our backyard and so with her friends Nina and Lena the two miniature chickens
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October 14th, 2011 at 2:26 am
What beautiful chickens. I leave the photography to my son, or there would be no pictures on my blog. Well done for getting the ones in your blog.
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October 17th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
LOL, you had me at “embiggen” ;-)
The chickens look pretty neat too, by the way.
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October 25th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
or taking a poop! classic.
October 27th, 2011 at 8:34 am
Reading this makes me miss my chickens so much. Wish I could have them where I’m at. So much fun to read today and I love the photos! Especially the hen house shot.