How do you get your ferrets to cooperate for your photos ?
I got this questions many and many time :)
People "owned" by ferrets knows it is really hard to picture them.
They move a lot, they are fast, they are curious and put the nose on the lens.
It is a real challenge to capture them
* I take a lot of pictures in a session, it can be over 300 to get 3 decent and one great pic. It is a statistic I have noticed ;)
* Nahum is more easy to picture. He is more patient with me and very calm. He is more old too. Nahum was 10 weeks old when I bring him to home so since the time he knows what I am doing when I have my camera in my hand.
* It is more difficult with Petit Ours (Bear) how is moving and bouncing all the time. That happens he doesn't move for a few second, so it is good to have a big memory card, and the finger always ready on the button. When I have an idea of photo I want to take, I prepare in advance all the things I need while they are sleeping. I test also my camera, for the lighting, etc... and after I will keep my little ones on the prepared place. Once some things are new, or moved, there are little curious, so more calm while the few minutes of exploratory.
- Time
- Patience
- Perseverance
- Great memory card
- Don't look at each photo you are taking on you camera, you will miss a great moment (Just verify at the beginning make sure you camera is well settled)
- Put your body down, walk on your knees, and have toys with you
- Try to have the more light possible. Day light is the best ! But please avoid direct flash in their little eyes :(
- If you are enough lucky to have an external flash, please direct the light to the roof. Anyway the result will be better as the light will be reflected down by the roof.
- Use curtains, covers, sheets, carpets to make your decoration
- Use your creativity and imagination
- Use curtains, covers, sheets, carpets to make your decoration
- Use your creativity and imagination
- It is a time for to be with your ferret, play and take it easy
- And...if that didn't work... Well at least you have spend time with your baby ;)
- And...if that didn't work... Well at least you have spend time with your baby ;)
Nahum laying on this big red chair, at first he didn't want to stay on it. I think I have reinstalled him back on that chair and pink carpet perhaps more 20 times. It is also like a game. And they must to take it as a game too. After a while, he get tired and will stay here...
About the best camera :?
I have some wonderful shots (in my opinion)that I did with a little camera Konica Minolta Z2 (4 mega pixel)
Like this one
Breeze of Japan by =Yukkabelle on deviantART
I work also with a Nikon D60 and D200 which are pro, but with ferrets the magical receipt is not in the camera ;)
Ferrets are just perfect
Marie-Agnes
I have heard very good things about the Nikon D60. It's supposed to be the best camera for beginners who want professional-looking shots.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you sit around for 300 pictures! I think my batteries would die or my ferrets would get more bored than I would. But it is all worth it with the photos you produce.
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About the Nikon D60 : "for beginners who want professional-looking shots" it was what they said in revue and magazines, yes I read that too, but any great photographer will not agree at 100%. It is a marketing statement ...
ReplyDeleteProfessional-looking shots doesn't depend of the camera, but depend of the skill who is holding the camera.
The body camera it is not the only most important thing. The quality of lenses will make the difference with the add of the photographer's ability.
I know photographers who have taken amazing images with point and shoot cameras... and if they didn't say about the camera, you can't tell it.
And I have seen bad images taken with "professional" dreamy camera costing thousands of $
Yes 300 pictures (average) it is for one planed, prepared & themed session. It makes around 1 - 1½ hour of serious work, with a couple of breaks for the models ... LoL ...
That it is because Ferrets ! In my 300 shots I have empty images, some with only a piece of a tail ...
I have also some spontaneous lucky shots at the Famous one : IMAGINE ... Lil Bear was looking at the glass door, I just have the time to grab my camera and shoot :) It was full of light on him, so the settling on the camera was so easy and fast to do.