Adorable Piglet Has Her Own Newborn Photoshoot Just Like a Baby Human

Cute Baby Pig Photos

Newborn photoshoots are often reserved for humans, but photographer Cashlie White shows that baby animals rival them in cuteness. She recently shared a series featuring an adorable piglet named Dynamite who is outfitted with all the things you'd typically see in newborn portraits—soft blankets, stuffed animals, and tiny headbands. The only difference? Dynamite has a shiny pink snout. Coupled with her sleepy smile, you can’t help but say “aww” to each of these sweet photos.

White had the inspiration for the unique photoshoot after first laying eyes on the piglet. “My friend Connie Hamilton with Hamilton Show Pigs in Washington, Oklahoma, posted a photo of Dynamite on social media,” she tells My Modern Met. “When I saw the photo, I texted Connie and asked if she'd be interested in me coming out to do a shoot like this. I'd seen ‘newborn photos’ of puppies before, but never anything with a farm animal and never a pig. It just came to me!”

Having been around agriculture her whole life, the photoshoot proved a fun way for White to combine her love of the field as well as her skills as a photographer. And it turns out, snapping portraits of Dynamite was, in some ways, easier than photographing a newborn human—although she did have to consider the pig’s snout when creating her compositions.

“After she got a bath, I used all my newborn ‘tricks’ to shoosh and rock Dynamite to sleep,” White says of the shoot. “I had a small space heater, like with any newborn shoot, close by and that kept her warm and comfortable. She literally fell asleep in my arms and really sacked out at one point. She was the most comfortable when swaddled. We kept the room warm and quiet and she was in hog heaven.”

This animal photoshoot is just the start for White. “I already have plans for some baby chicks and other farm animals this spring,” she shares. “You never know where this will lead and I'm open to whatever God has in store.”

Photographer Cashlie White had an adorable newborn photoshoot for a piglet named Dynamite.

Newborn Photoshoot With a Baby Pig

Cute Baby Pig Photos

Newborn Photoshoot With a Baby Pig

Newborn Photoshoot With a Baby Pig

Adorable Piglet Photo

The portraits are in the style of newborn human photos, and they're complete with soft blankets, stuffed animals, and headbands.

Adorable Piglet Photo

Newborn Photoshoot With a Baby Pig

Adorable Piglet Photo

Adorable Piglet Photo

Dynamite, the runt of the litter, was two weeks old when the photos were taken.

Adorable Piglet Photo

Adorable Piglet Photo

Adorable Piglet Photo

Cute Baby Pig Photos

Newborn Photoshoot With a Baby Pig

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My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Cashlie White.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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