Re: Dressage and CC
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Stunning images! I particularly like the third image. The rider being just kissed with some light so that she fades, allows the viewer to connect this the horse. Lovely!
This one stopped me by your title since my geldings name is CC.
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Re: Dressage and CC
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DeeDee I thought of this thread when I was looking at magazines the other day, and the thread today on showjumper closeups reminded me. The cover on a Dressage magazine this month is a very close closeup of a horse's lower face: no eyes or ears, just the lower cheek, nostrils, lips, wearing - yes - a dropped noseband! And not looking truly comfortable. Just underlining that there are no rights and wrongs, only the end-user's perception of what is wanted. I'm going to start putting a few of my "reject" shots into competitions and see how composition/lighting/focus stack with the judges opinion against what would be an animal's non-winning attitude from the rider's or dog-owner's perspective. (Camera Club-level comps, not the Nationals (yet)).
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Re: Dressage and CC
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How did your shoot go Julie were the jumping pics you posted from that weekend? Thanks peggysue LOL funny that your gelding is named CC. Does that stand for something? I'm guessing it's not for "cross country" I love to hear that PC, I really want to try and find a "style" or at least a different approach to something other than the traditional poses, something you don't see all the time (I try to do that with my art too but of course with commissions and also with photos you are trying to sell you are pretty tied into the traditional stuff. I like more artsy styles). I would love to hear how much success you have with your plan on entering non-typical poses!! Let us know!
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Re: Dressage and CC
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I'm glad you got the shoot done and even though it got darker by the end of the day, you certainly got some great ones! I think you are right about the artsy shots being done at a personal shoot more...I shot at an indoor dog show yesterday (I am most comfortable at indoor things at the moment, I always know what the lighting is going to be and there are no decisions on settings, it's alway 1.8 and ISO 1000 ) and I took a lot more closeup head and artsy type shots this time. It will be interesting to see what style sells more of. I only shoot groups and BIS since it's a LOT easier to track down the owners and I had several handlers come up and ask if I was "for hire" to take shots of their dogs in the ring. I even had the official show photographer come up and ask if he could look through my lens lol. Anyway I'm hoping artsy will be popular because I like that much better than the traditional poses you see all the time although I also understand why those sell.
For instance:
http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0024.html
http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0014.html
http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t...06_toy0011.html
http://www.murryphotography.com/events/t..._hound0005.html
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Re: Dressage and CC
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I agree I think people either like it or don't. I am guessing the typical dog show person is going to be looking for nice movement, stacked or head shots they can advertise with but there will be some like me I hope, even though I show I would prefer some unusual shots of my dog over the advertising type of ones. I have also been taking pictures of the group winners being congratulated and of the BIS judge pointing toward the winner, and got some good ones of handlers hugging and kissing their dogs right after the win. We'll see how those sell too (or not ) The OP was really nice, he was saying he was thinking of getting a new lens, and I handed it over to him to check out. He has been doing photos since I started showing dogs in the early 80's! He shoots Nikon. I didn't mention I was selling candids..heh heh...I am not sure what the official guys will think of that I am hoping it won't be an issue.
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