Posts Tagged movement
Photo Essay: Old Dominion Hounds (November 27, 2010)
Posted by KLM in Landscape, Old Dominion Hounds, Photo Essays, Rappahannock Hunt on December 30, 2010
This photo essay is posted at KLM Images.
Twist & turn
Zigzag
The eye of the viewer can be guided by actual lines in an image, or by implied ones.
These two riders are stacked up on a slanted hillside watching hunting in the lower field. Your eye naturally follows them down starting at the rump of the near horse and then reversing at the lower one. It’s possible the horses are standing still, but the placement of the legs and movement of the tails creates doubt, so you follow the potential movement left and then right, instead of just left along the hillside and out, as you might if the far rider were absent. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo Essay: Blue Ridge Fall Races (September 18, 2010)
Posted by KLM in Blue Ridge Fall Races, Photo Essays, Races on October 1, 2010
The photo essay is posted at KLM Images.
Event excitement vs photo excitement
The clock
Races of all kinds are exciting events. There are crowds of people, outrageous hats, and colorful entertainments as well as all the action on the track. When you consider that each race only takes a few minutes to run, and that typically a half-hour slot is allotted for that, you can see how essential the tailgate refreshments become.
Thrust
Running and jumping horses are inherently photogenic. It’s easy to just snap away and come back with a great many pleasant shots, but once the excitement of the event is past and I look them over with a more dispassionate eye, I find myself torn between showing as much of the race competition as possible (like a documentary) and concentrating on good shots that speak on their own, without the “I was there” excitement to boost their appeal.
There are many great body and leg poses that are lovely to look at, but this one of a rider casually heading out to the starting post struck me. If you put a pin through the top of the saddle, the horse’s legs, tail, and head and the jockey’s body all radiate outward like the hands of a clock. The balance of mass and alignment of spokes all conveyed a smoothness and control of motion. Read the rest of this entry »