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Hi,
I did my first equestrian event this weekend. I was second shooter for the event togger at a small local event. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed the challenge.
I'd never shot horses at all before but I think I got my eye in as the day went. An interesting change in mindset for me also. Normally I just shoot for myself, if I get a couple of keepers than I am happy. Whereas for this every missed shot is a potential missed sale. No real time to play or experiment really.
We got there nice and early, got a bacon butty and a coffee then walked the course and talked about where to position ourselves...
For the morning I stayed close to one fence for the Class 1:
Where I also tried to get the riders as they came back past me out of the woods (which was very tricky with white horses, dark background where the sun comes out!):
Apparently riders like it when you get the legs in a 'A' like this...
Class 2 was the same fences but in pairs:
In the afternoon for classes 3 and 4 I went to a more challenging fence (for both the riders and me!). The action was better but it was really tricky to get a decent shot without a fence judge or car in the background. Once I got it sussed I got a couple of OK ones...
And my only faller of the day:
On the whole I shot in AV using normal evaluative metering but found it was better to tweak the exposure compensation depending on whether it was a dark or light horse! I'd probably have found enough bravery to shoot manual but it was one of those cloudy / sunny windy days where the sun was continually going in and out of the clouds. The light was just changing too regularly.
Apologies for the watermark. C&C really appreciated on these.
TIA
Mark F
I did my first equestrian event this weekend. I was second shooter for the event togger at a small local event. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed the challenge.
I'd never shot horses at all before but I think I got my eye in as the day went. An interesting change in mindset for me also. Normally I just shoot for myself, if I get a couple of keepers than I am happy. Whereas for this every missed shot is a potential missed sale. No real time to play or experiment really.
We got there nice and early, got a bacon butty and a coffee then walked the course and talked about where to position ourselves...
For the morning I stayed close to one fence for the Class 1:
Where I also tried to get the riders as they came back past me out of the woods (which was very tricky with white horses, dark background where the sun comes out!):
Apparently riders like it when you get the legs in a 'A' like this...
Class 2 was the same fences but in pairs:
In the afternoon for classes 3 and 4 I went to a more challenging fence (for both the riders and me!). The action was better but it was really tricky to get a decent shot without a fence judge or car in the background. Once I got it sussed I got a couple of OK ones...
And my only faller of the day:
On the whole I shot in AV using normal evaluative metering but found it was better to tweak the exposure compensation depending on whether it was a dark or light horse! I'd probably have found enough bravery to shoot manual but it was one of those cloudy / sunny windy days where the sun was continually going in and out of the clouds. The light was just changing too regularly.
Apologies for the watermark. C&C really appreciated on these.
TIA
Mark F
