Horseback Riding - Women contest C&C

[Derrel]

"Good enough to sell" is the new everyday standard for photography. Images that are "good enough to sell" are what most people are selling. Only a few shooters can claim to be able to consistently and reliably create high quality, artistically-rendered images. Images that will sell do not really have to be all "that good" these days, what with the proliferation of d-slrs and higher-end gear. One of the things a lot of people do not understand is the difference between a tightly-framed action photo shot with a big telephoto lens, and a looser composition that shows the horse, rider,AND most-importantly,shows "a sense of place". Opinions are often divided on how tightly-framed sports action shots ought to be...there actually is a huge place for photos that show more than just the rider and the horse's front legs...a photo that might have been shot at any one of a hundred venues can actually be less-valuable and less-desirable than one that shows enough background to allow a person associated with the event to be able to look at the image and say, "Oh, that's the western regionals, I can tell by how full the grandstands are."

 

[KreGg]

I get your point, but this lesser quality professionals out there will always be a problem. And there ain't much we can do these days with internet and easy access to everything, unless get better ourselves and trust people will always be looking for that extra quality.
We can't really condemn people who sell some photography services for the price they think it's just for their quality. I mean, not even everybody wants or have the money to pay top photographers, but still, they want to have something better than a point and shoot themselves could do.

I am in law school and even though you can't grab a few books and start representing clients in court, there are as many bad lawyers out there as there are good lawyers. Sure those bad (or not-so-good) lawyers might not charge as much, but then it will be up to the client to see and cut him off. And then the market will, hopefully, cut them all off, if they are no good.

Anyway, to the pictures hehe the problem is that those kind of events always have some fence blocking people from getting there. I tried to get as close as possible though. I guess here I was really limited to my equipments. Not saying that with longer focal lenghts I would have made them perfect, as I've stated, this is just my second week into this. Loving it though.

Cheers

 

[LizardKing]

I like the photos, but as you've been told already... you shoud think a little about those watermarks.
First of all, there are really easy to remove. And I'm telling you this with a basic photoshop skill. Probably wouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to do so.
And they are really distracting. It's not adding anything, but the other way around...

Maybe they're for publicity or getting your name out there... But if it's for copyright stuff, you should think about stop using them.

Have a nice day!

Regards,
LizardKing

 

[RodeoMom]

I am so jealous! I love to photograph my daughters horse events...However, they are usually under a cover, not to mention I am scared to go to any mode other than "auto" All my pics blur. Not sure if it is due to not having enough light or what. I shoot a Nikon D90 which is probably an overkill camera for my inexperience! But eitherway, you sure did a nice job.