Remember a while ago when I asked about...

[Eventer]

"Shooting in an indoor arena" ? well IU finally got round ot it, and it was a big learning experiance - took me a while to figure out what setting as i was getting noisy blurry smudges for a start - Which isnt really ideal. so i did somthing i never do and i flicked it into auto and let it solve its own problems! haha so half the photos i took are in auto and half in aperture priority i think. I took about 400 photos all up but there were ALOT of bad ones! haha
My model was amazing so kudos to her - She pulled of some real nice fancy moves and did what I asked pretty pleased.
I have another shoot in the same situation - same arenas etc - so any helpfull comments, Critique etc, would be much apprciated im hoping for even better photos next time
I found it real hard to shoot in cause on one side of the arena sunlight was streaming in so it caused havic, but in some shots a made it work.

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I photoshopped this one heaps lol i kinda like it - This particular project though all the photos will be B&W in the end.

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Woohoo! she can get him to Bow on command - I was impressed

I then went outside to the sand arena, fully high sun at 1.00!! but i tried my luck again, got a few cute ones

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(ugly bacground though in some places in this arena..)

sorry theres lots... i couldnt choose...

 

[fokker]

Not too bad really in some obviously testing lighting.
#1 I'm not a fan of the compsition (rider being cut brutally in half)
#2 Could have done with a dose of fill flash but I'm guessig that was a no-no in this situation?
#3 and 4 are a nice artistic touch
#5 definitely would have benfited from a shallower depth of field. What lens are you using?
#6 cute, slightly overexposed
#7 same as #1
#8 not bad, slightly overexposed and composition wise isn't the most exciting, although I'm not really sure what you could have done better.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

Overall... pretty good. I was thinking... what about an old look... Something like...

 

[tk421ek]

Wow, the b&w's are amazing, great job. I don't mind the cutoff the rider in #1, adds mystery.

 

[MohaimenK]

3rd one is really nice!

 

[aejoso]

I think the cut off rider puts more focus on the horse.

 

[Eventer]

I think the cut off rider puts more focus on the horse.

That was my aim I have alot of photo like that - i think its an opinion thing, you either like it or you dont haha

 

[Eventer]

Not too bad really in some obviously testing lighting.
#1 I'm not a fan of the compsition (rider being cut brutally in half)
#2 Could have done with a dose of fill flash but I'm guessig that was a no-no in this situation?
#3 and 4 are a nice artistic touch
#5 definitely would have benfited from a shallower depth of field. What lens are you using?
#6 cute, slightly overexposed
#7 same as #1
#8 not bad, slightly overexposed and composition wise isn't the most exciting, although I'm not really sure what you could have done better.

2# yeah i could have used the flash - The horse was used to it, but im think he may have been a wee way away and the flash didnt reach? I had it in auto for some so the flash was going when it felt like it - I dont know how to access the exif data through here unless i open the actual photo up - which ill do soon to see.

5# yep i had a 75-300mm but she came real close to me so i was zoomed right out - I was as far back as i could.

Over exposure yes! man i made SUCH a rookie mistake! i didnt change my settings straight away when i went out into the sun arena! so angry at my self! didnt know what i was thinking (clearly nothing) and the ISO was still set on somthing crazy like 1600!! i was so angry at myself!

 

[Eventer]

BuS RiDeR - I like the edit, it suits it i reakon

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

BuS RiDeR - I like the edit, it suits it i reakon

Glad you like it... for some reason when I first saw that photo my mind saw the edit... I just thought I'd share a differing point of view.

 

[gsgary]

And last time i told you to shoot in manual and also told you your lenses were not up to shooting indoors so i was right

 

[Eventer]

Alot of the indoor photos came out fine though? Id say my lens was up to it - Not perfect, but not a complete fail? I can post some more indoor shots if you want.
Yeah i was shooting in manual but i didnt know what setting, i played around for ages and i couldnt firgure it out, so i just chucked it in auto for a while