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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
365 Day Photo Challenge or How About 30? - Day 1
As I was searching the web, I found a website that encourages everyone to take a picture everyday and share it. I would love to be that ambitious and take a picture every day for a year, but I thought I would be a little more realistic and try a 30 day photo challenge. Today, I found inspiration from a pair of my tennis shoes.
Experimenting With Letter Photography
When I first saw this type of photography at Rolex this year, I thought that this would be fairly easy to recreate. From just looking around at the horse park, I saw many objects, horse tack, architecture, and etc. that could be seen as a letter. Well I was very wrong!! Seeing the letters in ordinary objects is only have of the work. I soon found out after practicing at home that finding objects with a lot of contrast and color was the most difficult since I was making the letters b & w. Here are some examples (including failed attempts):
The letter E was more has more of an artistic look, but it is hard to read. I needed to play a little more with angles and move some of the flowers out of the way.
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| Letter F |
For the letter F picture, I did not like the contrast. The boards were too similar in color and did not make the F pop out as much as I would have liked.
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| Letter O |
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| Letter X |
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| Letter O |
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| Letter D |
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| Letter E |
These are definitely not quite professional quality, but I took all the pictures on one day and at one place so I was very limited. I decided to create ALLEN and frame the pictures for my mom on mother's day. Below was the finished project for her present.
Although my attempts were not quite up to par, I would like to try again and focus more on contrast while incorporating equine objects. If you would like to purchase a frame of your own here are some websites I found:
Rolex Three Day
Here are some pictures from previous Rolex events. I was not able to take pictures the past couple of years so these are from a few years back.
FL Polo & Grand Prix Jumpers
During a spring break trip with my parents, we went to Wellington, FL to watch polo and a hunter/jumper show.
Keeneland Race Track
Keeneland is one of my favorite places to hang out and practice my photography. The Thoroughbreds are well groomed and the color of the jockey's silks combined with a beautiful back drop make for unique and gorgeous photos.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Lipizzaner Show
A few years ago, I went to a Lipizzan show with my family in Illinois. Below are a few pictures I took from the event at Tempel Farm.
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