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Terms Every Photographer Should Know

Terms Every Photographer Should Know

Like all careers, jobs, and professions there are just intrinsic things you should know. Terminology that will allow you not only to grow in the field but converse with others in the field as well.

Language is a huge part of life and not knowing important terms can make you appear green, inept, and sometimes even unprofessional. Now I am not saying you need to know every little thing, every obscure term but common knowledge items are absolutely a must.

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Throwback Wednesday

Throwback Wednesday

This throwback to my rodeo days is in honor of my favorite event in rodeo to capture with a camera…. Bronc Riding.

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Photographing at a New Arena

Photographing at a New Arena

Arguably one of the hardest things as an equine photographer who photographs at a lot of shows is growing bored by limited angles and options at arenas. Sometimes the best thing to light a spark is traveling to a new arena. For me I was lucky to have one open up little over an hour away from me that I was able to attend a show at last month.

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Belmont Saddle Club Show

Belmont Saddle Club Show

One of my favorite local arenas had their final contest show of the seasons. A very short season for their arena admittedly. Yet it still proved a fun, and short show with all challenges of low light photography, dusty arenas, and technical problems.

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The Red, White & Barrel Race

The Red, White & Barrel Race

While the 4th of July has come and gone so to has the two day barrel race at Grizzle Ridge. This event marks the midway point of the summer horse show season which has come on so quickly.

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Old Images Revisited

Old Images Revisited

A couple months ago Facebook was kind enough to to bring an old venue and old images I had taken back into event goers minds and feeds via memories. Sometimes this a great thing at least as long I the photographer still has the images and their archives haven’t been corrupted… which sometimes happens especially when they are pretty old files.

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