Light is the most important tool that a photographer can use. In this post I will discuss backlight, which is different than direct light. When you are using backlight, you are shooting directly into the sun, which is behind your subjects. Use the lens hood on your camera lens to minimize flare. The best time of day to do this …
New Winter Wild Horse Slideshow
The Stable Woman Gazette has produced a beautiful slideshow of my winter wild horses images. You can view it here: http://stablewomangazette.com/winter-wild-horses/
Carol Walker presents wild horse slideshow and signs books at the Hitching Post in Niwot on Friday 1/7/11
Carol will be presenting her wild horse slideshow set to music featuring her images of the McCullough Peaks Herd at the Hitching Post in Niwot, CO this coming Friday, January 7th from 5 – 8 pm. The Hitching Post, at 165 Second Avenue is a wonderful store featuring gifts and art for horse lovers and it is a warm place …
Carol Walker presenting on Horse Photography at Equine Affaire in California Feb. 3 – 6, 2011
Carol Walker will be presenting on horse photography at Equine Affaire in Pomona California which takes place February 3 – 6 at the Fairplex. She will be presenting on Friday and Saturday, and here is the schedule: http://www.equineaffaire.com/u/pdf/11_ca_schedule_for_program.pdf Carol will also be signing books and offering fine art prints, canvases, calendars and greeting cards for sale in her booth #602 …
Horse Photography: Photographing Horses in the Snow II – Happy New Year!
After the snow has fallen, and the sun comes out in the afternoon or the next day, you can have a beautiful untouched snowscape for your photographs. If the sun is shining and there is snow on the ground, you will have a very bright scene, because the snow will reflect the light. You need to decrease your ISO to …
Horse Photography: Photographing Horses in the Snow Part 1 – Happy Holidays!
My very favorite time to photograph horses is when they are in the snow. As long as I am bundled up so that I am not cold, I can stay out for hours photographing. There are two different times I do snow photography – when it is snowing, and after it has snowed, and cleared up. Today I will discuss …
Horse Photography: Photograph indoors with flash when the weather is bad
Of course it is also good to photograph OUTDOORS when the weather is bad, but that will be another post! Today I am going to talk about photographing in indoor arenas. There are a number of different ways to approach this, and it all depends upon your equipment and the facility where you are shooting. You may have seen shows …
Horse Photography: Get out and photograph Wild Horses 1
I was giving a talk on Monday about our wild horses at Medicine Horse in Boulder, CO, and one of the last things I left people with was that wild horses are on our public lands, and they should try to get out and see them while the wild ones are still out there, wild and free. There is a …
Carol Walker presents the wild horses of McCullough Peaks at Boulder Horse and Rider 12/11
Carol Walker will be showing her slideshow set to music of the McCullough Peaks horses at Boulder Horse and Rider Saturday, December 11 from 3 – 5 pm. She will present it several times during those two hours. This is during the Annual Christmas Open House at Boulder Horse and Rider, which is from 9 – 5, address: 4593 Broadway …
Horse Photography: Photographing Horses on an Overcast Day
Not every day will be bright and sunny – and that is a good thing! I have taken some wonderful photographs on overcast days. One advantage to shooting with overcast is that you do not have to be concerned about your human subject squinting and the light is more even. Also, you can shoot longer into the day instead of …