by Katie | Aug 22, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
Horses are naturally wary animals and many are known as being spooky especially at new things. Portable lighting which I use for my studio lit photoshoots are incredibly powerful and do result in a wide range of reactions from horses. From all that I have photographed...
by Katie | Aug 15, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian
You may think this post is going to be a rant and it is but perhaps not in the way you will expect… ‘Everyone thinks they are a photographer’ and the truth is everyone is. In the same way that everyone is a cook. Some do it well, some do it badly,...
by Katie | Aug 8, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian
Now I love to photograph tight crops. The reason? The photograph is (normally) all about the subject and cluttered backgrounds detract, tight crops focus in on that subject and allow you to tell a different photograph. Granted there are times where you want the...
by Katie | Aug 1, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian
I love love LOVE the golden hour, although actually it’s normally not an hour long and there are two of them per day (weather dependant!). As the sun progresses through the sky during the day it starts low to the horizon moves over head until again dropping down...
by Katie | Jul 25, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Weddings
There are so many different forms of photography, even within portrait photography you have everything from newborns, maternity, weddings, family and so on and so forth. Different photographers specialise in different areas, some are jack of all trades some are...
by Katie | Jul 11, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
When I was going through my photos of the action at Barbury on Sunday I had the sudden strong urge to go almost all black & white for editing. I don’t normally put so many black and white images in an event but the backdrop and the competition itself just...
by Katie | Jun 13, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
You may have noticed that when uploading photos to Facebook and other social media platforms that the quality is somewhat horrendous even if you uploaded a high resolution image. There is a simple reason for this, and that is whenever you upload an image unless it...
by Katie | Jun 6, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
When I started my photographic journey I was keen to share my photos wherever I could in large numbers, it didn’t matter if they weren’t as good as they could be I just wanted to reach the largest audience possible, thinking this was the best way to get my...
by Katie | May 16, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian
Rules are there to be broken on occasion and that is certainly the case with the rules of composition! The ‘rules’ are great and lead to some fantastic photos but it is ok to bend or even break them on occasion to create something even more special! It is...
