While In Newzealand

Lake Nelson in Newzealand 

One can not justify being in a beautiful place and not taking photos, the only issue is somehow the photo doesn't compare to the essence of being there. It is photographer's job to find beauty and capture the beauty and creativity in a photo. 

I Have been living in New Zealand for almost three months now, and unfailingly hills and mountains surround me. It has been astounding for me, seeing is I have come from a place consistently flat. This is a great place if you're keen to do some exploring with a camera at hand. 

"New Zealand is not a small country but a large village." -Peter Jackson

botanical gardens Christchurch Newzealnd

Meet Twister

This is Rocky

Rocky

Hello again readers. This is one of my black and white photo shoots. The photo above is a common  photo technique and one that has to be one of my favorite types to take with horses, each horse can show such different color and personality in this particular photo. Rocky was a very good candidate because one he was still enough and two his coloring is beautiful to show in black and white, because he is a black and white horse. The second picture is the start of an idea I have seen on pintrest. Basically the idea is instead of taking pictures of the whole horse take pictures of areas of the horse and put them beside each other, but for now we will just say its a working progress. the last pictures you will get to meet Breeze my sisters new horse, and for an even newer arrival is her baby filly named Twister! 

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This is my sister and her new horse Breeze

This is Twister trying to figure out what a camera is

Don and Pat

Meet Don and Pat! 

These are the big Percheron horses a big part of my winter was getting to work with these boys. I absolutely love them. This time I got to take pictures while they were doing a hay ride. They are pretty big, there hoofs are the size of a diner plate! 

These pictures were taken near the end of winter, thankfully its spring now, a really nice spring compared to last year. We have now since then put on wheels instead of sleighs on  the wagon so its easier for Don and Pat to pull.  They pull about 20 - 25 people in a wagon at a time and they weigh, each over 2000 pounds. They sound big but the more I get to work with them the more comfortable I feel around them and then when I work with any other animals they all seem like mice size in comparison.

Take the time it takes so it takes less time. -Unknown

This quote is a great theme for working with horses, especially these boys. basically meaning if you take the time you need in the beginning to work with them, you wont have to fix something later that you didn't do in the first place. 


Photography tip: combine your passions.  If you love photography, its only natural to enjoy taking pictures of what other things you enjoy. don't take pictures of city buildings if you like the flowers of nature.  or vice versa. 


Thanks for taking the time to read and look at my photos! 

Breeze

Hello! hope you guys have had a great start to the new year! on my break I went out to visit my sister, and she showed me some of her new horses. She is in the picture with her new horse Breeze. The picure above shows one of the 3 photography rules or lines. #1 Rule of thirds #2 Spiral and #3 Golden triangle. I have talked about the Rule of thirds before so this time I will talk about The Golden Triangle. Naturally some pictures are more appealing than other pictures than others, most people would say its color and content, which is true but it is also about where you place your subjects in your photos. the 3 lined rules are 3 main designs that the human brain is attracted to. the first picture uses the horses neck to bring you across the picture and the positioning of where Tasha is standing brings your to her face. and Breezes nose makes the other triangle for the other 90 degrees, and its not going to be exactly 90 degrees or a perfect closed triangle its being close that counts. one of the only things I don't like about this picture is the distracting other horse behind her nose.
  Her horses being failrly young had a great curiosity of what I was doing and it was very exciting and challenging at the same time to get a  picture. first of all because they would stand so close to you and there is only some many nose pictures you can get before they fog the camera with there breath. It very quickly gives you an opportunity to take a picture of their eyes and I think I succeeded in getting her curious glossy eyes. also you will notice the last picture you can see the horses breath. I like the Idea of that picture more than anything. although I deerly wish I could improve it. If I could I would walk towards the right creating a more full body horse because I think from the angle I took it she looks more tubby than what I would like. and get my self lower to the ground to get better framing with less snow, and maybe try and place the sun behind the horses back to create for a more shiny glow. but if you are to know one thing about horses you have to be patient because they always will continue to move.

Big Kittys

The Tiger

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright 
In the forest of the night 
What immortal hand or eye 
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? 

-William Blake

I got the chance to go to the zoo, I haven't been there in a long while. it was quite exciting, and I have to say even though our zoo got a cool new polar bear my favorite animal there still is the Tiger! the kitty's just have this amazing majestic powerful strength too them. 

 
One question you might ask is how did you get a picture without the bars being in the way, the answer to that is, with the zoom lens that I am using the bars are actually still there they are just blurred out, I have not quite perfected this yet because you can see some blurry spots. That's something I would like to practice, if I could spend my entire day at the zoo.

This Tiger is perfect for having in black and white because her stripes show the contrast between black and white so well.

Hope you all enjoy these photos! Please feel free to leave a comment!

Mushroom's

What room has no doors, no walls, no floor and no ceiling?...
A Mushroom!

Luke and Alison

In this picture is my Brother Luke and his girlfriend Alison.

 It was so fun taking fun pictures like this in the woodzy area, It was so beautiful especially with the sun shining down on the trees ad there faces, it might not of been so planed out as I would of liked if you look closely you can see that my brother is wearing bright Slurpee shirt.

I chose to have this picture more of a fuz on the face to create a more of a daze feel. I think it makes them look more cute, and like in a daydream with each other.

The next picture I was sitting in a little hole to get the height ratio I wanted. I think It draws more effect to how the sun hits onto them and the trees.

I love taking pictures in nature,  its beautiful to see the way the sun glistens off the trees. and seeing a Momma deer and a baby deer crawl thought your photo shoot!


 Photography Tip: If you always plan out where the sun hits your subject you will get closer to the picture you want.

Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. -Unknown


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