Equine Evaluation

Sources of information

For the first part of my photography assignment I had to pick 3 genres of photography to base my pictures on and research 3 photographers for each genre, I picked Fashion, Equine and Landscape. For my Equine research I picked David Sinclair, Matthew Seed and Tim Flach as my 3 photographers. Firstly I researched on David Sinclair as his work caught my eye as the use of lighting changed the pictures completely. Matthew Seeds photographs grabbed my attention as they were very dark with just a little light to show the horse, they are very simple and elegant and bring out the horse really great. Also Tim Flachs photography is very simple but with a lot of detail as he also gets the background nice and soft so that the horses stand out. I chose these photographers as they were all different to each other and had all produced amazing work. I was given inspiration by all three photographers but made sure the work I produced was my own as I want to be different in my photography work just like these photographers.

Production Process

Before going out and taking my own equine pictures I taught how to use a SLR, lighting, rule of thirds and more so I could produce better photos. Also I had to sort out a post-production file filled with research, mind maps, shooting schedules, booking fees, recces, risk assessments and health and safety. I also had to decide on what look I was going for and just like my fashion photography I decided I wanted the autumn feel to it and wanted it to be all out doors as the leaves were falling to the floor all crispy and there was a lot of orange and brown colours about so I decided to do the shoot in the woods near my farm where I keep my horse as it was convenient for both me and the horse as I could just lead her around there and take the pictures I wanted to get and was the look I was looking for. When I went out on the 22^nd of November I went with my horse in the afternoon to shoot and as I have been around this area with my pony before I already had ideas in my head so this helped as it saved time and I got the photographs done before it went dark. Once the pictures were taken, the next day I got in to college and uploaded the pictures to a Mac and then opened photoshop. I then lighten some of the shots as the trees made the scenery a bit dark, I then added a warm filter on it to brought out the oranges and browns of the autumn leaves. My intended audience is anyone interested in horses.

Final Product